Financial Officer: Rushabh Doshi (rushabh.doshi@stanford.edu)
Amount Approved: $7,800
Full Budget

What is the mission and purpose of your student group?

SURJ encourages any and all students to become interested in
research by providing examples of what is studied in the various
disciplines and by offering the means of communicating knowledge
between the disciplines to achieve a holistic effect. The role of
SURJ in the academic community is thus twofold: First, to
encourage, recognize, and reward intellectual activity beyond the
classroom. Each year, many undergraduates complete theses,
participate in independent studies, and compile and complete
research for various research-exposure courses at Stanford. SURJ
strongly encourages and rewards this intellectual curiosity by
offering students the opportunity to have their work published.
The editorial board chooses several exemplary works from a wide
range of student initiatives. ?The Stanford Undergraduate
Research Awards? is awarded to the primary authors of all
accepted papers. Second, SURJ provides a form for the exchange
and dissemination of research and ideas. SURJ is a unique
opportunity for members of this community to examine research and
engage in the discussion of issues within fields that cross
boundaries between individual specialties. In order to do so, the
research displayed in the journal is written without jargon and
in a manner that maximizes each report?s accessibility to all
members of the Stanford community. We hope not only to increase
awareness of research among various disciplines through our style
of presentation, but also provide a forum where ideas can be
exchanged and disseminated.

Why are you requesting Special Fees?

We are requesting Special Fees because we believe that we offer a
special service to undergraduates.  SURJ is one of the few
journals that is distributed nationally and published exclusively
undergraduate research.  It gives undergraduates an opportunity
to read some incredible research in all disciplines done by
Stanford students.  Finally, it offers opportunities to learn how
to edit and write papers for submission to academic journals.

What are the three largest line item requests in your budget and why?

Our budget only has one major line item.  This is the
Marketing/Copies/Printing line item.  This money is used to
actually publish copies of the journal.  The publication is the
heart of our group, and all the money is used to either solicit
submissions, edit the papers that are submitted, or for the
printing costs, which make up the bulk of this line item.

If you applied for Special Fees last year, is there an increase in the
amount you're seeking this year?  If so, why?

There is a slight increase in our request.  This increase is
mainly to adjust for increased prices for publishing and a larger
journal with will have a few more papers published.