To encourage and support students in accessibility research, CREATE funds minigrants to students who are working on accessibility-related research projects. Projects could be part of a course or be independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. One example of a good use of funding is to pay a participant in a research study who has a disability.
Applications can be submitted at any time. Funds can be spent any time of year but should be spent within the academic year.
Typically, it takes a few weeks to receive a decision. If funded, CREATE will pay expenses when they are incurred. There is no limit to the number of applications a student might make.
Eligibility requirements
To be eligible, the student and project must satisfy all of the following criteria:
- The student must be a registered UW undergraduate or graduate student.
- The student must be a CREATE Student Member.
- The project must involve accessibility research.
- If human subjects are involved, the student must take IRB training.
- The student must have a faculty advisor to help guide the student.
- The student commits to providing a report with a presentation poster/demo. Any publication that results from the project must acknowledge CREATE.
Use of funds
Grants of up to $2,000 are limited to use for:
- Compensation for study participants
- Travel expenses for study participants
- Funding for interpreting or captioning services
- Other justified costs that are not compensation for applicant
Evaluation criteria
- Student and project satisfy all the eligibility requirements.
- Student would be a first-time recipient of a CREATE Student Minigrant.
- Student provides evidence of understanding the disability group that is the target of the research.
- Project has high potential for publication as a paper or poster at a conference.
- Project budget follows the limitations above and is justified.
- Project is well formulated and doable within the proposed timeline.
Proposal template
Submit all of the following as a PDF attachment on the CREATE Student Minigrant application form:
- Name, email, department or school, faculty advisor
- Project title
- Project description (typically 1-2 pages)
- Problem being addressed by the research
- Any context or background needed to understand the problem
- Methodology used to solve the problem
- Plans for publication or other dissemination of results
- Timeline for the project: start, finish, any milestones
- Budget with justification