Ithaca College

As part of Ithaca College’s commitment to undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity, support will be provided for 20-22 student scholars at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) to be held April 4-7, 2018 at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Transportation, hotel accommodations and registration for the conference will be paid by the College. Students presenting at NCUR are expected to pay only for personal purchases.

Who can apply? Any undergraduate student in any program can apply to present their work. Virtually every discipline is represented at NCUR. Students can also present work that is created in an interdisciplinary posture. Please note, however, that support can typically only be given to one student for work that was prepared with multiple authors. Creative activity, such as musical or theatrical performance, or other work in the fine arts, is also welcome.

To receive support from Ithaca College, students must be in good standing, have a 3.0 or higher GPA, and have a good judicial record. The College cannot provide support for presentation at NCUR to students who have received significant support for other conference presentations in AY2017/18.

Students who think they’d like to present at NCUR should initiate a conversation with their faculty mentors as soon as they can. There will be special information sessions scheduled to help guide students through the application process:

NCUR Information Sessions:

November 2, 2017:

12:10 PM – 1:00 PM – Textor 101

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM – Textor 101

How does one apply? Students apply for NCUR by submitting an abstract that describes their work through the NCUR website

http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/student_events/ncur_2018/

Completed papers are not submitted for review. At the time the abstract is submitted the student must supply the name of a faculty member who mentored the submitted work, indicate the name of the discipline that best represents their work, and say whether they wish to present at a poster session or on an oral presentation panel. In addition, when asked for Coordinator Information, please use Karen Walls as the coordinator.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is December 5, 2017.

If you have any questions, please contact either James Pfrehm in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (jpfrehm@ithaca.edu) or Karen Walls Coordinator of Sponsored Research (kwalls@ithaca.edu).