Albright Creative Research Experience (ACRE) - Albright College
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Albright Creative Research Experience (ACRE) - Albright College
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Albright Creative Research Experience (ACRE)
Payment and Housing
Requirements
Selection Criteria
The ACRE program runs in the second summer session for 2026: July 1 to August 21.
Student recipients receive a $1,230 stipend. Faculty recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend. Recipients are expected to spend approximately 20 hours per week, for a period of 7.5 weeks, working on the project.
Housing will be available for a fee. Board will be available for a fee at those times that the Dining Hall is in operation during the summer. In addition, limited funding is available for expenses associated with the project, such as supplies and travel costs. Student-faculty applicants can apply for up to $500 for project-reated expenses.
*Stipends updated summer 2026 and are subject to change.
One collaborative application should be submitted for each student-faculty team. The application form can be downloaded from ACRE Canvas page.
Student must be an Albright first-year, sophomore or junior, enrolled full-time, and in good academic standing in the spring 2026 semester.
Remember that any proposed work involving human subjects (e.g. interviews, physiological or psychological testing) needs prior approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Proposed work involving use of vertebrate animals requires prior or pending approval from the Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC). The absence of prior approval from the IRB or ACUC requires detailed justification and a time-line for submission of materials to the IRB or ACUC is required with your ACRE proposal. Please be aware, however, that any ACRE funding will be contingent on the eventual approval from IRB or ACUC before the relevant work is conducted. Please reach out to
Jennifer Koosed
in Academic Affairs for any forms necessary.
All award recipients will meet weekly during the summer to discuss their projects’ progress and share in each others’ endeavors.
Student recipients are required to present their project at an Experience Event during the fall session (with other recipients).
By the report deadline, each student-faculty team is required to submit an electronic report through the ACRE Canvas course on their project.
The following should comprise this report:
An abstract summarizing the project. This abstract should be no more than 100 words and should be written in a style suitable for the general public for publication in on-campus and off-campus media outlets.
A full report on the project, describing what occurred, key outcomes and current status of the project, and future plans concerning project. This report should be no more than 1000 words, excluding any enclosures, tables, etc.
A current resume for the student and CV for the faculty.
The following addfitional materials should also be completed:
A completed “Release of Materials” allowing the College to catalog your project in the library.
A completed, confidential questionnaire evaluating the program. A link to the survey will be sent to you for completion.
The learning opportunity for the student.
The collaborative nature of the project (note: consideration is given to variation in meanings of “collaboration” across different disciplines of study). Collaboration can mean many different things across disciplines, but the committee considers collaboration to mean research done jointly by the student and faculty, rather than the faculty solely teaching material to the student.
The degree to which the project complements and engages existing literature, studies, methods, or creative practices within the field of endeavor.
Appropriate scope of the project (Does the scale of the project justify the time and expense claimed in the application? Is successful completion feasible?)
The probability of the project resulting in a significant publication, presentation, exhibit or performance for the student.
The completeness of the proposal and the extent to which it follows the guidelines specified on the application form. After meeting the fundamental requirements set out in the selection criteria there are secondary considerations that applicants should consider:
Prioritization of awards may include consideration of the number of previous ACRE awards (interim or summer). This prioritization would favor applicants who have not previously applied for an ACRE award and only apply when meritorious awards would be denied due to insufficient funds. Exceptions can be made in cases where a student is proposing a fundamentally different project from previous ACRE project(s).
In the rare cases where two equally weighted proposals must be decided upon due to funding constraints and one discipline (natural sciences, social sciences, or humanities) is under-represented in any given round then the under-represented discipline can be prioritized.
Jennifer Koosed
Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies
School:
(610) 921-7760
Skip To Main Content
Albright Creative Research Experience (ACRE)
Payment and Housing
Requirements
Selection Criteria
The ACRE program runs in the second summer session for 2026: July 1 to August 21.
Student recipients receive a $1,230 stipend. Faculty recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend. Recipients are expected to spend approximately 20 hours per week, for a period of 7.5 weeks, working on the project.
Housing will be available for a fee. Board will be available for a fee at those times that the Dining Hall is in operation during the summer. In addition, limited funding is available for expenses associated with the project, such as supplies and travel costs. Student-faculty applicants can apply for up to $500 for project-reated expenses.
*Stipends updated summer 2026 and are subject to change.
One collaborative application should be submitted for each student-faculty team. The application form can be downloaded from ACRE Canvas page.
Student must be an Albright first-year, sophomore or junior, enrolled full-time, and in good academic standing in the spring 2026 semester.
Remember that any proposed work involving human subjects (e.g. interviews, physiological or psychological testing) needs prior approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Proposed work involving use of vertebrate animals requires prior or pending approval from the Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC). The absence of prior approval from the IRB or ACUC requires detailed justification and a time-line for submission of materials to the IRB or ACUC is required with your ACRE proposal. Please be aware, however, that any ACRE funding will be contingent on the eventual approval from IRB or ACUC before the relevant work is conducted. Please reach out to
Jennifer Koosed
in Academic Affairs for any forms necessary.
All award recipients will meet weekly during the summer to discuss their projects’ progress and share in each others’ endeavors.
Student recipients are required to present their project at an Experience Event during the fall session (with other recipients).
By the report deadline, each student-faculty team is required to submit an electronic report through the ACRE Canvas course on their project.
The following should comprise this report:
An abstract summarizing the project. This abstract should be no more than 100 words and should be written in a style suitable for the general public for publication in on-campus and off-campus media outlets.
A full report on the project, describing what occurred, key outcomes and current status of the project, and future plans concerning project. This report should be no more than 1000 words, excluding any enclosures, tables, etc.
A current resume for the student and CV for the faculty.
The following addfitional materials should also be completed:
A completed “Release of Materials” allowing the College to catalog your project in the library.
A completed, confidential questionnaire evaluating the program. A link to the survey will be sent to you for completion.
The learning opportunity for the student.
The collaborative nature of the project (note: consideration is given to variation in meanings of “collaboration” across different disciplines of study). Collaboration can mean many different things across disciplines, but the committee considers collaboration to mean research done jointly by the student and faculty, rather than the faculty solely teaching material to the student.
The degree to which the project complements and engages existing literature, studies, methods, or creative practices within the field of endeavor.
Appropriate scope of the project (Does the scale of the project justify the time and expense claimed in the application? Is successful completion feasible?)
The probability of the project resulting in a significant publication, presentation, exhibit or performance for the student.
The completeness of the proposal and the extent to which it follows the guidelines specified on the application form. After meeting the fundamental requirements set out in the selection criteria there are secondary considerations that applicants should consider:
Prioritization of awards may include consideration of the number of previous ACRE awards (interim or summer). This prioritization would favor applicants who have not previously applied for an ACRE award and only apply when meritorious awards would be denied due to insufficient funds. Exceptions can be made in cases where a student is proposing a fundamentally different project from previous ACRE project(s).
In the rare cases where two equally weighted proposals must be decided upon due to funding constraints and one discipline (natural sciences, social sciences, or humanities) is under-represented in any given round then the under-represented discipline can be prioritized.
Jennifer Koosed
Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies
School:
(610) 921-7760