JMU Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Undergraduate Foundation Award Application
(Please type)

Date:______

Name: ______

Mailing address: ______

Phone number: ______

Student ID#: ______

Email address: ______

Year (standing) in school: ______

Cumulative Overall GPA: ______

Name of supporting faculty member: ______

Faculty member’s signature: ______

  1. Provide a 1-2 sentence summaryof your proposed research or educational/service project or activity
  1. Project/ActivityDescription

Provide a statement of no more than 750 words that includes the following: (a) Adescription of your research,educational, or service project/activity; (b) An explanation ofexactly how you intend to use the award; (c)A description of the kind of experiences you have that will help you succeed in this project; (d)An explanation of how this award will support your academic or career goals; And (e) a statement describing the wider impact of your project for JMU, for your discipline, or for society at large.

3. Budget worksheet

a-Provide a 1-page line-item budget and explanation for each itemdetailing the total cost of your proposed project (see below for examples of budgets and templates).

b-If the award does not cover your full needs please include a statement explaining how you would supplement the costs.

  1. Unofficial transcript

Provide a copy of your unofficial transcript.

IMPORTANT

For an application to be considered complete all items listed above must be submitted by the specified deadlines to Sharon Loyd electronically to: or in hard copy form to her at Sheldon Hall 122.

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Example Line Item Budget:

Field School Tuition and fees$3500

Estimated Round trip airfare$900

TOTAL$4400

Example Line Item Budget:

Budget Category / Sub-category / Item Cost / Quantity / Total Cost / Explanation/Comments
Travel / Gasoline / $2/gal / 40gal / $80 / Round trip to X field research site
Room & Board / Lodging / $70 / 2 / $140 / 2 nights hotel
Meals / $20 / 2 / $40 / 2 days meals
Supplies / Notebooks, etc. / $45 / 4 / $45 / Voice recorder
TOTAL / $305
Example Generic Line Item Budget Template
Budget Category[1] / Sub-category / Item[2] Cost / Quantity / Total Cost / Explanation/Comments[3]
Travel / Air, train, bus fare / 0
Gasoline / 0
Other transport fares/fees / 0
Room & Board / Lodging / 0
Meals / 0
Supplies / Notebooks, etc. / 0
Equipment / Electronic/computing / 0
Software / 0
Other equipment / 0
Services / Scanning/photocopying / 0
Other services (specify): / 0
Other Expenses / 0
0
TOTAL / 0

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[1] Add or remove budget categories as it applies.

[2] Total cost is all that is needed. Use Item Cost and Quantity columns if it is helpful for calculations

[3] Add these if you think it will be helpful to reviewers.