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Purpose:
The purpose of the Alonso Quijano (aka Don Quixote) Research Scholars award is to offer funding for undergraduate students with a financial need to engage in a semester-long mentored research experience (~10 hours/week). Each semester, we will offer a $2,250 award to up to five students to work in a research laboratory here in the Department of Health and Exercise Science. Awardees are eligible to re-apply for a second semester of funding.
Eligibility:
- Must be an active full-time HES undergraduate major at CSU in good standing.
- Must have a demonstrated financial need (reflected by employment concurrent with full-time enrollment at CSU or pursuit of employment while at CSU).

“Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.” – Sicilian Proverb
Don Quixote is a 1955 sketch by Pablo Picasso of the Spanish literary hero and his sidekick, Sancho Panza
Apply Now Application
Applicants must fill out the application form below. All responses will be considered when selecting awardees, so be sure to answer every question to the best of your ability!
Please sufficiently prepare before your application submission. We encourage you to draft your questions for the application beforehand and keep your responses to the limit of 200 words.
Application Questions
- Which laboratory would you like to work in and why?
- It is a good idea to contact/meet the lab you want to work with before submitting your application
- What are your plans after completing your degree here at CSU?
- This could include continuing education (PhD, MD, OT, PT, etc.) or a permanent position
- Do you currently work while attending CSU? If so, how many hours/week? Is this a research position (paid or volunteer)?
- If you are currently volunteering in a laboratory, what have you learned and how has this guided your career plans?
- Explain how the AQURS program will enhance your academic experience and future career goals.
Current/previous AQURS awardees will also need to answer these questions
- Please detail your accomplishments during your first award period
- i.e., presentations, publications, awards, skills gained, and other products.
- Please describe what you will achieve with another semester of AQURS funding. If you continue on a project you already started, what will you gain this semester?
- Try to be specific! (i.e., papers, presentations, outreach, etc.)
Application deadline for Spring 2025 funding: Monday, December 2, 2024
Are you having issues with the form? Please email dan.lark@colostate.edu to arrange for a paper copy of the submission form.
The application has closed as it is passed the deadline of December 2, 2024. Please check back next semester for the next cohort.