Membership
CUR Membership is designed to guide and assist faculty, mentors, administrators, researchers, staff, and students in their efforts to develop, enhance, sustain, and support undergraduate research on their campuses and beyond.
Bethany Usher, PhD.
Radford University, CUR President
Recognition
CUR recognizes institutions that have exemplary programs providing high-quality research experiences to undergraduates, as well as faculty facilitating undergraduate research at their institutions through their mentorship and leadership, and undergraduate research students excelling in their disciplines.
Publications
Over the last few years, CUR leaders have been conversing with funding agencies, industry partners, human resource experts, future employers, professional societies, and beyond to understand the impact of URSCI on career readiness. Take a look at our latest position statement on Recognizing URSCI as a Career-Readiness Tool.
Jeanne Mekolichick
Radford University, Author of Position Paper
Advocacy
For CUR, advocacy primarily means bringing the CUR message to legislators, staffers, and agency representatives in Washington, DC, or helping our members spread the message to their state levels. CUR engages in advocacy through many avenues.
Mission
The mission of the Council on Undergraduate Research is to support and promote high-quality mentored undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry.
Upcoming Events
Featured Event:
Practical Tools for Sustaining Transformative Racial Equity in Undergraduate Research Programs
October 18, 2023
Participants will learn to center equitable pedagogical practices in undergraduate research mentoring and lead campus efforts toward anti-oppression, antiracism, and social justice in undergraduate research administration.
Oct 04
What’s On Track and What’s Breaking Down? Doing an Implementation Assessment to Get Your Program Chugging Towards Its Goals
October 04, 2023
Often, we have big goals for our programs but they may feel abstract or out of reach. Perhaps we have a sense that our programs are working great for some folks but we aren’t reaching others and we don’t know why. This online intensive will provide an implementation assessment model that is practical, user-friendly, and will help you be more intentional about where to put your time and resources.
Oct 13
STR Program: Kick-Off Orientation – Getting Inspired, Setting Goals
October 13, 2023
This event is part of CUR’s 6-month advocacy program called STR. Those accepted into the program will be sent links to access these individual trainings to their personal emails. Please reach out to CUR@CUR.org if you have not received the training link.
Oct 18
Practical Tools for Sustaining Transformative Racial Equity in Undergraduate Research Programs
October 18, 2023
Participants will learn to center equitable pedagogical practices in undergraduate research mentoring and lead campus efforts toward anti-oppression, antiracism, and social justice in undergraduate research administration.
