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Berea College faculty who carry out research and creative activities that involve students in a significant way are eligible for grants through the URCPP. Joint or collaborative projects are encouraged, especially those that are interdisciplinary. A faculty member is eligible for involvement in one URCPP-funded project each summer. Please note that the URCPP Committee reviews all proposals and is charged with evaluating the quality of the proposal. The committee forwards its recommendations to the Provost. Faculty will not be approved for both a URCPP grant and Summer Term teaching. Faculty with extended contracts receive reduced stipends if awarded a URCPP grant. Support for all proposals is subject to available funds for undergraduate research; hence, the approval process is competitive. Preference is given to proposals from junior faculty members who are building research/creative experiences into their vitas or to senior faculty who have not had a project funded by URCPP in the past two years. Strong efforts will be made to fund all approved proposals.
URCPP Project Details
Grants are available as follows:
These grants will not cover extended living expenses for faculty or students choosing to live off campus. However, students living on campus (including both residence halls and the eco-village) will receive a URCPP grant designed to cover on-campus room and meals only during the weeks of URCPP participation (if students choose to arrive before or stay after their projects, they will be required to pay for room and meals during that extended time). The time frame for projects is eight to ten weeks during the summer. Students will still be required to pay fees during the summer, totaling approximately $70 and any other charges they accumulate.
Federal Work Study (FWS) Guidelines for Community Service
| Projects that meet the following Federal Work Study (FWS) guidelines for Community Service are strongly encouraged: “Community services are defined as services that are identified by an institution of higher education through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, government and community-based organizations, as designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their needs. To be considered employed in a community service job for FWS purposes, a FWS student does not have to provide a “direct” service. The student must provide services that are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents or to solve particular problems related to those residency-based organizations, as designed to improve the quality of life for a community, within the guidelines provided by the statute, regulations, and this volume. There is no restriction as to whether these jobs must be on- or off-campus. However, a university or college is not considered a community for the purposes of the FWS community service requirements. On-campus jobs can meet the definition of community services, provided the services are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents or to solve problems related to their needs and that they meet the regulatory and statutory provisions pertaining to the applicable FWS employment limitations and conditions. Note: Work Colleges, because of a Department of Education ruling in 2008, are required/must have in place job descriptions for all campus positions. However, internships have handled this requirement in their internship agreement and URCCP must handle this requirement in the description of the project and duties of the student workers.” This information and more is found in part 675 of the following website: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-VI/part-675#675.2 |