The ARES Program includes the following elements:
Montana State University-Billings
- A student and faculty mentor work as a team on a project. The project should go beyond what is taught in the classroom and be an honest research experience (no bottle-washing or lab-sweeping).
- The student must complete an application form and write a 2-4 page proposal, including a project title, explanation of the problem to be studied, goals to be achieved, experimental approach, and references.
- The faculty mentor must write a supporting letter, describing how the student will contribute to the research project, and indicating support for the proposal.
- Completed applications are to be submitted to the campus Space Grant representative, who will forward them with endorsement to the main Consortium office in Bozeman.
- Student awards will be $500 per semester or $330 per quarter. The awards will be distributed as scholarship money, in several installments (i.e., not all at the beginning, not all at the end).
- A final report of at least 2 pages must be completed at the end of the term.
- Students must make a presentation about their research: this could be a seminar given on their campus, a talk at the annual Montana Academy of Sciences meeting, or in a visit to a K-12 classroom.
