Meet Your Future in Montana! CURS Sponsors NCUR Travel Scholarship Award
Looking for an opportunity to showcase your academic achievements and advance your future career? BGSU’s Center for Undergraduate
Research and Scholarship (CURS) is offering travel scholarships to students interested in presenting their completed research
or creative projects at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), to be held at the University of Montana from April 15 - 17, 2010. Scholarship winners will receive an institutional
endorsement in the form of free registration, airfare and lodging (package valued at up to $1000 per student) to be awarded
if their proposal is accepted for presentation at NCUR.
For scholarship consideration, students must submit their application and abstracts to the Center staff for review by BGSU
faculty. Students will receive feedback and notification of their endorsement status prior to the NCUR application deadline,
and will have the opportunity to work with faculty mentors to polish their presentations prior to the conference.
Priority will be given to first-time NCUR applicants / first-time conference presenters. We encourage applicants from a diverse
range of disciplines.
Click here for NCUR Travel Scholarship application
Applications and abstracts due to CURS: Friday, November 20
Program submissions due to NCUR: December 4
SUBMISSION CRITERIA
NCUR welcomes program submissions from all disciplines. Applicants may choose to present a poster or an oral presentation,
performing arts (music, dance, theatre) or visual arts (artwork) presentation. (Individuals submitting an abstract for a Visual
Arts presentation must include an estimate for shipping costs). Presentation guidelines, sample abstracts and shipping instructions
are available at http://www.umt.edu/ncur2010/.
For scholarship consideration, abstracts will be reviewed for their quality and potential for being selected to represent
BGSU at the national level. An abstract (250-350 words) describing your presentation must be submitted with your CURS NCUR
Travel Scholarship application.
A quality abstract:
- is well-written in the professional style appropriate for the discipline (A.P.A., M.L.A. etc.);
- clearly communicates the purpose, hypothesis, methods, and findings of the project;
- demonstrates depth of thought and original scholarship;
- successfully articulates the outcomes of the research or creative activity;
- reflects the student’s understanding of the research paradigm or approach used, as well as the student’s ability to integrate
content knowledge as appropriate for the discipline.
FOR SUPPORT
Students interested in seeking feedback or help in polishing their abstracts may contact:
Dr. M. Neil Browne, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Economics and Honors Faculty Affiliate, at (419) or nbrown2@bgsu.edu.
For questions about the selection process, please contact:
Lisa Root, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, at (419) 372-5401 or curs@bgsu.edu.
