{"id":23235,"date":"2026-08-01T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/?p=23235"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:03:55","slug":"sep1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/2026\/08\/sep1\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Undergrad Research Initiative Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;0px&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1788274140965{border-top-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-color: #313030 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]Planning a <strong>senior thesis, capstone, or independent research project<\/strong>? Apply for the <strong>Undergraduate Research Initiative Award<\/strong>, which recognizes University of Rochester students who demonstrate curiosity, initiative, and thoughtful engagement in the early stages of independent research. Applicants have the opportunity to work with a <strong>librarian who can support their research process<\/strong> and provide a letter of recommendation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Letters of Support:<\/strong> Friday, October 16, 2026<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> Friday, November 20, 2026, by 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to give your faculty member and librarian enough time to prepare their letters of support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Include in Your Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project title and description<\/li>\n<li>Reflective essay<\/li>\n<li>Project timeline<\/li>\n<li>Annotated bibliography<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of support: one from a faculty member and one from a librarian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong>Learn more: <\/strong>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.rochester.edu\/about\/friendsold\/furl-impact\/undergraduate-research-initiative-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Initiative Award website<\/a>\u2060 for application requirements, guidance, and more information about the award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong> Please contact <strong>Daniel Castillo<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:Daniel.Castillo@library.rochester.edu\"><strong>Daniel.Castillo@library.rochester.edu<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to apply?<\/strong> Scan the QR code on the flyer for more information and to access the application.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; image=&#8221;23236&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;0px&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1788274120893{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #313030 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1784746079820{margin-top: 60px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;border-color: #2A2929 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Previous posts&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1784745863191{margin-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_basic_grid post_type=&#8221;post&#8221; max_items=&#8221;4&#8243; element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1788272696118-164005a0-192b-1&#8243; taxonomies=&#8221;58&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning a senior thesis, capstone, or independent research project? Learn about the $1,000 Undergraduate Research Process Award and how a librarian can support your research process. Applications are due November 20, 2026.<br \/>\nFor more information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.rochester.edu\/about\/friendsold\/furl-impact\/undergraduate-research-initiative-award\">RIA website <\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":23241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-no-separators","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3],"class_list":["post-23235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-of-note"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23235"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23268,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23235\/revisions\/23268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23235"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=23235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}