Faculty & Staff
Faculty Grants
Research Team Grant
The Honors College Team Research Grant supports faculty members who supervise research teams of two to four students (in one or across multiple disciplines) to oversee the completion of a multi-objective thesis/research project. A faculty member must mentor at least two students to qualify for this grant, but no more than four. A project can consist of no more than four funded students.
Questions?
Contact Jennie Popp at jhpopp@uark.edu or 479-575-3881.
Applications are accepted year-round. Proposals approved within four weeks of a semester start may begin that semester (if research compliance is met); otherwise, funding begins the following semester.
Faculty Equipment Technology Grant
The deadline to apply is September 27, 2024. Limit of one application from a lead applicant per deadline.
The Honors College offers competitive grants to help clinical, tenured, and tenure-track faculty purchase specialized equipment or technology that enhances honors instruction and undergraduate research.
Questions?
Contact Jennie Popp at jhpopp@uark.edu or 479-575-3881.
Key Highlights
- Timing & Purpose: Grants are awarded annually and are intended to make a transformational difference in honors student research.
- Eligibility: Clinical, tenured, and tenure-track faculty (individuals or teams). Lead applicants must be full-time faculty.
- Use of Funds: Equipment and technology that enhances student research — such as lab equipment, software, databases, and media.
- Award Amount: Up to $7,500 per project
- Not Funded: General office supplies, salaries, maintenance, or non-transformational items
Mentor Funding
We support your one-on-one work with honors students! If your student earns an Honors or SURF grant, you’ll receive mentor funds to support undergraduate research—covering equipment, materials, or travel to conferences and archives.
Dean’s Faculty Fellows
Dean’s Faculty Fellows are nominated by the academic leadership of their home colleges. As fellows, they offer Honors College Signature Seminars on topics related to their current research programs.
Daniel Kennefick
Physics
In Totality: The History of Science through the study of Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Rogelio Garcia Contreras
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation
Faculty Recommendation Guidelines
Faculty recommendation letters should provide an honest assessment and only include topics in which you have first-hand knowledge. Please do not use “form letters” because they put a student at a disadvantage in competition with others who have strong individualized letters. Telling the student you don’t have time to write a letter is better than using a form letter. All recommendations are held in strict confidence and are not seen by the student.
Thank you for writing recommendations for your honors students!
- The student’s academic ability and potential to complete the selected research or study abroad program successfully
- The student’s level of commitment to and progress in his or her honors program
- The specific reasons why the Honors College should or should not award this student over other students
- Any hesitations you have regarding the student and/or the selected program
- Any additional comments you would like to make that weren’t already covered in the other points
- The fit of the selected academic institution and program (including coursework proposed) to the student’s field of study and/or professional goals
- If the course instruction is not in English, the student’s ability and background to complete coursework in the language of instruction successfully