Undergraduate Research Funding RFP Deadline

The Hawaii Water Environment Association (HWEA) will provide funding up to $3000 to support Civil Engineering undergraduate research projects on wastewater topics supervised and approved by an engineering faculty for the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters. The student or students, working with faculty, must prepare a three-page research proposal and email to the HWEA Research Committee for possible approval.

All students receiving funding will be required to participate as poster presenters in the HWEA/AWWA Pacific Water Conference at the Hawaii Convention Center on February 20-21, 2019. This will be a project description and any preliminary results and findings – the project(s) are not expected to be completed for this poster. Students are also encouraged to present their poster at the College of Engineering Annual Banquet (late April 2019). See the full application more information.

The deadline for the proposal submission is 4:30 pm on Monday, October 15, 2018.

Submit by email to BOTH of the following: Chad.Morrow@hdrinc.com and JaysonT@RMTowill.com.

Timeline:
October 15, 2018: Deadline for submission of three-page research proposal
October 30, 2018: Awards announced
February 20-21, 2019: Poster presentation at Pacific Water Conference
April 19, 2019: Poster presentation at CoE Annual Banquet
July 31, 2019: Expenditure of research funds completed