The purpose of a research residency is to enhance the research training of doctoral students through participation in on-going research of one or more graduate faculty members and contribution to these research projects. These experiences can take many forms including data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, protocol development, literature review for grant submission, completion of manuscripts based on research projects, etc. The student and the advisor should discuss possible residencies early and often.
The research residency requirement can be met by the student while participating in the on-going research of a graduate faculty member holding Graduate Faculty P or M status in their home college (nursing, medicine, etc). Ideally, the residency involves work of the faculty advisor and is closely related in some fundamental way to the work the student is proposing. If the residency is completed with a faculty member who is not the primary advisor, the residency goals should be developed collaboratively between the student, primary advisor, and residency instructor. The residency should advance the learning of the student and build upon the student’s prior research experiences.
Each semester of the research residency the student must spend a minimum of six hours a week involved with the research experience (i.e. 2 contact hours for each credit hour). Students are required to complete one semester of research residency during the program for a minimum of 3 credit hours; the 3 credits can be divided over multiple semesters and additional residencies are allowable. Students must enroll for a minimum of 1 credit of N8980 per semester to earn credit for the residency requirement; a minimum total of 3 credits is required.
The student is responsible for submitting the Research Residency Form that includes measurable goals and objectives, which has been approved by the advisor and the faculty with whom the residencies are undertaken. These should be submitted in Beacon before the end of the semester that precedes the planned residency. The student and the advisor are responsible for submitting the Research Residency Evaluation in Beacon no later than the final week of the semester/term. If there are any changes in the plan, the student must notify the PhD Program Director.
You may want to ask the Director of the PhD program to review the proposed objectives and activities prior to submission to avoid delays in registration. The residency instructor, the advisor, the PhD Program Director, and the Graduate Program Manager must review and approve the residency prior to enrollment. Once approved, the Graduate Program Manager will complete the enrollment.