{"id":38,"date":"2017-03-27T14:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redesign.ourdtlcmsqa.smca.ucf.edu\/\/faculty-researchers\/fund-students\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:19:29","slug":"fund-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/faculty\/fund-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"38\" class=\"elementor elementor-38\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42530c1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42530c1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/programs#grants\">OUR Student Research Grants<\/a><ul><li>Can be used to purchase materials and equipment or pay for research-related travel costs<\/li><li>These funds are disbursed to faculty for use on student projects<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/ucf-publications-and-presentation-opportunities\/\">OUR Conference Travel Awards<\/a><ul><li>OUR provides travel awards for students attending the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) and, funds permitting, the National Council of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Conference.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/award-programs\/\">Scholarship opportunities for outstanding research<\/a><ul><li>OUR facilitates events, such as the Student Scholar Symposium and 5-Minute Launch, where students can win scholarships<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Additional information about funding opportunities 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