Instructions for final reports

Types of Final Reports

*** All final reports must acknowledge funding from the specific grant ***

Senior honors thesis or project

• for traditional honors thesis, submit a bound copy
• for other types of honors projects, submit the project in the same format required by your major department

Poster presented at a research poster session (submit electronic copy as an email attachment)

• Wetterhahn Science Symposium Poster Session (held annually in May): for research in the sciences (including PBS and neuroscience). Click HERE for information and to register.
• some departments may have their own poster sessions, or students may present at a national meeting/conference
• click here for guidelines on designing and printing a poster

Academic research paper

• if you write a paper for your research mentor, or if you continue your research as an independent study for academic credit, you can submit a copy of the paper as your final report
• the length of these will vary by academic department but are typically 10-20 double-spaced pages

Research summary (3-5 pages)

• summarize your research project and your conclusions, and include a discussion of what you gained from doing the project (e.g. interaction with your faculty mentor, insights into a field of study, etc.)
• discuss how the research is related to your academic and/or career goals
• be sure to note how the grant helped you to accomplish your research

You may submit your final report in any of the formats described above with the following exceptions

• Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Cook Richter Memorial Fund: students who receive this award must submit a bound copy of their senior honors thesis (or senior honors project) if they complete a senior honors thesis or project. If not, they may submit their final report in any of the other formats.
• Mellam Family Fund:  students who receive this award must present a poster at the Wetterhahn Symposium, submit an academic research paper, or a bound copy of their senior honors thesis
• HHMI Fellows:  these students must present a poster at the Wetterhahn Symposium if they are on campus in the spring.  If not, then they must submit an academic research paper or a research summary (as described above)
• Sophomore Science Scholars and Junior Research Scholars who are doing research in the sciences:  these students must present a poster at the Wetterhahn Symposium if they are on campus in the spring.  If not, then they must submit an academic research paper or a research summary (as described above)
• Robert G. McGuire III 1958 Memorial Fund: students who receive this award must submit TWO bound copies of their senior honors thesis or submit an electronic copy of an academic research paper

All final reports are due by the end of the academic term following the term of your research (with the exception of senior honors theses, which can be submitted upon completion of the thesis)
Submit reports as email attachments to "undergraduate research"