NTID Student Research

The Microgrant eligibility requirements are as follows:

1. The student must be an NTID-supported undergraduate student with a GPA of 3.0 or above (and must not have graduated before the end of the project completion date).
2. The student must be in good academic, financial and judicial standing at RIT/NTID.
3. The proposed research work must be completed in collaboration with a faculty mentor.
4. If the applicant is conducting research under externally-funded projects, those funds must be used before applying for NTID-funded grant opportunities.
5. Projects that involve human subjects require RIT Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.
6. The application form must be completed by the student researcher and approved by the faculty mentor.
7. With the approval of the faculty mentor, the student is required to present at NTID's annual Student Research Fair (typically, late April/early May).
8. The maximum amount requested is $1000. (It is anticipated that most requests will be for less than $1,000.)
9. Funds are to be used to purchase equipment/supplies and are not used for pay, stipends, honorariums, or travel.
10. Funds cannot be used to compensate professional staff for their time/effort.
11. Any supplies/equipment purchased with these funds are property of RIT/NTID and should remain with RIT/NTID after the completion of the research project.
12. If funds are requested for survey/study participant incentives or fees, the funds must be managed by the faculty mentor and must strictly follow RIT’s policies.
13. The student and faculty mentor must agree that all funds will be used and invoices turned in within one (1) month of making purchases. Exception - All invoices in September and June are due by the 15th to adhere to budget cycle closing.

For more information, contact Dr. Todd Pagano.

To apply, complete the Student Research Microgrant Application Form.

The application form includes a one-page project description and requires your faculty mentor’s signature.

Priority will be given to students who have not previously received a microgrant from RIT/NTID.

To help with costs, print time, and staffing logistics, please adhere to the following guidelines and printing policies:

• The poster content must be related to NTID-supported student/faculty research for presentation at professional conferences/symposia.
• Faculty advisors of student researchers must approve the posters for printing. Advisors should submit the final poster for printing on behalf of their student researchers.
• We will not be able to re-print posters, so please carefully proofread contents before sending the file for printing.
• Posters sizes can vary, but please limit posters to no larger than 42” x 48” (42” paper is the largest that we carry). Often, the poster size requirements for sessions at professional conferences are smaller than this (so, please print them smaller to fit your organization’s standards). If a poster is needed that is larger in one dimension than 48”, please contact us before creating your poster (but again, the other dimension can be no larger than 42”).
• Please avoid using solid color backgrounds or large solid images as backgrounds (this consumes ink very rapidly). However, the use of colored texts, images, graphs, tables, boxes, etc. is encouraged.
• To avoid transposition errors on different computers and printers, please submit the files in PDF format.
• Please plan ahead to allow at least five (5) business days for printing.
• Faculty-approved PDF files of posters should be sent to Jorge Samper (jbsedr@rit.edu) for printing.
• You will receive an email when your poster is ready for pickup. Posters may be picked up on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.