Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, have completed 8 units of credit by the start of the grant period, and plan to return the following fall semester. Each applicant must identify a faculty mentor to work with, and faculty mentors are limited to working with one Summer Scholar per summer. Example successful applications from the past are available from the Director of Undergraduate Research.
There are three parts to the application, all due March 15. The cover sheet is due in hard copy, while the student and faculty portions are due electronically.
1) A cover sheet (.docx), signed by the student, faculty mentor, and department chair. The cover sheet should be turned in to Ms. Laura Bair in 270 Trexler.
2) A "Student Application for Summer Scholars" (.docx), submitted electronically as a Word document by the student to bair@roanoke.edu
3) A "Faculty Nomination to Mentor a Summer Scholar" (.docx) submitted electronically as a Word document by the faculty mentor to bair@roanoke.edu
If the course credit is being used for Honors in the Major, the Honors in the Major form must be submitted to the department chair. If the course credit is being used in lieu of Intensive Learning May Term credit, an application must be submitted to the Director of Intensive Learning.