The Biology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is offering a limited number of travel grants, up to $250 each, for undergraduate students presenting original research results at a regional or national, discipline-specific meeting during the fiscal year 2010 - 2011. Award recipients are required to acknowledge CUR for support of their travel in their talk or poster and to complete a short evaluation form about their meeting experience. Minority students are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility Criteria:- Undergraduate student must be a junior or senior and travel must be completed within 3 months of graduation.
- Student’s mentor must be a CUR member or the student’s home institution must be a CUR institutional member
- Student’s home institution must provide at least a 50% match to support travel
Application materials:- An electronic copy of the meeting abstract, including the title of the abstract, student authors, faculty mentor, and institution. If the abstract is written in highly technical terms the applicant may also submit a brief (maximum 500 words) summary of the work written for an audience consisting of biologists from a wide range of disciplines.
- A list of itemized meeting expenses (travel, housing, and registration).An e-mail from sponsoring faculty acknowledging (1) student’s Jr. or Sr. class status, (2) student’s planned attendance at meeting, (3) confirmation of institution’s monetary match, and (4) confirmation of individual or institutional CUR membership.
- Reimbursement of travel expenses (up to $250) will require copies of receipts and confirmation of student’s attendance/presentation at the meeting.
Selection Criteria: Travel Award recipients will be chosen based on the scholarly merit of their abstract, which should include: - A sentence that clearly states the study’s OBJECTIVE (unless included in the title)
- A brief statement of METHODS (if pertinent)
- A summary of the RESULTS
- A statement of CONCLUSIONS (it is not acceptable to state “the results will be discussed”)
- A statement of SIGNIFICANCE
Deadline: Applications must be received by 5 pm EST September 8, 2010 for meetings held September 2010 – February 2011 or by 5 pm EST February 15, 2011 for meetings held March – June 2011.
Award decisions will be made as quickly as possible after the appropriate deadline.
Send Application Materials: by email to and fax receipts (only) to Evelyn Hiatt at Kentucky Wesleyan College 270-852-3145
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