Wilke/Dammon Info for Faculty

The Margo Katherine Wilke Scholars Program and the Clarence E. Dammon Dean Scholars Program are available to all faculty who have professional affiliation with the College of Liberal Arts.

CLA faculty who wish to have one or more undergraduate students assist with their ongoing research, scholarly project, and/or creative endeavor may submit a proposal on the OUR Connect Website (linked here), hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research.

Information on Wilke projects:

  • A Wilke proposal is submitted for one academic semester (i.e. a fall or spring term)
  • Faculty must re-submit a proposal to continue a Wilke project every semester.
  • A Wilke project can request up to 3 undergraduate student researchers.

Information on Dammon Dean projects:

  • Dammon Dean projects are approved for a full academic year (i.e. both a fall and spring semester).
  • Faculty are required to re-submit a proposal to continue a Dammon Dean project past one academic year.
  • A Dammon Dean project is limited to one undergraduate student researcher.
  • Dammon Dean Scholars must have a declared academic credential in the College of Liberal Arts.

Requirements for Faculty Mentors

  • Faculty who have been approved for a Wilke and/or Dammon Dean project serve as a mentor to student researchers.
  • Faculty mentors are expected to work collaboratively with their undergraduate researchers, have regular meetings with them, as well as conduct a formal evaluation of their performance. 

Proposal Workflow and intended timeline:

Faculty must submit a proposal by the third week of each academic term. Proposals will be reviewed and approved on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

The College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Initiatives office reviews faculty proposals during the first 3 weeks of the academic term.  Proposals submitted past this deadline are not guaranteed to be reviewed.

Once a proposal has been approved, students will be able to view the project and submit applications through OUR Connect. Student applications are first reviewed by the CLA Undergraduate Research Initiatives office to ensure students meet the minimum requirements to be eligible. The minimum requirements for students to be eligible for the Wilke and/or Dammon Dean Scholars programs can be found on the CLA Undergraduate Research website.

Once students have been deemed to be qualified, student applications are forwarded to the faculty mentor for final review and selection. 

 

Questions? Reach out to Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Devin De Both at ddeboth@purdue.edu.