Faculty Research Assistants Funding (FRAF) Acceptance Form – Academic Year Δ Faculty First Name(Required)Faculty Last Name(Required)Faculty NetID(Required)Faculty UTK Email(Required)Faculty Department(Required)Faculty College(Required)Herbert College of AgricultureArchitecture and DesignArts and SciencesBaker School of Public Policy and Public AffairsHaslam College of BusinessCommunication and InformationEducation, Health, and Human SciencesEmerging and Collaborative StudiesTickle College of EngineeringMusicNursingSocial WorkVeterinary MedicineAccept I accept this funding and agree to the followingAY FRAF includes up to $1500.00 per semester ($3000 total) to pay the student employee directly and cover fringe benefits; the award also includes up to $250.00 per semester ($500 total) as a supply contribution for the faculty mentor. Funding can be used to support multiple students, but the total award amount remains the same.Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingAll students employed by FRAF must be currently enrolled UTK undergraduate students. Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingFaculty must list FRAF positions on Handshake for at least 7 days. Faculty must consult with Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (who will contact Federal Work Study) if they plan to hire a work-study student before an offer of employment is made to ensure the student is eligible for hire.Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingThe faculty member must work with their department (often the business manager) to add the FRAF student(s) to the faculty's department payroll to be paid on an hourly basis via bi-weekly timesheet. Students must be added to the payroll before they begin work. Departments set the hourly rate of pay, but we suggest a rate of $15 per hour. At the end of each semester, departments must submit payroll distribution reports in order to receive reimbursements. Payroll distribution reports are due by December 19, 2025 for fall and June 1, 2026 for spring. Deadlines must be met in order to receive reimbursements. Academic Year FRAF funding is intended to be evenly distributed between the fall and spring semesters. Faculty may spend more of the award in the fall; however they may not carry over unused fall funds into spring. Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingReimbursement for supplies may be requested using this form: https://studentsuccess.utk.edu/urf/faculty/funding/fraf-dra-aura-supplies-reimbursement-request-form/. You can request supplies once (up to $500) or twice (up to $250 each semester), but all requests must be received by May 1, 2026. Please ensure you leave enough time to order and receive your supplies before May 1, 2026. Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingFRAF faculty are responsible for communicating all FRAF expectations to their department heads/supervisors and their business managers. Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingSelected FRAF student employees must be current UTK undergraduate students in good academic standing and may not yet have graduated from UTK. Priority should be given to students who previously have not held a research position.Accept I accept this funding and agree to the following FRAF students funded by this program are required to meet with the Office of Undergraduate Research & Fellowships staff to discuss future undergraduate research and fellowships opportunities. Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingFRAF students are required to attend 1 session of the Office of Undergraduate Research & Fellowship’s Research Workshop Series per semester on a topic of their choice (https://studentsuccess.utk.edu/urf/getting-started/helpful-resources/seminar-series/). Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingFRAF students agree to present their research within a year of completing their FRAF position, at either the annual fall research exhibition, Discovery Day, or at the annual spring research event, EURēCA. Students are welcome to present at other UTK or non-UTK conferences, but other presentations will not replace this requirement.Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingStudents should only be hired for one Office of Undergraduate Research & Fellowships grant at a time; students cannot simultaneously hold a FRAF, DRA, and/or AURA grant. Accept I accept this funding and agree to the followingFaculty recipients of FRAF may be called upon to judge projects at EURēCA and/or assist in reviewing articles for PURSUIT, UTK’s undergraduate research journal. Decline I decline this funding.