In this Issue:

National Office News:

CUR Appointments
CUR Members Appointed to New Positions
CUR Announces the Enhanced Institutional Membership
New CUR Publication: Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research: Fostering Excellence and Enhancing the Impact
CUR Quarterly Archive Sale
CUR Welcomes New Institutional Members

CUR Institutes:

Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs
Proposal Writing
Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Institute
Mentorship, Collaboration and Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Ongoing CUR Offerings:

Advocacy:

CUR In the News
Washington Partners News May 15, 2009 Column

Washington Update
CUR Members Participate in POH Across the Country
National Endowment for the Arts Announces Additional Award
NSF Announces Availability of Funds for MRI Program
Washington Partners Develops Legislative Watch List

LI-COR Biosciences Offers $1.75 Million in Matching Funds for Genomics Education
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery (U24)
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15)
AAC&U and PKAL Invite Nominations for New PKAL Director
NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI-R²)
NSF Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R²)
Submit Applications for University Economic Development Association Summit 2009

National Office News:

CUR Appointments:

Nancy Hensel, CUR Executive Officer, has recently been appointed to the House Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (STEM) Caucus Steering Committee. The appointment was made by Congressmen Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL), co-chairs of the STEM Education Caucus. The role of the Steering Committee is to forge links to the grassroots business, education, and scientific communities to determine the communities' STEM concerns, success, and emerging issues and to alert the commuities to Congress' and Caucus actions and concers on STEM. One mechanism of communication may include educating Congressional staff on STEM issues through briefings and providing input on topics, arranging speakers, publicizing and attending these events. CUR members are encouraged to send the National Office issues of interest and concern.

Dr. Sue Dunn, Chair of Nursing at Hope College, has recently been appointed to serve on the Study Section of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Dr. Dunn maintains an active research program that is focused on hopelessness experienced by patients who suffered from cardiovascular complications. Her other research areas are: cardiovascular nursing, cardiac rehabilitation, depression, exercise participation and physical functioning. In her research work, Dr. Dunn has published numerous articles in high impact journals. Dr. Dunn’s work was recently honored by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) for a research project conducted at Holland Hospital. Dr. Dunn’s project won the “2008 New Investigator Award.” Selection for the award is based on the quality and significance of the research and the presentation.

CUR would like to thank Washington Partners for their role in both of these appointments.

CUR Members Appointed to New Positions:

Congratulations to two members of the Council on Undergraduate Research who have recently been appointed to new positions.

Neal Abraham has been appointed as the Executive Director of Five Colleges, Incorporated, and Five Colleges Professor of Physics. He is currently the executive vice president, vice president for academic affairs, dean of faculty and professor of physics and astronomy at DePauw University. For a link to the press release, please visit: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/news/news_neal_abraham.html

Beth Paul has been appointed as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Stetson University. She is currently vice provost and professor of psychology at The College of New Jersey. For a link to the press release, please visit: http://www2.stetson.edu/wordpress/?p=10070

CUR Announces the Enhanced Institutional Membership:

This new enhanced institutional membership allows all faculty members from your institution to join the Council on Undergraduate Research as individual members at no additional cost. Institutional cost is based on the number of Full-Time Equivalent students at your institution and ranges from $2000 to $4000 annually.

We hope that your institution will take advantage of this new membership opportunity to more fully engage faculty members, at your institution, in undergraduate research.

In addition to this new enhanced membership, we will continue to offer the regular institutional membership. Each institution may elect to choose one model or the other. The cost of the regular institutional membership for the 2009-2010 membership year will remain the same, at the current rate of $800, and includes three individual memberships.

Should you have any questions regarding institutional membership programs, or any other membership opportunities, please contact Robin Howard at robin@cur.org or 202-783-4810x203.

New CUR Publication: Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research: Fostering Excellence and Enhancing the Impact:

The book will be formally released at the National Press Club on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Editors: Mary K. Boyd, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, University of San Diego (mboyd@sandiego.edu) and Jodi L. Wesemann, Assistant Director for Higher Education, American Chemical Society (j_wesemann@acs.org)

Member price is $45.00, Non-member price is $55.00 

To place your order, complete the online order form, or fax the order form to 202-783-4811.

For more information, please visit: http://www.cur.org/publications/broadening.html

CUR Quarterly Archive Sale:

Many issues of the CUR Quarterly are now available for $1. Complete your library today by visiting http://cur.networkats.com/members_online/members/createorder.asp. Remember to login using your Members Only username and password to receive the best price.

CUR Welcomes New Institutional Members:

Houston Baptist University
Nassau Community College
The Citadel
University of Massachusetts - Lowell

CUR Institutes:

Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs:  

This institute will be held May 27-29, 2009 at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.

The purpose of the institute is to provide new directors of undergraduate research programs with the means to develop and effectively administer their programs and to help seasoned directors disseminate best practices and further build and improve their programs.

Application is available by visiting: http://www.cur.org/institutes/isurp.html

Proposal Writing:

This CUR Institute will be held July 19-23, 2009 at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. The institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies. This four-day institute will consist of one-on-one work with a mentor, small group discussions, writing and critiquing of proposals, and plenary sessions. The institute has been developed to assist novice to experienced proposal writers in drafting complete proposals for submission.

The deadline for application is June 1, 2009.

Application is available by visiting: http://www.cur.org/institutes/proposal.html

This institute will be held October 23-25, 2009, at Concordia College at Moorhead, Minnesota. This workshop will bring together teams of three to five faculty members and administrators from institutions that are interested either in initiating an undergraduate research program or in institutionalizing existing research activities.  The three days will consist of plenary lectures presented by facilitators associated with CUR interspersed with individual team meetings with CUR mentors.  For more information, please visit http://www.cur.org/institutes/instugr.html

This institute will be held February 5-7, 2010, in Mesa, Arizona. The institute will bring together teams of three to five faculty members and administrators engaged in enhancing undergraduate research opportunities at their home institutions, focusing on undergraduate research as faculty development, student-based inquiry and institutional support structure. Application is available by visiting:  http://www.cur.org/institutes/socscihum.html

Ongoing CUR Offerings:

The staff at Washington Partners has put together a web page of materials for CUR Member reference.  The web page houses information on advocacy and government relations issues.  Topics of interest include legislative and event summaries, information on on federal funding resources, ongoing update on the higher education act, and a learning and links section with descriptions of common government processes and links to useful websites.  

To access this page, please visit the members only page from the CUR homepage.  Please note that you will need your members only login to access the page.  Should you have any questions or comments regarding this page, please direct them to wpllc@cur.org

Recent Additions:

NSF Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee Meeting (May 13, 2009)
House Investigation and Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Accountability and Transparency Spending ARRA Funding (May 13, 2009)
House Science and Technology Committee Action on NITRD Act of 2009 (May 5, 2009)
Undergraduate Research Watch List (April 30, 2009)
Green Energy Education Act of 2009 (April 21, 2009)

CUR assigns usernames and passwords to members so that they may: login, update records, register for meetings at member rates, and purchase publications at member rates.  Your username and password have been sent to you previously.  Should you need another copy of this information sent to you via email, please visit http://cur.networkats.com/members_online/members/password.asp .  Non-members who have records in our database may also login to expedite registration processes, however discounts will only be given to members. 

Please encourage your students to sign up for the Undergraduate Researcher's Graduate School Registry.  The purpose of this registry is to facilitate connections between undergraduates and graduate schools seeking high quality students who are well prepared for research.  More information and the submission form are available at:  http://www.cur.org/ugreg/

Graduate Schools that are interested in purchasing a subscription to the registry should contact Robin Howard at robin@cur.org

Newsletter Subscriptions:

The CUR E-News is a membership benefit for individual members and contacts designated on CUR Institutional Memberships.  Should you know anyone that would like to receive a subscription, please encourage them to become a member by visiting http://www.cur.org/membership.html

CUR is pleased to announce two additional newsletters also available to CUR Members:

This Week In Washington is a weekly newsletter prepared by the staff at Washington Partners that provides an overview of upcoming events in Washington D.C. affecting American Education.

Deadlines and Upcoming Events is a newsletter published by the CUR National Office which sends reminders of submission deadlines, event registrations, and other important dates in the CUR Community. 

To subscribe to either of these newsletters, please login to the members only website, click "Review My Membership Information" and submit an update of your membership profile.

Newswise is an academic news distribution service that provides media with news leads from our member institutions.  Journalists receive this news by subscribing to an emailed Daily Wire.  From the wire, they review news releases and decide whether or not to follow up on any leads and contacts. 

Upcoming Thematic Wires:

Environment: Sustainability, Technology, Climate Change, and Health Wire Submission Deadline: May 28, 2009

Immunization and Infectious Disease Wire Submission Deadline: June 11, 2009

CUR Institutional Members may submit releases to Nancy Hensel at nancy@cur.org.  Please indicate whether your press release is for a thematic wire, or a general wire.   For more information, please refer to the following document:  http://www.cur.org/pdf/newswise%20flyer.pdf

Advocacy:

Washington Partners, LLC provides a monitoring service of articles that mention CUR.  Please see the following articles below: 

Research on falcons sends SIUC student to Capitol Hill
The Southern - Carbondale, IL, USA
He was selected for the honor by the Council on Undergraduate Research and the US Congress. Out of 440 applicants, 60 will present research to home state ...

UD undergrad presents her cancer research on Capitol Hill
University of Delaware - Newark,DE,USA
... to members of Congress on May 5 in Washington, DC, as a participant in the 2009 Posters on the Hill, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Washington Update

In early May, dozens of undergraduate researchers and their faculty advisors came to Washington, DC to share their exemplary research projects with agency and Congressional officials and to explore the nation’s capital as participants in the Council on Undergraduate Research’s annual Posters on the Hill event.  The two days of events featured remarks from Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ), one of three physicists serving in the House of Representatives, visits with zoologists at the National Zoo, archivists at the National Archives, a tour of the Library of Congress, and a presentation from renowned chemist and mountain climber Arlene Blum on her long and winding path to using science to affect policy.  Participating students shared their posters at an evening reception cosponsored by the American Chemical Society that featured remarks from Norm Augustine, who headed up the National Academies panel that produced the renowned “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report and has recently been charged with evaluating the country’s human space flight program. 

The annual event happily came one week after President Barack Obama delivered an address at the National Academies of Science on the importance of science and research.  Speaking of the work required to restore science to its rightful place in the American economic and policy agenda, he said, “This work begins with an historic commitment to basic science and applied research, from the labs of renowned universities to the proving grounds of innovative companies.”

Urging his audience to actively encourage young people to pursue science and research, he said that the federal government will do likewise under his leadership, citing plans to launch a joint initiative at the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation “to inspire tens of thousands of American students to pursue careers in science, engineering and entrepreneurship related to clean energy… It will create research opportunities for undergraduates and educational opportunities for women and minorities who too often have been underrepresented in scientific and technological fields – but are no less capable of inventing the solutions that will help us grow our economy and save our planet.”

President Obama’s FY 2010 budget plan was released two days after the event.  The budget proposal purports to invest in education reform efforts, science and research and efforts to improve the economy through the discovery of new energy sources and overhauling the country’s health care system.  The proposal includes substantial proposed increases for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, sustaining the President’s promise to double funding for these agencies over ten years.  While spending at the Department of Education is essentially flat when compared to FY 2009, it does have a new emphasis on encouraging more postsecondary study, as well as certain reforms and increases to student aid programs.  Details on other proposals and how they affect issues important to CUR and its membership will be on the Washington Partners page on CUR’s website in coming days and weeks.  CUR will be working with Washington Partners to weigh in with the Administration and the Congress on its spending priorities as well.

CUR Members Participate in POH Across the Country

Posters on the Hill is CUR’s biggest annual event on Capitol Hill.  Knowing that hundreds of members of CUR cannot come to Washington, DC to participate, this year, Washington Partners put together tools for those in the field to use to amplify the event’s impact.

Weeks before the May 5th event, CUR members received a message urging them to contact their elected representatives during the days of POH to share their own messages about the importance of undergraduate research and the work taking place in their districts and states.  The message included directions on how to identify their representatives, a template letter and tips on how to convey their message.  In 2010, CUR hopes to build on this effort further so that Members of Congress expect to hear from undergraduates, faculty, institutions and others about the importance of federal investments in undergraduate research every spring. 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Additional Award

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently announced its second round of funding for FY 2009 in the categories of Access to Artistic Excellence, Learning in the Arts, Arts on Radio and Television, American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and Partnership Agreements (State and Regional). In this round of funding, the Arts Endowment will distribute $83,472,100 to support 1,075 projects by nonprofit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide. 

Acting NEA Chairman Patrice Walker Powell said, "I am happy to announce that more than 1,000 arts projects that will receive NEA support through this round of funding. These grants are a direct--and catalytic--investment in our nation's nonprofit cultural industry and will benefit Americans in all 50 states and 6 jurisdictional areas."

NSF Announces Availability of Funds for MRI Program

Federal agencies continue to announce funding opportunities for certain programs as they implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Recently, the National Science Foundation announced an opportunity for funding projects “that strengthen the research infrastructure in the nation's science and engineering research and education institutions.” Funding of $300 million was provided for the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program through ARRA and under the special solicitation for proposals released, NSF can invest up to $6 million for individual projects, up to a total of $200 million. The additional $100 million provided for MRI will be applied to NSF's annual MRI competition for FY2009.

The MRI program is led by NSF's Office of Integrated Activities (OIA), which funds emerging, cross-disciplinary research and education centers and programs that enhance scientific discovery and workforce development. Organizations interested in submitting proposals will have an opportunity to ask questions during an interactive webcast planned for later in May.  Additional information about the MRI-R² solicitation and webcast is available on the OIA MRI website at http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri/. The deadline for solicitations is August 10, 2009.

Washington Partners Develops Legislative Watch List

In addition to the hearing and legislative summaries Washington Partners compiles for CUR and its membership, most recently they developed a legislative watch list.  This list details pieces of legislation that have been introduced that may be of interest to CUR members.  It can be found on the Washington Partners page of the CUR website.  Members are encouraged to look at the list and forward any questions, opinions or concerts to CUR leadership so that they may be considered in the organization’s Washington, DC strategy.

Opportunities and Announcements:

The CUR National Office has received the following announcements:  

LI-COR Biosciences Offers $1.75 Million in Matching Funds for Genomics Education:

LI-COR® Biosciences announces an enhanced matching funds program to support undergraduate and high school hands-on education in Genomics. $1.75 million in matching funds is available with LI-COR providing 60% of the funding to each qualifying institution in the United States.

The Genomics Education Matching Funds (GEMF) program now features a streamlined application process to help colleges acquire LI-COR DNA analysis systems for use by undergraduate students studying molecular biology and related fields. The new application process notifies institutions of award status within two weeks of submitting a fund request.

“Students who have the hands-on experience using the LI-COR system have a distinct advantage when they seek jobs and admission to post-graduate programs,” says Jackie Potts, LI-COR GEMF coordinator. “GEMF-partner schools tell us that integrating the 4300 into their curriculum provides a competitive advantage for students and their department, noting that work on the analyzer allows students to be knowledge producers not just knowledge consumers.”

More than 370 undergraduate programs are currently benefiting from the LI-COR GEMF and LEEF programs. The LEEF program helps primarily undergraduate institution acquire LI-COR environmental instrument systems for educational purposes.

LI-COR DNA analyzers are used in academic labs worldwide for a variety of research applications including sequencing, microsatellite analysis, AFLP®, and SNP discovery and reverse genetics research using TILLING and Eco-TILLING.

Complete information on how schools may apply for a grant is available at www.licor.com/gemf. Grants may be submitted between May 1 and September 30, 2009.

For more information:
D. Doc Chaves
Director of Marketing Communications
LI-COR Biosciences
4647 Superior St.
Lincoln, NE 68504
402.467.0700
doc.chaves@licor.com

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery (U24):

Application Receipt Date: May 29, 2009

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health, invites institutions, who currently hold awards for NCRR Center or Center-like programs, to submit applications to develop, enhance or extend infrastructure for connecting people and resources to facilitate national discovery of individuals and of scientific resources by scientists and students to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and scientific exchange.

NCRR anticipates providing two awards through this announcement; one for research networking of people and one for resource discovery. The total available for both awards is $30 million over two years. The complete solicitation is available at grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-009.html. For additional information after reviewing solicitation, contact Elaine Collier, M.D., CollierE@mail.nih.gov.

Support for these awards will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009, Public Law 111-5

For more information and updates about funding opportunities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 visit NCRR's ARRA information page, on the Web at www.ncrr.nih.gov/recovery.

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15):

Request for Applications (RFA) Number: RFA-OD-09-007

Application Due Date: September 24, 2009

Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. These AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale health-related research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions.

Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) R15 award mechanism.

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. It is estimated that up to 50 awards will be made in FY 2010. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

Budget and Project Period. Applicants may request up to a total of $300,000 direct costs plus applicable Facilities and Administrative (F&A)/ indirect costs. Use the modular budget for direct cost amounts up to $250,000 and the detailed budget for direct costs amounts above $250,000. The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may be up to three (3) years.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-007.html

AAC&U and PKAL Invite Nominations for New PKAL Director:

In November 2008, AAC&U and Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) announced that we were joining forces to advance and amplify work on improving undergraduate education in science, technology, and the various fields of engineering and mathematics (STEM) in colleges and universities across the country.

AAC&U, in collaboration with the staff and board of Project Kaleidoscope, now announces the opening of a search for a new PKAL director. AAC&U and PKAL are seeking nominations and applications for the PKAL directorship. The closing date for the search is June 19, 2009. The new director will take office on or about January 1, 2010. This individual will serve as senior staff at AAC&U, providing intellectual and practical leadership for the broad PKAL initiative. The new director will also serve as an AAC&U liaison on issues relating to undergraduate STEM education reform with policy, campus, business, professional, and community leaders. More information about the search is included in the position announcement.

With this new leadership, PKAL will formally move to AAC&U. The search and PKAL/AAC&U alliance builds on a year of active collaborative planning by both organizations' boards of directors and senior staff and is supported by a successful fundraising effort led by Daniel Sullivan, member of both AAC&U's and PKAL's boards of directors and president of St. Lawrence University. PKAL's founding and current director, Jeanne Narum, has announced her intention to retire from her role as PKAL director by the end of 2009, when she will become an AAC&U senior fellow and PKAL director emerita. In that capacity, she will continue advising in the evolution and expansion of PKAL and contributing to the literature on transforming undergraduate STEM learning.

See www.pkal.org for more information about PKAL and the November 2008 press release for more information about the PKAL/AAC&U partnership and the position announcement.

NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI):

Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 22, 2009
Program Guidelines: NSF 09-529

The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. It especially welcomes proposals that have the potential to transform undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for all students.

More at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741&govDel=USNSF_39

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU):

Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 5, 2009
Program Guidelines: NSF 07-569

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.

More at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&govDel=USNSF_39

The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program is announcing a call for proposals that is separate from the standard January submission deadline. Awards made in response to this solicitation will be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Public Law 111-5), and have special award conditions. Unless otherwise specified, ARRA funding should be considered one-time funding.

In addition, please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.)   As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals.  Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement). 

More information available at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09561/nsf09561.htm?govDel=USNSF_25

NSF Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R²):

The solicitation is a revision of the 1996 Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Facilities Modernization Solicitation.

The ARI-R² program will invest in the repair, renovation, or in exceptional cases, the replacement of existing research facilities.  It will not support the construction of new research facilities.

Awards made in response to this solicitation will be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Public Law 111-5).  As such, awards will include special reporting requirements and other non-standard terms and conditions. Unless otherwise specified, ARRA funding should be considered one-time funding.

For more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09562/nsf09562.htm?govDel=USNSF_25

Submit Applications for University Economic Development Association Summit 2009:

Apply for:

• Panel presentations - Each panel receives one free registration to the Summit;
• Awards of Excellence in any or all of seven categories; and
• Facilitated forums on relevant topics and issues.

Applications are due by June 15 and there is no cost to apply.

For more information, please visit: http://www.universityeda.org/summit2009/apply.htm

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