The Social Sciences Division of CUR is offering a limited number of grants, up to $200 each, for undergraduate students presenting the results of research that they have conducted at a regional or national, discipline-specific meeting (in person or virtually) during the academic year 2023-2024. In addition, two awards will be set aside for students attending an international conference.
The Geoscience Division of the Council of Undergraduate Research (GeoCUR) recognizes the critical work of developing best practices in undergraduate research. This award highlights individuals who place undergraduate research at the center of professional activities. GeoCUR annually recognizes individuals who are initiating creative, impactful, and/or innovative undergraduate research activities. Awardees win a prize of $600.
The Geosciences Division of CUR annually recognizes an individual who serves as a role model for productive and transformative student-faculty mentoring relationships and for maintaining a sustained and innovative approach to the enterprise of undergraduate research. The awardee wins a prize of $600.
Evidence of transformative student-faculty mentoring relationships include: leadership in fostering and sustaining the undergraduate research enterprise, student-mentor collaborations culminating in presentations at national or regional meetings and/or publication with student co-authors in peer-reviewed journals, and innovative approaches to involving undergraduates in research experiences incorporating research activities into the classroom and service learning.
Join the undergraduate research community in celebrating this year's past awardees. From AURA, CUR Fellows Award for Excellence in UR Leadership, CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award, CURAH Faculty Mentor Endowment Award, Trimmer Travel Endowment Fund Award, Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award, and our many divisional awards for 2023-2024. Enjoy a virtual celebration with dancing, trivia, […]
This event is for Elected Volunteer Leaders only.
CUR’s Annual Leadership Meeting (ALM) serves as a yearly gathering for volunteer leaders and national office staff to collaborate, align goals, and plan together. This meeting fosters an environment where participants can learn, share insights, and deepen their understanding of processes and procedures, ensuring that CUR remains sustainable and continues to be the foremost voice of support for undergraduate research.
This event is for Elected Volunteer Leaders only.
CUR’s Annual Leadership Meeting (ALM) serves as a yearly gathering for volunteer leaders and national office staff to collaborate, align goals, and plan together. This meeting fosters an environment where participants can learn, share insights, and deepen their understanding of processes and procedures, ensuring that CUR remains sustainable and continues to be the foremost voice of support for undergraduate research.
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.
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.
An empowering 2-hour workshop on learning how to center your access initiatives on the work, and not the words.
Join this Connect UR Pre-Conference Workshop facilitated by CUR Members from a diverse group of institutions to discuss effective partnerships, learn about the partnerships they have developed and how these have evolved, share your successes and challenges, and leave with a plan to move forward.
Learn to reframe how to present their undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry (URSCI) experiences in terms of transferable career readiness skills identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as in demand by employers.