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Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Quest Award

About UASAL

Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters (UASAL) Quest Award is a competitive award for University of Utah Students. The award is due to the generous donation of Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters (UASAL) and a collaboration between Undergraduate Studies: Quest and Office of Undergraduate Research.  The UASAL Quest award is available to students at the University of Utah who are engaging in a research study with a faculty mentor in the fall and early spring semesters, with the intention to present their work at the UASAL Annual Conference, held in March each year at a different UASAL member institution.

Selected students and their faculty mentor will each receive a $500 stipend to support the undergraduate research conducted with the faculty mentor, and an invitation to the UASAL Quest Scholars Dinner held in early spring semester.

Award Requirements:

Selected undergraduate students are conducting research with a faculty mentor in the fall semester of the award period. All selected students are required to apply to present their research at the UASAL Annual Conference.

  • Students who are accepted to present must do so, and their conference registration fees, hotel accommodations (if needed), and poster printing (if needed) will be covered by the UASAL Quest Award. Faculty mentors of students who are accepted to present should also plan to attend the conference and their conference registration fees and hotel accommodations (if needed) will be covered.
  • Students who receive the UASAL award but are not accepted to present may still have their conference registration fees covered if they choose to attend the conference. (This does not include hotel accommodations.)

  • This award is open to any student at the University of Utah who is working on a research study with a faculty member with the intent to present original scholarly work at the Annual Conference of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Students must be enrolled at the University of Utah during the semester of the conference. Priority will be given to undergraduate students who have taken LEAP or Quest courses at the University of Utah previously, or are registered for a fall semester Quest course. Graduate students and students from other programs may also apply.

  • Complete the UASAL application form. Be prepared to upload a faculty mentor’s letter of support and commitment, along with a short description of your planned research study, at the time of submission.

    • Application Opens: March 1st
    • Deadline to Apply: May 31st
    • Notification of Award: July 31st

    The Award period is August 15th to May 1st (Fall and Spring of the academic year). The $500 award is issued to awarded students in the fall semester, and conference fees are covered in the spring semester.

     

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