Council on Undergraduate Research Newsletter

October 3, 2019

Abstracts Open: 2020 CUR Biennial Conference, Purdue

At the 2020 CUR Biennial Conference at Purdue University on June 27-30, 2020, faculty, administrators, staff, academic and community partners, and policymakers will share models of undergraduate research activities from a wide variety of settings and disciplines, organized by the following themes:

• Assessment in Undergraduate Research

• Diversity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Research

• Integrating and Building Undergraduate Research into Curriculum and Coursework

• New Models and Settings for Undergraduate Research

Abstracts may be submitted for oral and poster presentations until Nov 22, 2019. In addition, submissions are welcomed that fall outside a specific theme, including those with nontraditional presentation formats (e.g., performances). 

 

Want feedback on an abstract before submission? Consider posting a question in the .

CUR Biology Division Offers Student Travel Grants

CUR’s Biology Division is offering a limited number of travel grants (up to $250 each) for undergraduates presenting original, biological research results at a regional or national, discipline-specific meeting. Application deadlines: Oct 15, 2019, and Jan 13, 2020. 

Apply by Oct 6 for CUR’s Institute:
Creative Inquiry in the Arts & Humanities

The 2019 Creative Inquiry in the Arts & Humanities Institute will be held Nov 8-10, 2019, at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. Teams of faculty and administrators are invited to apply for the institute, which will feature the development of action plans to advance A&H undergraduate research on campus with custom-designed goals and strategies. Expert facilitators will assist the teams with issues such as funding, undergraduate research models, sample programs, workload, curriculum, recruitment, and promotion.

Oct 6 Deadline to Apply for CUR Institute: Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs

This institute, which will be hosted by Miami University in Oxford, OH, on Nov 15-17, 2019, is designed for campuses that are establishing undergraduate research programs or centralized undergraduate research offices and those expanding undergraduate research opportunities from a single department to a campus-wide program. It is also valuable for campuses addressing service to new student constituencies (such as underrepresented students). 

Mathematician's Practical Guide to UR

NEW! A Mathematician’s Practical Guide to Mentoring UR

A Mathematician’s Practical Guide to Mentoring Undergraduate Research provides how-to’s on starting and nurturing an undergraduate research program in mathematical sciences. The book by Michael Dorff, Allison Henrich, and Lara Pudwell is published by the American Mathematical Society / Mathematical Association of America with the cooperation of CUR. A special price is offered for CUR members in the CUR Bookstore. 

Nominations Due Nov 15 for CUR Leadership Positions

CUR is able to fulfill its mission because of its volunteers! Are you passionate about undergraduate research? Would you like to deepen your involvement? The deadline for self-nominations for the positions of councilor, president-elect, and council representative to the CUR Executive Board is November 15, 2019. 

Submit Nominations by Nov 22 for CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award

CUR and the Goldwater Scholars program invite nominations for the CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award, which recognizes faculty mentors of Goldwater Scholars who conduct their research in a STEM discipline. The nomination deadline is Nov 22, 2019. 

Interested in Grant Proposal Success?
Register for 2020 CUR Dialogues

At , faculty and administrators interact with federal agency program officers and other grant funders and take part in several networking opportunities. CUR Dialogues 2020 will take place at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA, on Feb 13-16, 2020, and will focus on the theme “Getting on the Right Path: Networks, Relationships, and Uncovering Grant Opportunities.” Take advantage of the early-bird registration rate until Dec 12, 2019. Some conference grants will be available. 

New Online CUR Community: Student Journals

Inspired by a proposal from IU Bloomington fourth-year student Shahin Saberi, the new  community in the online CUR Community offers a place for those involved in student research journals—students, faculty, librarians, administrators, and others—to share resources, foster discussion of best practices, seek solutions to issues encountered in the operation of student journals, and provide support and networking to such individuals.

How to Join. To join the  community, login using your CUR credentials. Those who are logging in for the first time or have forgotten their password should use the “” link. If accessing the CUR Community for the first time, be sure to accept the Terms and Conditions. Then, use the green “Join Community” button on the right side of the screen to select notification preferences and officially join the discussion.

Donald Lawrence

New Video, 2019 CUR-Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee

A new video featuring Donald Lawrence (Thompson Rivers University), a 2019 CUR-Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee, is now available on CUR’s .

CUR Welcomes New Members

CUR welcomes American University of Health Sciences (Signal Hill, CA), Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), and Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) to institutional membership.

Deadlines Near for Undergraduate Opportunities

Note the deadlines for the following undergraduate opportunities:

CUR Events and Deadlines

Oct 6, 2019 / , Creative Inquiry in the Arts & Humanities Institute, Trinity University (TX)

 

Oct 6, 2019 / , Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs Institute, Miami University of Ohio

 

Oct 15, 2019 / , Student Travel Awards, CUR Biology Division

 

Oct 15, 2019 / , Beginning a Research Program in the Natural Sciences at a Predominately Undergraduate Institution Institute, Stetson University

 

Oct 27-28, 2019 / , Alexandria, VA

 

Nov 4, 2019 / , Mid-Career Mentoring Award, CUR Psychology Division

 

Nov 5, 2019 / , Posters on the Hill

 

Nov 8, 2019 / , CUR Arts and Humanities Division Faculty Mentor Award

 

Nov 8-10, 2019 / , Trinity University (TX)

 

Nov 15, 2019 / , CUR Leadership Positions

 

Nov 15-17, 2019 /, Miami University of Ohio

 

Nov 22, 2019 / , 2020 CUR Biennial Conference

 

Nov 22, 2019 / , CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award

 

Nov 22-24, 2019 / , Stetson University

 

Dec 6, 2019 / , Student Travel Awards, CUR Physics and Astronomy Div

 

Dec 6, 2019 / , 2020 National Conference on Undergraduate Research

 

Dec 12, 2019 / , 2020 CUR Dialogues

 

Jan 13, 2020 / , Student Travel Awards, CUR Biology Division

 

Feb 3, 2020 / , Student Travel Awards, CUR Psychology Div

 

Feb 7, 2020 / , Student Travel Awards, CUR Physics and Astronomy Div

 

Feb 13-15, 2020 / , Arlington, VA

 

Mar 26-28, 2020 / , Montana State University Bozeman

April 20-24, 2020 / Undergraduate Research Week

 

Jun 27-30, 2020 / , Purdue University

Submit Abstracts by Dec 6, 2019
2020 National Conference on Undergraduate Research
NCUR 2020

Montana State University Bozeman / March 26-28, 2020 /
Submission deadline: December 6, 2019

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