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.