Dear student researchers,

In the Spring of 2016 the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will host its 20th annual undergraduate poster session on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  There will be an evening poster session and reception where students will have the opportunity to speak directly to members of Congress and demonstrate how they have been impacted by program supporting research.

Submission Process: Applications due Wednesday, November 4, 2015, including letter of recommendation

Students: The Council on Undergraduate Research invites students to submit an abstract for the 20th Annual Posters on the Hill. Your research should represent one of CUR’s Divisions (Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics/Astronomy, Psychology, and Social Sciences). Abstract submissions should describe your research, scholarship, or creative activity and discuss its significance to society (i.e. what larger issues or problems were you trying address or understand?; how does your work relate to current policy issues?).

Review Process:

Reviewers are CUR members and Councilors in our disciplinary divisions. Your application will be reviewed by these individuals within the same discipline as you indicate on your application. The reviewers are asked to consider:

The readability of the abstract to an educated audience outside of the discipline

The student’s demonstrated ability to present to a non-technical audience

The technical merit or methodology of the project

The broader interest of the project

Is the research complete or is it reasonable to assume that the research will be completed by April?

The primary selection criteria include:

project quality, (e.g. timeliness, level of completion, and interest to both the scholarly and general communities),

communication skills (e.g. being understandable by any educated person), and

disciplinary and geographical distribution.

It is unlikely that more than one student project will be selected per school, but up to four students may be associated with a project. The University of Texas at Austin has an institutional membership to the Council on Undergraduate Research, so there is no need for submitters to have an individual membership.

For more information on the submission process, please visit http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/student_events/posters_on_the_hill_call_for_abstracts/

Robert V. Reichle, Ph.D.

Senior Program Coordinator

Office of Undergraduate Research

School of Undergraduate Studies

The University of Texas at Austin

robert.reichle@austin.utexas.edu

512.232.5792