UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH > STUDENT FUNDING > TRAVEL AWARDS

Council on Undergraduate Research
Biology Division
Student Travel Awards Announcement
2007 – 2008

The Biology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is offering a limited number of travel grants, up to $250 each, for undergraduate students presenting original research results at a regional or national, discipline-specific meeting during the fiscal year 2007 - 2008. Award recipients are required to acknowledge CUR for support of their travel in their talk or poster. Minority students are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Undergraduate student must be a junior or senior
• Student’s mentor must be a CUR member or the student’s home institution must be a CUR institutional member
• Student’s home institution must provide at least a 50% match to support travel
• Meeting date must be BEFORE July 1, 2008

Application materials:

• An electronic copy of the abstract, including the title of the abstract, student authors, faculty mentor, and institution
• E-mail from sponsoring faculty acknowledging

  (1) student’s Jr. or Sr. class status, (2) confirmation of the abstract’s eventual acceptance (we will review abstracts before they are accepted for presentation but awarding of the travel funds from CUR will be contingent on the eventual acceptance of the abstract), (3) student’s attendance at meeting, and (4) confirmation of institution’s monetary match

• A list of itemized meeting expenses (travel, housing, and registration) to be followed by copies of the receipts for which the student is requesting reimbursement (receipts may be faxed later depending on date of meeting)

Selection Criteria: Travel Award recipients will be chosen based on the scholarly merit of their abstract, which should include:

• A sentence that clearly states the study’s OBJECTIVE (unless included in the title)
• A brief statement of METHODS (if pertinent)
• A summary of the RESULTS
• A statement of CONCLUSIONS (it is not acceptable to state “the results will be discussed”)
• A statement of SIGNIFICANCE

Deadline: Applications must be received by 5 pm PST October 1st for meetings held July – December 2007 or by 5 pm PST March 1st, 2008 for meetings held January – June. 2008. Award decisions will be made as quickly as possible after the appropriate deadline.

Send Application Materials: by e-mail to and fax receipts (only) to Larry Wimmers at Towson University 410 704-2405.