学生申请ACURA的资格:
- Students may only participate in one ACURA project per year or cycle
- Must be a student enrolled at and attending PSU 阿宾顿 (UP students are not eligible)
- Must commit to working for one academic year (Fall-Spring) or 3 semesters (Spring-Fall-Spring)
- Must participate in the Spring 讴歌海报展 after 2 or 3 semesters
如何启动ACURA项目
Step 1: Describe Your Research Project to Students
Highlight your project and create interest among students, who can find this information on the 讴歌网页.
Step 2: Two-Semester or Three-Semester Projects?
You must decide if the project will be a two-semester course bearing three credits or a three-semester course bearing four credits. You need to register each student for an ACURA course for each semester of the project. 教师 will also determine if the course is a 200-level or 400-level course and will assign a grade at the end of each semester.
分级课程(e).g., Soc 296, EE 496)
- Two-semester option: Fall (1 credit) + Spring (2 credits)
- Three-semester option: Spring (1 credit) + Fall (1 credit) + Spring (2 credits)
第三步:与学生建立联系
Students may contact faculty mentors if they are interested in projects they find on the 讴歌网页. 你也可以在课堂上讨论你的专题, 在学生邮件列表上, or attend the ACURA Information Session to recruit students. Students may also initiate a research or creative project and contact faculty to mentor their project.
第四步:与学生讨论期望
You will establish a one-to-one mentorship and hold weekly/bi-weekly meetings during the semester with the student or students. You should clearly discuss the syllabus and expectations.
第五步:注册ACURA课程的学生
You will receive the student registration form from the ACURA coordinator.
第六步:为ACURA交易会做准备
All ACURA students are expected to participate in the ACURA Fair. This includes attending the ACURA poster workshop, 准备海报, 在展会上展示, and preparing the recorded introduction for the ACURA Online Platform.
资金
ACURA provides funding for faculty to support this work. The number of students you are working with determines the level of funding. Expenditures should be directly related to the research project.
符合条件的项目:
- 科学用化学品和消耗品
- 转录的费用
- 调查和访谈费用
- 学生参加会议
- 图书、图书馆、档案馆、数据库等.
- 实验室用品,电池,闪存盘
不符合购买条件的物品:
- Electronics like iPads, cell phones, computers
Submit a purchase request to the ACURA coordinator for prior approval before making any purchase. 教师 with purchasing cards may order independently after approval but MUST submit receipts as soon as they are available.
When filing for travel reimbursement reports that include meals paid for the students by a faculty member, 每顿饭都要有详细的收据. This is not a simple receipt, but an itemized receipt from the restaurant. If a faculty member is unable to provide an itemized receipt, then a lost receipt form needs to be completed for each meal. Each expense will need a detailed explanation and a list of attendees.
形式
ACURA研究项目表
教师 should submit a brief (>100 words) description of the project. This should only describe the general nature of the project and it will be posted on the ACURA website and will help in recruiting students.
ACURA学生注册表
教师 members need to submit student details to the ACURA coordinator for EACH semester so that a student can be registered for a special topics course. Commonly, the fall semester is 1 credit, and the spring semester is 2 credits.
If a student begins a 3-semester project in the spring, then registration for spring is 1 credit.
很高兴知道
Penn State will enforce a charge for any student who registers for more than 19 credits per semester. Students may choose to do a project without receiving course credit. This should be discussed with the student and the faculty mentor, and the faculty mentor can register the student with zero credits.
教师-mentored research-related activities that are not registered for credit but require student participation may be included, and students are given a presentation slot at the spring fair. 教师 mentors should register students for projects and indicate zero credits.
All ACURA students will be grouped in the "ACURA" student group and given the same rights and privileges as those students registered for credit, including the invitation to present at the poster fair.