URECA Travel Awards and Small Grants
URECA Travel Awards
URECA accepts applications for travel awards of up to $500 for Stony Brook undergraduate
researchers presenting at a professional meeting or conference. In order to qualify, an applicant must be
a co-author of a paper or poster presented at that meeting. Travel award recipients
may use funds to join a professional society as a student member. Applicants are encouraged
to submit applications 2-3 weeks prior to the date of the conference. A complete application
consists of the following:
a) the URECA Travel Award Application Form (see link below) which includes an abstract
of the project to be presented (~300 words); indication that the abstract has been
accepted; a resumé; unofficial transcript; and
b) a letterof support from the research supervisor /PI to be sent to karen.kernan@stonybrook.edu.
Application Form/Link:
URECA Travel Award application
*Applicants who submit a completed application package (all of the above components)
will receive an email notification within a week of their submission.
SBU students have presented at American Chemical Society/ACS, American Physical Society/APS,
Biomedical Engineering Society/BMES, American Society of Primatologists, Joint Mathematics
Meeting, Society for Neuroscience, ...to name a few.Please note that funding for the URECA Travel awards program is limited. Multiple students applying for support for the same project or related projects may receive smaller awards. Students who have previously received a Travel Grant from URECA may receive smaller awards or lower priority for funding, if applying for multiple awards in the same academic year.
URECA Small Grant/Awards
URECA awards grants of up to $300 to undergraduates for the purchase of materials
or supplies or to pay for other items related to their research or creative activities.
Applicant must be a Stony Brook undergraduate in good standing. The project for which
they are requesting funds must be carried out under the supervision of a Stony Brook
faculty member. A complete application package consists of the following:
a) the URECA Small Grant Application Form which includes a 250-word proposal describing
the research project/creative activity for which they seek support. This proposal
must indicate how the funds will be used and must include a budget. (If applicable, list any other funding sources supporting the project); upload of
an unofficial transcript. (minimum GPA of 3.3 in major-related coursework recommended).
b) letter of support from the student's supervisor to be emailed to karen.kernan@stonybrook.edu: and
Please note that URECA Small Grants are not to be used for the purchase of routine
laboratory supplies/reagents.
Application Form/Link:
URECA Small Grant application
*Applicants who submit a completed application package will receive an email notification within a week of their submission.
Phil Lenberg used the funds for rental of parts and performance rights for Stravinsky's
Dumbarton Oaks Concerto (still under copyright protection) for a chamber concert that
he organized and conducted.
Applications for URECA Travel & Small Grants are accepted and reviewed on a rolling
basis. (minimum GPA of 3.0 recommended).
*Students with a project at the intersection of Business & Philosophy are encouraged
to apply for the Jane & Armando Jannelli-URECA Award. More information here>>.