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Expanding Undergraduate Research

Expanding Undergraduate Research. “Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities” - Carnegie Foundation NRC: “Bio 2010” U.S. News and World Report – rankings now include undergraduate research as a category. Creating knowledge Communicating knowledge.

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Expanding Undergraduate Research

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  1. Expanding Undergraduate Research “Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities” - Carnegie Foundation NRC: “Bio 2010” U.S. News and WorldReport – rankings now include undergraduate research as a category Creating knowledge Communicating knowledge

  2. Traditional Undergraduate Research Model Faculty mentor with small number of undergraduates Students are typically juniors and seniors Undergraduate major already selected

  3. 2004 CHE REU Program A total of 67 sites support over 600 students.

  4. Strategy for Expanding Undergraduate Research Target Audience First- and second-year college students All postsecondary institutions Principles Academic year focus New models and partnerships for scalability and sustainability Real research: cutting-edge problems, tools and methods

  5. Undergraduate Research Centers NSF 03-595: Pilot in the chemical sciences.

  6. URC Implementation FY 2004 Full proposals Up to 5 awards at $2.7 M over 5 years Planning proposals Up to 20 awards at $50 k for 1-2 years Impact: Students – number and diversity Mentors – professional development Institutions – research capacity, infrastructure, culture Partners: Office of Multidisciplinary Activities and Education and Human Resources Directorate Response: Approximately 700 institutions, including partners

  7. A National On-line Poster Session: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research Pilot project, summer 2004 Full-scale implementation, 2005 Cyber-Enabled Chemistry Workshop Oct. 3-5, 2004

  8. URC Implementation FY 2005 URC Workshop September 17, 2004 at NSF Michael Doyle, U. Maryland Amy Shachter, Santa Clara U. Brian Tissue and Rich Foust, CHE Proposals Program announcement: Fall, 2004 Deadline: late Spring, 2005 Awards: late Summer, 2005

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