Jane Cappe Research Enhancement Award (SC6495) Fall

This application will award scholarship funds for the upcoming fall semester.

The Jane Cappe Research Enhancement Award honors a Texas State University MSIS student, who completed her degree while holding both full- and part-time jobs, and exemplified personal integrity, scholarship, critical thinking, and the pursuit of excellence in the academic and nonacademic environment. Since 2010, Ms. Jane Cappe has personally continued and supported this scholarship, originally established by Mr. Dewain Cobb.

During her tenure as a graduate student, Ms. Cappe became convinced of the direct cause and effect relationship between the effort expended in the research portion of the MSIS program, and the amount of personal growth and critical skills that resulted. To promote those skills, the award criteria focus more on quality of effort involved in research and the ability to challenge the learner rather than GPA.

The award’s purpose is to recognize outstanding learners in the MSIS and MAIS and their proposed research. Additionally, the award will provide financial assistance for execution of the research project.

• All applicants must complete an application and provide a copy of their research proposal and unofficial transcript.
• Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria, in addition to the essay contained in the application:
  1. Quality of the research outline.
  2. Ability of the proposed research to challenge and strengthen the applicant’s skills.
  3. Significance of the research.
  4. Recommendation of the graduate advisor.