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Thank you for your support of undergraduate research at UNH. As you begin serving as a faculty mentor, we urge you to review all REAP application guidelines and program requirements on the Hamel Center website and to contact us with questions or concerns as soon as they arise. What follows is some basic information that may be useful as you start out, especially if you have not served as a mentor before. 

It is the student applicant’s responsibility to complete and sign the top portion of the REAP Faculty Mentor Recommendation Form before giving it to you. You will then be responsible for completing the bottom half of the form, writing a letter of recommendation using the prompts on the form, and submitting both the form and your letter through the online portal (at the bottom of this page) by the application deadline. 

Mentor Eligibility: 

• All tenure-track faculty members at UNH and UNHM are eligible, as well as non-tenure-track research, clinical, and extension faculty.  
• Non-tenure-track lecturers, adjuncts, affiliate and visiting faculty may become mentors with the prior approval of the Hamel Center director and the appropriate department chair.   

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Additional Notes about Mentor Eligibility and Availability:  

• Eligibility for all REAP mentors also assumes the mentor’s availability to work with the student researcher throughout the entire undergraduate research process – i.e., availability not only during the actual research period, but also before the research begins (to design the apprenticeship project and write the proposal) and after the research has been completed (to assist the student with their REAP final report and presentation of research, if appropriate). Faculty mentors whose availability may be compromised (e.g., by sabbatical leave, extensive travel/absence, a new job/position or relocation) should contact the Hamel Center director before the application deadline in order to determine eligibility.
• We strongly encourage faculty members to mentor no more than two student projects per research period – i.e., during the academic year or summer (including REAP, SURF, IROP, and Undergraduate Research Awards combined) – to ensure that individual students receive sufficient guidance and supervision for their research.  For faculty mentors who believe they have a strong rationale for mentoring more than two student projects per research period, we ask you to contact the Hamel Center director before the application deadline. 

REAP Mentor Responsibilities:

• Explore possible research topics that reflect the student’s interests and experience. *Note: REAP students may participate in a faculty member’s research or may pursue research specifically designed for the apprenticeship under the mentor’s guidance; however, students should not serve merely as research assistants. Students should have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of professional research: from the design and development of the project to the analysis and conclusions.
• Work with your student to define and focus the project, including the development of a timetable to assure that the project can be managed within the time frame allotted.
• Discuss with the student the details of how the proposed research, scholarly, or creative project will be carried out.
• Identify the knowledge, experience, and skills the student needs to complete the project, and develop a plan for the student’s acquisition of these before and/or during the apprenticeship research period.
• Determine if the project will require approval from a University review committee.  Any projects involving interviews, surveys or questionnaires – i.e. all having to do with human subjects – must receive approval from UNH’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) before the research begins.  Similarly, research involving vertebrate animals, infectious agents, DEA controlled substances, lasers, x-rays, hazardous chemicals, radioactive materials, carcinogenic material, recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules, NMR/superconducting magnets, and/or patents and copyrights must receive approval from the appropriate University review committee before the research begins.  (In some cases, the faculty mentor may already have obtained approval for the research, but the student will need to be added to the research protocol.)  The Hamel Center must receive confirmation of research approval before dispensing award money.  For more information about the research approval process, see the Hamel Center’s  page. 
• Write the REAP proposal using the outline provided on the REAP webpage. In the spirit of apprenticeship, involve the REAP applicant in the preparation of the proposal as much as possible: e.g., engage the student in a series of conversations about the research topic; guide the student in how to identify appropriate previous research on the topic (including how to do a proper literature review using the library); familiarize the student with the necessary tools for conducting the proposed research activities.   
• Complete a recommendation letter using the prompts on the “REAP Faculty Mentor Recommendation Form.” Note: The student applicant must complete and sign the top portion of the form before giving it to you. Please submit the form and your letter through the online portal no later than the application deadline.
• Develop a time frame and a system of communication with the student during the project period that will allow for an appropriate balance of mentor guidance and student independence.  Please keep in mind that the faculty mentor is expected to assume the primary mentoring responsibilities for REAP, even if other individuals, such as graduate students, are involved in the proposed research activities.
• Complete the Faculty Mentor Evaluation at the end of the research period. (The evaluation will be provided to you electronically.) 
• If appropriate, assist the student in identifying appropriate forums in which to share his/her experience and research.  Though presentation is not required, REAP students are encouraged to present the results of their research to a class, to department majors and/or faculty, at UNH’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), or even at an off-campus conference.