URECA Recipient FAQs
You are expected to present at Scholars Week, the Summer Research Celebration, or the Fall Open House as part of your URECA award.
You can start counting hours toward your URECA project once you have submitted your signed acceptance letter within InfoReady.
If supplies are awarded as part of a URECA grant, the ordering is done through the mentor’s departmental office. Any overspending is the department’s responsibility. There are two major options:
- MT$ource orders – place the order(s) through MT$ource – URC is an approver and has access to all paperwork.
- P-Card orders – Your departmental P-Card holder will place the order(s) and send copies of receipts to Casey Penston at Casey.Penston@mtsu.edu.
To obtain index numbers or answer other purchasing questions, please contact Casey Penston at Casey.Penston@mtsu.edu.
Please include the following language:
“This project was supported by an Undergraduate Research Experience and Creative Activity (URECA) grant through the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Middle Tennessee State University.”
If traveling to present results of a URECA grant, students can submit travel requests and receive up to $300 per academic year for domestic travel and $400 for international travel. Please route the travel form to the URC at least one month before traveling domestically and 60 days before international travel.
Yes, the URC disseminates monthly communications across campus that do just this! The URC Newsletter shares the success stories of our students and faculty mentors, presents funding opportunities offered through the URECA grant program, highlights upcoming workshops and events, and elaborates on scholarly advances in the field of undergraduate research. Check it out by clicking the link below!
