As you may know, funding for the Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) is very limited. We have been working with the Financial Aid Office to attempt to bring additional funds into the program so that more students can benefit from working closely with a mentor for eight weeks during the summer. Even if your project does not meet the SSRP Guidelines you can still submit it via this work-study option.
Work study-eligible students can work a maximum of 35 hours per work @ a rate of $12.00 an hour and are paid on a bi-weekly basis. Student salary derives 75% from work study and 25% from the mentor/investigator. Based upon the previous scenario a student will earn $3360 for eight weeks of work on your project. Under this program students will receive $2520 from Federal Work Study (FWS) and the remaining $840 will derive form the Faculty Sponsor.
Please keep in mind that students are only paid for the time that they work on your project not to exceed 35 hrs a week. Sponsors are responsible for 25% of that time.
How this works: your project will be submitted as a job description to FWS and advertised to students. You will be responsible as the mentor to sign the FWS pay vouchers confirming the date, times and total hours the student worked in your lab. Students may work longer than eight weeks as long as they remain eligible for work study. Two thirds may continue to employ the students throughout the school year. Several faculty members have found this an attractive way to provide continuity to projects that are introduced over the summer.
If you are interested in having your project posted as work -study, please download and complete the following forms.