Membership
CUR Membership is designed to guide and assist faculty, mentors, administrators, researchers, staff, and students in their efforts to develop, enhance, sustain, and support undergraduate research on their campuses and beyond.
Bethany Usher, PhD.
Radford University, CUR Immediate Past President
Recognition
CUR recognizes institutions that have exemplary programs providing high-quality research experiences to undergraduates, as well as faculty facilitating undergraduate research at their institutions through their mentorship and leadership, and undergraduate research students excelling in their disciplines.
Publications
Over the last few years, CUR leaders have been conversing with funding agencies, industry partners, human resource experts, future employers, professional societies, and beyond to understand the impact of URSCI on career readiness. Take a look at our latest position statement on Recognizing URSCI as a Career-Readiness Tool.
Jeanne Mekolichick
Radford University, Author of Position Paper
Advocacy
For CUR, advocacy primarily means bringing the CUR message to legislators, staffers, and agency representatives in Washington, DC, or helping our members spread the message to their state levels. CUR engages in advocacy through many avenues.
Mission
The mission of the Council on Undergraduate Research is to support and promote high-quality mentored undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry.
Upcoming Events
Featured Event:
ConnectUR 2025 in Grand Rapids, MI
June 16-18, 2025
The ConnectUR conference will provide a forum where attendees can draw on knowledge exchange, scholarship of teaching and learning, group discussion, and community building to expand their approaches to undergraduate research. Registration will open in March 2025.
May 08
Author Insights: Implementing an Alternative Model of URE
May 08, 2025
A team at Oregon State University designed, implemented, and studied an alternative inclusive undergraduate research experience model aimed at lowering barriers to access for underrepresented and non-traditional students. The program, Authentic Research through Collaborative Learning has just released a web-based guide to share insights and lessons learned from this long duration, low intensity and field independent research experience. Attend this free webinar to engage with the authors Julie Risisen and Ryan Brown.
May 14
CUR Conversation: Incorporating Archival Work into Undergraduate Research
May 14, 2025
At this free webinar for CUR Members, Carol Street from the University of Kentucky, will demystify the process of incorporating archival resources in the classroom; Learn how using archival resources can achieve high-impact results for undergraduates; Learn about the Learning Lab at the University of Kentucky, which achieves student success through a primary source-based internship in the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Open to all but ideal for faculty/mentors in the humanities, social sciences, STEM faculty, and librarians.
May 20
Proposal Writing Institute 2025 Registration Deadline
May 20, 2025
This institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies. The multi-day institute will consist of one-on-one work with a mentor, writing, small-group discussions, and critiquing of proposals. The institute has been developed to assist novice to experienced proposal writers in drafting complete proposals for submission.
