Revised: 03/10/15
Applicant Information
Print Applicant’s Full Name: __________________________________________________________
ASU RAM ID: ____________________________________________________________________
Home Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________________
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Student Phone Number: _______________________________________________________________
Student Class Level (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior): __________________________________
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Is this your first Bachelor’s degree? _____ Yes _____ No
Have you participated in the ASU Undergraduate Research program? _____ Yes _____ No
Are you planning to enroll Fall 2015 semester at ASU? _____ Yes _____ No
Are you willing to schedule all of your Summer 2015 classes before noon Monday-Thursday? _____ Yes _____ No
Are you willing to devote (4) four hours a day (Two 2-hours classes a day) four days a week to participate in the
Institute? _____ Yes _____ No
Are you willing to participate in ASU’s Undergraduate Research Program during the Fall 2015 semester? Yes ____
No _____
Writing Sample (12pt font Times New Roman, Double –spaced no more than 1 page
A Writing Sample that reflects a research interest of which you would like to develop a research proposal. We are
looking for creative, innovative, and scientific ideas that will bring new or added knowledge to your discipline.
What interest you?
The research topic/ question should be one that is of interest to you and to others.
How would your research be different from what has already been said about this issue?
You should be able to establish that your work will contribute to bring new discoveries to the issue/
problem by filling in the “gap” information that other researchers failed to fine.
Why is your topic of interest significant?
Explain why you and others might want to look at this topic as anew issue/ problem or explain how this
topic is significant to other relating issues.