School of Arts and Sciences Awards to Present Undergraduate Research at NCUR 23
The School Arts and Sciences’ Office of Experiential Learning will grant awards to 10 A&S undergraduates to pay for transportation, attendance, and lodging at the 23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR®), which will be held at University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, April 16-18, 2009.
NCUR is an opportunity for students to present their work in the performing arts, humanities, social sciences as well as the natural sciences. Therefore, students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.
NCUR brings together undergraduates involved in scholarly and artistic activities from more than 300 colleges and universities across the nation. Since the first conference in 1987, NCUR has become a major annual event drawing well over 2200 undergraduates, faculty and administrators to promote undergraduate research in all fields of study.
Students may pick one method of presentation for their abstracts. They may choose from oral or poster presentations, performing or visual arts, exhibit with gallery talk and slides, or a performing or visual arts presentation with slides. The research project must have been undertaken at the University of Pittsburgh with a University of Pittsburgh faculty member.
To apply for the Arts and Sciences funding award, submit an e-mail with abstract attached to oel@pitt.edu, by noon, Wednesday, November 19, 2008. In the e-mail with attached abstract, include the author’s phone number and e-mail address.
Applicants should provide information in the attachment in MS Word format and save the file so that each student can submit his or her abstract to NCUR by Monday, December 1, 2008.
Guidelines for Abstracts
- State in clear terms the central research question and the purpose of the research
- Provide a brief discussion of the research methodology
- State conclusions, either final or anticipated
- Be well organized
- Abstracts should be 250-350 words in length, including title
- Only the primary presenter needs to submit an abstract
Guidelines for abstract submissions
- All print should be in appropriate upper and lower case letters
- Include first name, middle initial, and last name of author and co-authors
- Include name of research sponsor/faculty sponsor in parentheses
- Include department, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh address where research was conducted
For more information, please contact OEL (B-4 Thaw Hall, 412-624-6828) or visit www.uwlax.edu/ncur2009/.
