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Student Advising: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Before you set up an advising appointment with CCRF Staff, please first do the following:

1. Thoroughly review all information on the website about the opportunities you are interested in. 

2. Based upon which opportunities you are interested in, please first attend a relevant information session listed here: http://ccrf.uchicago.edu/information-sessions-workshops-and-series.

3. Set up an appointment after you have carefully reviewed the information online and/or attended a relevant CCRF information session. Come prepared to your advising appointment with questions about a fellowship and/or undergraduate research; be prepared to speak about why said opportunities are of interest to you and fit your experience, ambitions, and goals. 

4. Do not set up an appointment you do not intend to keep or that you have not prepared in advance for. This is not only disrespectful, it prevents other students requiring assistance from securing advising appointments.

PLEASE NOTE:

• CCRF staff do not advise on the following: BA or BS theses; graduate school applications, including MDs or JDs; course-requirements or academic advising; or career counseling. Also note, CCRF staff will not respond to emails with CVs attached that simply ask for counsel on "what fellowships I might be eligible for" or what research and funding opportunities are available. It is your responsibility to perform the requisite due-diligence and make a good-faith effort indentifying opportunities that may be a good fit for you. 
• If you are a current research grant applicant, applicant for a national fellowship, or a fellowship nominee, you must submit all draft materials to your advisor at least 72 hours before your scheduled draft-review appointment. If you do not, your advisor will automatically cancel your appointment. It is your responsibility to abide by all deadlines, draft requirements, and submission requests. 

Undergraduate Research

Students new to undergraduate research should first attend an Undergraduate Research Information Session offered quarterly.

All students seeking undergraduate research support, including counsel on finding opportunities on campus, identifying research-specific funding, preparing to present and publish your work, and participating in specialized undergraduate research programs, including summer undergraduate research opportunities.

Andrew Karas, Deputy Director of Undergraduate Research, College Center for Research and Fellowships

Email CCRF-research@uchicago.edu to request an undergraduate research advising appointment (subject to availability). Please include a bit about yourself and the reason for your advising appointment request. 

National Fellowships

Students interested in the fellowship programs noted below should attend a relevant information session before scheduling an appointment: 

For Gilman, Boren Scholarship, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Fulbright US Student Program (Research/Study), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, Udall Scholarship, Rangel, Pickering and Payne Fellowships.

Dr. Sandra Zupan, Assistant Director of Fellowships and Undergraduate Research, College Center for Research and Fellowships [https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/national-fellowships/select-scholarships-and-fellowships]

National Fellowships

Students interested in the fellowship programs noted below should attend a relevant information session before scheduling an appointment: 

For Beinecke, DAAD Programs (all), Davis, Fulbright US Student Program (Research/Study).

Dr. Arthur Salvo, Assistant Director of Fellowships, College Center for Research and Fellowships [https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/national-fellowships/select-scholarships-and-fellowships]

National Fellowships

Students interested in the fellowship programs noted below should attend a relevant information session before scheduling an appointment: 

For Fulbright US Student Program (ETA/Research/Study), Schwarzman Scholarship, and Yenching Academy.

Dr. Johanna Best, Assistant Director of National Fellowships, College Center for Research and Fellowships [https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/national-fellowships/select-scholarships-and-fellowships]

National Fellowships

Students interested in the fellowship programs noted below should attend a relevant information session before scheduling an appointment: 

For Goldwater Scholarship, Truman Scholarship; UK and Ireland Postgraduate Study Awards (Marshall, Rhodes, Gates-Cambridge, Mitchell, Ertegun, Churchill); and, for Fulbright Post-Doc and Faculty applications; for faculty and University staff inquiring about undergraduate research.

Dr. Nichole Fazio, Exec. Director of College Center for Research and Fellowships, Associate Dean: [https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/national-fellowships/select-scholarships-and-fellowships]