FUNDING SUPPORT: Funding is short term and is intended to meet the most immediate needs of the applicant.  Priority will be given to projects scheduled for completion within four (4) months of award notification. No funding will extend beyond July 31^st of the academic year in which it is awarded.  Allowable expenses include research-related travel and expenses. This program does not support travel to meetings to present papers, publication costs, or salary supplement to the investigator. Ownership of research equipment purchased on this grant reverts to the SBSRI at the end of the research project.

PAYMENTS: An expense account is established in the SBSRI Office through which ALL expenditures are handled. Awardees must contact the SBSRI Office BEFORE spending or committing awarded funds, must be available to sign any required paperwork during the funding period, and must be registered students at the University of Arizona during the entire funding period. Operational Advances can be made only to individuals on the UA payroll.  Funding expires on July 31st of the academic year in which it is awarded, and no grant will carry over into the new academic year. Awardees are required to submit a 1- to 2-page research report to the SBSRI within 60 days of the end of the funding period.

All officially registered graduate students majoring in a discipline in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Master’s level students must be conducting research related to the completion of the thesis.