CURM will help faculty members set up an academic-year (i.e., Sept.-May) undergraduate research group at their own institution. Each year, CURM will award mini-grants ranging from $12,000-$20,000 each to professors who are accepted into the program. These mini-grants will consist of financial support for undergraduate research groups consisting of 2-4 undergraduate students and 1 faculty member. CURM will provide

• $3,000 stipend for each student in the group
  • ($2,000 to be paid initially, $500 to be paid after the student presents his/her research at the Spring Research Conference, and $500 to be paid after the student submits his/her final research report). Students will be expected to spend 10 hours a week during the academic year working on the research project. 
• $5,000 for the professor
• The faculty mentor needs to be actively involved with the group. However, many of them have a high teaching load. Hence, CURM will offer $5,000 for each professor to buy out at least one course from his/her teaching load during the academic year in order to free up time to spend working with these mentored groups. When a faculty member applies to this program for a mini-grant, we will require a letter from his/her department chair, dean, or appropriate administrator explicitly stating what the $5,000 faculty stipend will be used for. At a minimum, this must be a reduction of one teaching course. However, we suggest some additional items, such as a commitment to partially support the faculty member to attend the Joint AMS/MAA Meetings in January at which we will have a Mid-year Meeting or a commitment to send undergraduate students to a regional conference where they can present their research.
• Travel Funds
• Each research group will have access to travel funds (up to $1,000 for the faculty member and up to $400 for each undergraduate) to help cover the cost of attending the Faculty Summer Workshop and the Spring Research Conference at BYU.

• Supplies Funds
  • Each research group will receive $200-$300 for supplies depending upon the number of undergraduate students involved in the group.