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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Council on Undergraduate Research
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Biology Division </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Student Travel Awards Announcement
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">2014 – 2015 </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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</span><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt">*
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">during the fiscal year 2014 - 2015. Award recipients are required to acknowledge CUR for support of their travel in their talk or poster, to complete a short evaluation form about their meeting experience and to submit
a PDF file of their poster. Minority students are encouraged to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eligibility Criteria: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Student must be an undergraduate at either a two- or four-year institution. If the student is a graduating senior, travel must be completed within three months of graduation.
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<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Student’s mentor must be a CUR member or the student’s home institution must be a CUR institutional member
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Student’s home institution must provide at least a 50% match to support travel
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Application materials: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Electronic application form
<b>must be completed by nominating faculty mentor </b>(<b>Click here</b>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Reimbursement of travel expenses (up to $250) will require copies of receipts and confirmation of student’s attendance/presentation at the meeting.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Selection Criteria: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Travel Award recipients will be chosen based on the scholarly merit of their abstract, which</span>
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<p class="Default"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt">should include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- A sentence that clearly states the study’s OBJECTIVE (unless included in the title)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- A brief statement of METHODS (if pertinent)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- A summary of the RESULTS
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:7.4pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- A statement of CONCLUSIONS (it is not acceptable to state “the results will be discussed”)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- A statement of SIGNIFICANCE <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applications must be received by 5 pm EST August 29, 2014 for meetings held between September 15, 2014 – February 15, 2015
<b>or </b>by 5 pm EST January 15, 2015 for meetings held between February 16 – June 30, 2015. Applicants will be notified four to six weeks after application deadline.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Questions: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">please send to Dr. Evelyn Hiatt at ehiatt@kwc.edu
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">* Tri-Beta, Sigma Xi and NCUR are not considered to be discipline-specific meetings. While the Biology Division truly appreciates the value of these meetings to the educational experience of undergraduates,
for this award we choose to use our limited funds to help undergraduates attend a discipline-specific meeting to enable interactions with primary researchers within that discipline.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9230 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu"><span style="color:blue">lmason@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/"><span style="color:blue">www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Do not be afraid to give your time to writing grant proposals. Time given to planning proposals is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that
our research, our programs, our collaborations and indeed our whole profession may become more profoundly significant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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