Newswise — Washington, D.C. - The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) announces the call for nominations for the first CUR Campus-wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA). This annual award will recognize institutions that have devised exemplary programs providing high-quality research experiences to undergraduates. The award was modeled on the organization’s Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research, a document that describes criteria for excellent undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity programs.
The award will not only require campuses to have depth and breadth in their undergraduate research initiatives, but evidence of innovation of a sustained nature. Nominations are open to all types of higher-education institutions, and up to three awards will be made recognizing institutions from different Carnegie classification groups. “As The Voice of Undergraduate Research, CUR takes pride in offering support and recognition to ensure that all undergraduates have high-quality research opportunities that offer them engaging and beneficial experiences. We hope our leadership efforts in creating the COEUR publication, and now in establishing the AURA Program, will allow for greater sharing of best practices across all types of institutions. It is our intent to help broaden the impact that undergraduate research can have through out higher education now, and in the future.”
The award recipients will be announced in October 2015 and honored at a special ceremony in 2016.
##Council on Undergraduate Research: The Council on Undergraduate Research (www.cur.org) supports faculty and student development for high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research, scholarship, and creative activities. More than 700 institutions and over 10,000 individuals belong to CUR. CUR believes that the best way to capture student interest and create enthusiasm for a discipline is through research in close collaboration with faculty members.
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