The Council on Undergraduate Research has initiated a Registry of Undergraduate Researchers. The purpose of this registry is to facilitate matchmaking between undergraduates with research experience and a desire to pursue an advanced degree, and graduate schools seeking high quality students who are well prepared for research. Currently the Registry is open to students and graduate schools/employers in nearly all fields.

Any undergraduate may go to www.cur.org/ugreg/ to fill out a simple curriculum vitae form. There is no charge to the student. Student information records will be made available to bona fide graduate schools that contract with CUR for this service. Organizations or companies seeking the students’ information for other marketing purposes will not be granted access.

Subscription fees paid to access the registry will be used to support CUR’s Student travel for research presentations.  An academic department or corporate division may sign on to receive the data for one disciplinary field for $300 per year. The institution-wide annual subscription fee is $1,500.  A discount is available to institutional members.

The Undergraduate Researchers Database will contain a list of our institutional subscribers, if they wish to be listed. Graduate schools may provide a link to their websites, and may provide a short description of opportunities, such as research fields and fellowships.  It will also be possible for institutions to place an ad on the database website if the content is related to the mission of CUR and the Undergraduate Registry.

We hope that you will urge your undergraduate students who are currently in their JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR to register now, for we need a critical mass of student registries to make this project a success.  They will be able to update their listing at the end of the summer, to include any summer research experience or information about Senior Theses or test scores.  The undergraduate registry can be accessed at www.cur.org/ugreg. We also welcome submissions by students who are engaged in Masters' Degree programs now but who plan on going on to a PhD program. Just fill out the information on the form including the date you intend to enter a PhD program and your date of completion of your undergraduate degree. Attach a CV that contains complete information about your MS degree activity (school, subject, thesis topic (if applicable), advisor).  

If you would like to become a Graduate School user of the database, please register at https://www.cur.org/ugreg/reg2.asp.  If your whole school wants access and you are going to pay the $1,500, an Institutional Administrator (or delegate of an administrator) should register first.  That person will have access to the whole database.  After registering the administrator should notify department chairs that they can begin registering.  Department chairs can register their own department in the event the school does not want to support an institutional subscription.  The cost per departmental subscription is $300.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PERSON REGISTERING SHOULD HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER AVAILABLE TO ENTER INTO THE REGISTRATION PAGE, WHICH CUR WILL THEN BILL THE SCHOOL AGAINST.  After registering you will receive an email with a user name and password.  The password will not be activated until payment is received at the CUR National Office.

EACH DEPARTMENT MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS INTO THE DATABASE - EVEN IF THE SCHOOL HAS REGISTERED FOR AN INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION.  There is a selection for $0 under the registration page for those departments registering under their institutional subscription.

CUR believes that this service will benefit both students and graduate schools/employers by narrowing the search for the right match. We welcome comments about this program.

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