Hi all, I am the Life and Physical Science contact for BURST applications, so please reach out if you have questions about your applications before submission. I want to direct you to the slide presentation that Cawa shared pages 8-11 where the mentoring plan and mentoring expectations are described. The gist of it is to make the mentoring plan tailored to the student, that is what is being assessed: talk about how this project will benefit the student in their scholarly and professional development. This requires having thoughtful discussions with the student about what they want and your ability to describe how to create that environment for them in those ten weeks. You can complement that plan in the timeline, where you can be specific about the PD activities you will expose students to. Also, check out the BURST rubric to guide your narrative development. Happy to answer questions. Carla On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM Michael Mayer wrote:

Hi all. Thanks to Cawa for forwarding the slideset from the meeting we attended. We didn't have time to discuss this in our meeting today, but here are a couple of additional points regarding the STARBURST process this year (issues that we are often curious about): -hard deadline Feb 21 -as usual, there is no firm budget or funding percentage they can report -they are not sure if STEM initiative funding will augment the budget -they are planning for equal funding percentages for applicants to the two programs (STAR vs. BURST)

Mike Michael S. Mayer, Ph.D. (he, him, his) Professor, Biology Department University of San Diego San Diego, CA 92110 619.260.4081 mayer@sandiego.edu Office: Shiley Science (SCST) 434 Office Hours (SCST): T 1:30-3:30 pm, W 1:30-3:30 pm, Th 11-12 noon, and by appt. Zoom office by appt.: https://sandiego.zoom.us/j/3171026456

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM Cawa Tran wrote:

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Hi all,

A couple of us attended the STARBURST faculty workshop yesterday and here are the slides presented. Good luck on applications this cycle!

Cheers, Cawa

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andrea Machado Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM Subject: Faculty STARBURST Workshop Presentation Slides To: Cc: Timothy Clark

Dear Faculty,

Thank you for attending yesterday's Faculty STARBURST workshop. Attached are the presentation slides for your reference. If you have any questions leading up to the STARBURST application deadline, please let us know!

Kind regards, Andrea

*Andrea Machado* Program Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Research Maher Hall 254 University of San Diego (619) 260-7840 amachado@sandiego.edu ugresearch@sandiego.edu

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