Upcoming Events & Deadlines

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October 7 - UGRA Information Session
October 15 - Monthly Travel Award deadline

October 22 - UGRA Information Session
October 29 - Meet a Researcher @ Tea @ 3
October 30 - UGRA Proposal Workshop
November 3 - UGRA Proposal Workshop
November 5 - UGRA Application Deadline

Drop in office hours (151 Strong Hall) 10am-12pm every Friday!

Featured Resource: Mentoring Publications

KU faculty and a Graduate Research Consultant have been busy sharing their experiences mentoring undergraduate research with a national audience. Read on:

Prof. So-Min Cheong and GRC Stephanie Willis (Geography)

Prof. Shannon Portillo (Public Affairs & Administration)

GRCs: Fall awards announced,
Call for Spring proposals

Twelve graduate students are partnering with instructors as Graduate Research Consultants (GRCs) for the fall 2015 semester. GRCs receive a $500 award and help design, implement, and/or evaluate a research or creative project for a course.

Read the press release to learn more...

Proposals for spring 2016 GRCs are due December 1st, 2015. Interested graduate students and/or instructors are encouraged to attend the information session on Nov. 16 or schedule an appointment with Assistant Director Nikki Perry to discuss ideas.

Learn more and apply...

Annual Report released

Curious about what the Center for Undergraduate Research does to support students, mentors, and instructors? You can learn more by reading our annual report. A few numerical highlights:

$15,000 in Travel Awards dispersed
160+ Office Visits
349 Student REP certificates
167 Student presenters at the

Undergraduate Research Symposium
7,210 Views of the Research Byte videos since 2013
1,357 Students enrolled in GRC classes

Read our annual report...

October Spotlights

Alumnus: Josh Russell

KU Major: Economics, Class of 2014

Learn more about Josh...

Mentor: Kip Haaheim

Department: Music

Learn more about Kip...

Student: Darra Stuart

Majors: GIST, Environmental Studies

Learn more about Darra...

Have some news about undergraduate research in your department?

Let us know by emailing cur@ku.edu

KU is an institutional member of the Council for Undergraduate Research.

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