» Departmental Syllabus (MS Word) - Print copies will be distributed to students
- You are responsibible for knowing all of this information regarding project guidelines, budget guidelines, grading policy & guiding criteria, academic honesty, research participation expectations and student resources

» Important Dates & Deadlines (MS Word) - As is included in the print copy of the syllabus

» Getting Started (MS Word) - Advice about topic selection and beginning the project

» Action Plan (MS Word)- Students must submit a new form to Angela Draheim each semester they register for SMP hours

» IRB Information and Forms

» Conducting research via the St. Mary's County Public School System (MS Word)

» Preparing Budget Requests & Expense Reports (MS Word)

» Budget Request Form (MS Excel)
- Students should complete this if they expect to spend more than the expected $200 student contribution
     » Example Budget Request (MS Excel)

» Expense Report Form (MS Excel)
- Students MUST fill this out if they received any money or services from the department!
     » Example Expense Report (MS Excel)

» Intent to Attend Conference Form (MS Word)
- Students must turn this in if pre-planning to attend a conference
» Conference Reimbursment Form (MS Word)
- If a conference is attended, students must use this to reimburse conference expenditures

» Titlepage (MS Word)
- Use this on both the electronic copy turned in to the Registrar’s office and any hard copies turned in to your mentor

» Presenting your SMP
» SMP Days SP08: General information & general poster guidelines

Archiving the Project: In order to maintain a record of St. Mary’s Projects, students are required by the deadline of December 7 for the fall semester and April 25 for the spring semester to submit to the Office of the Registrar a 3.5” disk, CD, CD-R, or DVD of the written project and, if appropriate, an artifact, for example, an audio or video tape. In all cases, the archive copy labeled with name and project title, and saved as a single comprehensive document in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint) should include a project abstract of no more than 250 words. Students may not retrieve their archive copy after it has been turned in to the Office of the Registrar.