Undergraduate Research Resources

University Resources:

Fant Library Institutional Review Board Office of Sponsored Projects Poster Guide

Student Resources:

Getting Started

More information on 2- and 4- year research roadmaps coming to this section!
To learn more about the benefits of undergraduate research or how to connect to a faculty mentor, see the OUR YouTube playlist for recordings of past events
For upcoming OUR student workshops, visit https://www.muw.edu/our/about/getinvolved

Undergraduate Research Conference Resources:

For resources on submitting a conference proposal, preparing for a presentation, or evaluation guidelines, visit the Conference Resources page at https://www.muw.edu/our/conference/participate

Faculty Resources:

Supporting undergraduate research

Benefits of Undergraduate Research:
- Lopatto, David. (2010). Undergraduate Research as a High-Impact Student Experience, Peer Review, 12(2).
Benefits of Teaching Undergraduate Research in Existing Courses
- Hensel, Nancy H. (2018). Course-Based Undergraduate Research: Educational Equity and High-Impact Practice.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Undergraduate Research
- Schwartz, et al. (2016). "I didn't know you could just ask": Empowering underrepresented college-bound students to recruit academic and career mentors. Children and Youth Services Review, 64, pp. 51-59.
- Boyd, Mary K. and Jodi L. Wesemann, Eds. (2009). Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research: Fostering Excellence and Enhancing the Impact. Council on Undergraduate Research. (Available on request through the OUR)
- Longmire-Avital, Buffie (April 2020). "Critical mentoring is custom fitted to the student." Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.
- Da Graca, Margarida and Lori Dougherty, (2016). First Generation College Students: Navigating Higher Education

Funding

Faculty interested in mentoring a federal work study-eligible student researcher can fill out this form: https://muwedu.wufoo.com/forms/qf672hx022bnz8/. Read more about the program and its details here.
APIL Teaching Innovation grants - https://www.muw.edu/ctl/grants/apil
Faculty Senate, Fund B - Funds allocated to "strengthen classroom teaching." More at https://www.muw.edu/facultysenate/forms/fundb
Mississippi Space Grant Consortium - MUW is a member of the MSGC, a NASA-funded program for any STEM-related field that has relevance to NASA (NASA defines "relevance" broadly.) More at http://msspacegrant.org/ or email Dr. Ross Whitwam at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Resources for OUR Summer Scholars Mentors:

For Faculty interested in mentoring an OUR Summer Scholar, see this mentor handout
"Quick Guide for Faculty Mentors and Summer Research Scholars" from Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.
McKinsey, Elizabeth. (2016). Faculty Mentoring Undergraduates: The nature, development, and benefits of mentoring relationships. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 4(1), pp. 25-39.
Raman, D. R., Geisinger, B., Kemis, M., & de la Mora, A. (2016). Key actions of successful summer research mentors. Higher Education, 72(3), 363–379.

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