Award Reporting

Formatting to be used for: CUGR AY Fellowships, CUGR Summer Fellowships, MSGC AY Fellowships, MSGC Summer Fellowships, MSGC Research Experience, AI Fellowships, and MED Fellowships

Save all final report materials in a single .pdf file (multiple files and file uploads will not be accepted).
The final report filename should be titled: LASTNAME_AWARD TYPE YEAR_REPORT

e.g. Alex Smith, Summer 2019 Fellowship recipient would name/save the final report file as such:
Smith_CUGR_SUMMER19_Report.pdf

Your written report is a more complete summary of your work.

  • Final reports should be no more than 4 pages, including graphs and charts, and no less than 2 pages (your bibliography/references do not count towards total pages)
  • Font – Calibri, 11 point
  • Spacing – Use single spacing
  • Alignment – Use left alignment (please do not use the justify feature)
  • Margins – 1″ top, bottom, left and right
  • Paragraph – do NOT change the spacing before or after (keep at the default setting, 0)
  • Figures, charts, pictures – with the picture or chart selected, under format, select inline with text as the wrapping style in the layout tab. Selecting other options causes formatting errors. Make sure the information is readable!
  • Formatting Tools – do NOT use any of the following formatting tools in your report:
    • Paragraph spacing (pt before and after) should be kept at the default setting – 0.
    • Page numbering
    • Track changes (commentary from your advisor must be deleted before submitting your paper)
    • Headers or footers
    • Footnotes and endnotes
    • Hyperlinks in the body of the paper to figures, footnotes, endnotes, pictures, or objects
    • Protect documents or password protection

The final report template can be found here: https://www.msgc.org/wp-content/uploads/MSGC-Student-Final-Report-Template.pdf

Your final report should include (in this order):

  • Introductory information in the following order (centered):
    • Title of Your Research Report (Use Bold formatting)
    • Student Researcher (You): First, Name, Middle Initial, Last Name
    • Advisor: Name of Your Faculty Mentor
    • Name of College/University You Attend (Use Underline Formatting)
    • Name of Your Department
  • Abstract
  • Project Objectives (a discussion of your objectives)
  • Methodology Used
  • Results Obtained
  • Significance and Interpretation of Results
  • Self-assessment of the project’s success
  • Publications and follow-up proposals that resulted from this project/award
  • Figures/charts
  • Acknowledgments and References (references do not count toward your total page number and are supplemental)

Final Report should be submitted to the following form:

Final Report Submission