Specify your faculty advisor for research/fieldwork who is providing the Faculty Advisor Reference Form for Stanley Undergraduate Award Applicants.

Please submit a 900-1,000 word (approximately 2 pages) research proposal summarizing your research plans and your reasons for undertaking this research in the chosen country, using the following section headings:

• Abstract (1-2 paragraph summary)
• Main research problems/questions
• Methods/approaches
• Detailed plan of research in destination county

Please submit a 400-500 word (approximately one page) narrative profile of yourself as a person. You may choose to include information about your personal history, family background, influences on your intellectual development, the educational and cultural opportunities to which you have been exposed, and the ways in which these experiences have affected you. You should also place your current research in the perspective of your future academic and career goals.

1. Stanley funding will be disbursed to students as expense reimbursement, not as an award. In order to receive reimbursement for expenses incurred abroad during the grant period, such as transportation, food, housing, etc., students will be required to submit a TEV within two weeks of return from travel to their departmental assistant. Depending on the home department’s policy, you may be able to purchase your airfare in advance using a UI procurement card.
2. Allowable travel expenses fall into the following categories: transportation, lodging, meals, incidentals.  Transportation includes items such as economy/coach class airfare, airline baggage fees, airport shuttle, taxis, trains, buses, mileage, car rental, gas for rental car, parking and tolls.  Meals can be submitted for reimbursement by providing receipts and/or a meal log.  All expenses other than meals require an original itemized receipt which includes the following information:  date of purchase, item purchased, vendor name, amount paid and method of payment.  For specific requirements, please refer to the UI Travel Manual http://www.uiowa.edu/purchasing/travel/docs/Travel_Manual.pdf
3. NOTE: UI International Health Insurance is required at a cost of $1.15/day.  The University of Iowa mandates international health insurance for all UI students traveling abroad for educational purposes—studying abroad, interning, conducting research, performing a rotation, presenting at a conference, or any other educationally-related activity abroad.  This “blanket” insurance coverage is provided through Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI).  More information can be found on the following pages:
   • http://international.uiowa.edu/study-abroad/health-insurance-information
   • http://international.uiowa.edu/study-abroad/travel-insurance-faq.
   • Stanley applicants must include these insurance costs in their proposed budgets.

Please notify Karen Wachsmuth (karen-wachsmuth@uiowa.edu) in International Programs as you learn of other awards received.

Instructions: This form must be completed by you after conferring with your advisor.  Please see detailed explanation below.

All applicants must confer with their primary UI faculty project advisor concerning the potential need for approval for their research from the University of Iowa Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Human Subjects Research. You and your advisor will each be required to sign an IP Stanley Award Human Subjects Research Advisor Form stating the advisor’s determination of whether you need to pursue full IRB approval for your project. If your advisor determines that you need IRB approval for your project, then he/she will instruct you about how to proceed.

This is a serious matter, so do not simply ask your advisor to sign his/her form; the project and the need for approval must be thoroughly discussed. Your advisor is ultimately responsible, along with you, for compliance with federal and University regulations concerning human subjects research. Information can be found at the University of Iowa website for IRB.  

Completion of the advisor form is required for a Stanley Award application for IP administrative purposes; completion of the form does not exempt you or your advisor from further IRB communication or action. IP and Academic Programs and Services cannot advise on IRB and HSO matters; this is a departmental and disciplinary consideration.

Applicants should contact their Faculty Project Advisor directly to ask for a recommendation.  Faculty Project Advisors should be directed to the Faculty Advisor Reference Form for Stanley Undergraduate Award Applicants on this website.  Each advisor will need to fill out the complete form, which includes the International Programs Stanley Award Human Subjects Research Advisor Form and a separate letter of recommendation, and submit it online.

Please list the contact information below for the faculty advisor who will serve as your reference. 

IMPORTANT: You alone are responsible for making sure that your advisor submits your Stanley recommendation by the deadline.  Applications submitted without accompanying faculty recommendations will be considered incomplete and will not receive consideration.