2017 Summer Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (SURI)
The SURI program is an eight-week summer research experience for fields beyond the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. For 30-40 hours per week, students work on a faculty member’s research project and develop their own individual research project. For selected teams, faculty will receive a $7,000 stipend and students will receive a $3,500 stipend, boarding in a dormitory (or stipend for off-campus housing) and meal plan fees.
Application Deadline: October 3, 2016 The deadline has been extended to October 6, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. The new deadline is a hard deadline; applications will not be accepted after that time.
If you have any questions, please contact Crystal Anderson, andersoncs2@longwood.edu.
The Office of Student Research (OSR) is pleased to invite faculty-student teams to apply for the 2017 Collegiate Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Opportunities (CURIO) program, a Spring semester research experience. Students will work as a research assistant on a faculty member’s research as well as develop a research proposal based on their own research. For selected teams, students receive $1000 for 100 hours of work as a research assistant and faculty receive $1500 for providing mentorship for the student’s research project.
CURIO benefits both student researchers and faculty mentors. Students gain experience working on an established research project as well as receive mentorship from an experienced faculty member. Faculty gain a research assistant as well as the opportunity to mentor an undergraduate student one-on-one.
Application Deadline: November 18, 2016 October 24, 2016
LU-PRISM (Perspectives on Research In Science & Mathematics) is Longwood’s summer STEM research program. The program runs for 8 weeks (May 29 – July 21) and seeks tenured or tenure-track faculty members in Biological and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science and Psychology to apply. Each faculty member may sponsor one student. Please direct any questions to Dr. Amorette Barber, Director of LU-PRISM, (barberar@longwood.edu). Deadline: September 28, 2016.
Alexander W. Morton and Casey Gailey published papers in the 2016 issue of Incite: Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship. Morton published a paper entitled, “Worth More Than a Thousand Words: A Visual Rhetorical Discussion of Virtual Reality in ‘Clouds Over Sidra.’” Gailey published a paper entitled, “Who Says: How Selena Gomez and the Scene Attempt to Subvert Popular Standards of Beauty.”
Summer Undergraduate Research And Inquiry (SURI) Program Coordinator
The Summer Undergraduate Research And Inquiry (SURI) Program Coordinator oversees the pre-program activities as well as the summer research program. The Program Coordinator will be selected in consultation with an ad-hoc selection committee comprised of faculty and will report to the Director of the Office of Student Research. The three-year term of the appointment is subject to review annually by the OSR Director. The Program Coordinator will receive a $7000 summer stipend plus one course release for the spring semester prior to the summer program.
Faculty Mentor for Professional Development in Student Research
The Faculty Mentor for Professional Development in Student Research ensures scaffolding of instruction and learning in syllabi for QEP courses and assists faculty in sustaining curricular development initiated in OSR initiatives. The Faculty Mentor will be selected in consultation with an ad-hoc selection committee comprised of faculty and will report to the Director of the Office of Student Research. The Faculty Mentor will receive a $2500 stipend.
The Omnipedia Review seeks submissions for its inaugural issue, a special issue on debate, broadly defined, from all disciplines. The Omnipedia Review, an online peer-reviewed student journal, is a review journal of short-form scholarship (i.e. 1500 words). Specializing in the review of previously published scholarly material from all disciplines, the journal publishes artist statements with original artwork, book reviews, review essays and literature reviews. The journal accepts submissions on a rolling basis, but the deadline for the special issue is January 31, 2017.
The Office of Student Research (OSR) is pleased to invite undergraduate students from all disciplines to submit proposals for Spring Presentation of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) at Longwood University. SPUR is a multi-disciplinary event that gives students the opportunity to publically share inquiry-based work-in-progress as well as completed research projects. Proposals are due March 31, 2017. SPUR will be held April 26, 2017 in Lankford Student Union, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The first 25 students to submit proposals will receive a free gift!
The SURI program is an eight-week summer research experience for fields beyond the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. For 30-40 hours per week, students work on a faculty member’s research project and develop their own individual research project. For selected teams, faculty will receive a $7,000 stipend and students will receive a $3,500 stipend, boarding in a dormitory (or stipend for off-campus housing) and meal plan fees.
Collegiate Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Opportunities (CURIO)
CURIO is a Spring semester research experience. Students work as a research assistant on a faculty member’s research as well as develop a research proposal based on their own research. Faculty provide mentorship for the student’s research project. For selected faculty-student teams, students receive $1000 for 100 hours of work ($10/hr. for 10 weeks) and faculty receive $1500. This is ideal for students who want to gain a head start on research for a larger project, such as senior seminar.
Application Deadline: November 18, 2016 October 24, 2016
Application Deadline: November 18, 2016 October 24, 2016
The Office of Student Research will be hosting a series of open houses. We invite faculty and students to stop by to hear about student research initiatives. We also encourage students to bring drafts of applications for OSR initiatives to receive help from OSR staff.
Students want to know about the things faculty research. Faculty want to find students with similar research interests. To meet this need, the Office of Student Research (OSR) is sponsoring a membership drive for ScholarBridge, an online platform that facilitates student-mentor matching, from August 29 to September 9, 2016. Profiles are free for both faculty and students.
Faculty can create their own profiles with their research interests, research opportunities and members of their lab or research team, or they can opt to have their profiles pre-populated by ScholarBridge. Even if faculty have no current research opportunities available, a ScholarBridge profile allows them to promote their scholarly expertise and indicate their promotion of undergraduate research to those at Longwood University and beyond.
Students can create their own “scholar cards” as well as take advantage of other resources on the ScholarBridge site, including how to find professors with similar interests, how to inquire about research positions and how to build a resume.
Every faculty member and student who creates a ScholarBridge profile will receive a small token of appreciation and will be entered in a drawing for Spring Presentation of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) swag! Faculty will enter a drawing for a SPUR tablet holder (three to be giving away) and students will enter a drawing for a SPUR power bank charger and coordinating aluminum water bottle (five pairs to be given away).
How to enter: Between August 29, 2016 and September 9, 2016, create a profile on ScholarBridge. Email the link to osr@longwood.edu. Once OSR confirms your profile, you will be entered into the drawing and receive a confirmation email asking you to come by OSR to pick up your small token of appreciation. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Crystal S. Anderson, Director, Office of Student Research.
Help OSR to promote student research at Longwood University!
