The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is a non-profit organization that supports undergraduate research opportunities for faculty and students. CUR believes that faculty members enhance their teaching and contribution to society by remaining active in research and by involving undergraduates in research. CUR's leadership works with agencies and foundations to enhance research opportunities for faculty and students. One such program is the Registry of Undergraduate Researchers.

The purpose of this registry is to facilitate matchmaking between undergraduates with research experience who wish 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 the fields of science that are supported at National Science Foundation (go to: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/pages/NSF%20supported%20fields.htm).

Now that you are in the upper years of your undergraduate experience, we hope that you will register with the CUR registry. Although it is preferred that you enter as much information as possible in your junior year, seniors are also encouraged to register. You will be permitted to update your listing at the end of the summer of 2005 and during your senior year, to include any new summer research experiences or information about Senior Theses and test scores.

The undergraduate registry can be accessed at:http://www.cur.org/UGRegistryStudents.html. There is no charge to you to register.  When you register you will provide information about your disciplinary interest, geography preference, research experience, theses, transcript information, and test scores. Your information is only supplied to the graduate schools and corporations that contract with CUR for this service. Organizations or companies seeking your information for other marketing purposes will not be granted access. The institutions that do receive access to your information will use your information in their recruitment process.

The subscription fees paid by graduate schools across the country to access the registry are used to support CUR's Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program. For every three schools or corporations that take advantage of our service, we are able to offer one summer fellowship including a student stipend and funds for small equipment/supplies or travel to a scientific meeting. 

This program has benefited both students and graduate schools/employers by narrowing the search for the right match. We welcome your suggestions to improve this program.