学生研究补助金

The following in-house funds have been made available to current Harvey Mudd students.

沙纳汉项目基金

Projects directed by a single student are eligible for Shanahan funds, but those involving groups of students working together will be favored in the allocation of funding. Preference will be given to projects that do not require ongoing financial support from the College.

Decisions about the funding of projects will be made by the “Shanahan Fund committee,由哈维·马德的总统组成, vice president and dean of student affairs, vice president of academic affairs and vice president of advancement, 与学生协商, members of the faculty and other College administrators.

识别项目

Drawing on recommendations from the committee, a call for proposals will be issued by the Office of Academic Affairs during the fall semester and then again later in the academic year, 如果资金仍然可用. Calls for proposals may set forth additional criteria and preferences for applicants. The committee will ordinarily attempt to allocate all of the funds available in a given year by the start of the following fall semester.

The call for proposals will ordinarily be issued in early September with a normal deadline in early October for written proposals from students. The committee will work quickly to review the proposals and meet with applicants, 如果有必要的话, so that decisions can be made by mid-October and projects can begin before the end of the term. The committee may modify the proposed budgets of projects it approves.

  • The committee may recommend that a proposal be revised and re-submitted in a subsequent call for proposals.
  • Projects may be one-time events or may require a period of time for planning and execution. 这是预料之中的, 然而, that projects will ordinarily be completed by the end of the summer research period following the year in which they are funded.
  • The committee may elect under special circumstances (e.g. a major natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina) to modify the normal schedules and issue a special RFP or allow exemplary projects to extend across multiple years.

资助指引

  • Each project must have a faculty advisor, in whose name a project account will be established and who will be responsible for managing the expenditure of funds. All College policies that would normally apply to the financial administration of faculty-directed projects will also apply to student projects funded by the Shanahan Fund.

结项报告

  • The individual student or project team will report on the project and its outcomes to the campus community following completion of the project. The timing and format of this report will be determined by the Shanahan Fund committee and the student(s). However, interim reports are, at minimum, always required 30 days before the end of each fiscal year.
  • The Office of College Advancement will be responsible for reporting to the Shanahans at the end of each summer on allocations from the fund. The College will also report on project outcomes as this information is available.

学生交通费资助

Funding is available for student travel to conferences and scientific meetings. Requests for this funding must be made by members of the faculty and are reviewed by the associate dean of faculty.

In 2022-2023, students are required to present research at the conference and/or attend with a faculty member in order to be eligible for this funding.

申请资金, the faculty adviser should fill out the application for Leeds conference funds, and this call for applications is distributed to the faculty via email. 学生 who do not have HMC research advisors can ask any HMC faculty member to submit an application on their behalf.

学生 should be prepared to write a brief report about their conference experience.

The Department of 数学 offers its own 学生旅行计划.