We have included several samples of successful project proposals for you to review. These project proposals represent different academic disciplines from across campus and involve students in research at various stages of a project.

The first project proposal illustrates a single-semester research project that a single CBHP student works on with a faculty member. The project requires the student to develop a computer application to download information from a government website, manipulate and cleanse the data, and then use another application to conduct the data analysis and visually display the results.

The second project proposal illustrates a multi-semester research project that a single CBHP student may work on over the course of several semesters. As an alternative, several different CBHP students may be involved in this research study over the course of several semesters with the assurance that proper knowledge transfer will take place during the transition between students. The study involves the initial construction of a web interface to capture data along with the design and construction of a database for storing the data. The project grows to include the sharing of data between multiple institutions and the development of secure login and email utilities to expand the number of subjects included in the study.

The third project proposal illustrates a multidisciplinary CBHP student team research project. Students leveraged their specific backgrounds to select the most appropriate technology to facilitate data capture for a field survey in a rural area (hand-held PDA), developed the surveys for the PDA, assisted in administering the field surveys and worked with the project director to analyze and interpret the data.

The fourth project proposal illustrates the research center concept in which a student's one semester research project is part of a larger, ongoing series of research projects involving multiple student researchers at the undergraduate and graduate level. In certain instances, the CBHP student may be a part of an interdisciplinary research team. With mentoring from the project director and other students, a student may "grow" through a series of projects over multiple academic periods as the student develops his/her knowledge of the research field. Over the course of several projects, the student may, in turn, mentor other incoming students.

While publishing articles or presenting research outside of the Program is not required, we encourage students to strive for their best and seek these avenues. Students may elect to present their research at conferences or publish their research in academic journals, as appropriate. We encourage our Project Directors to guide and aid our students in these endeavors.