UG researchers - SURC adbstracts due November 1.

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee Knoxville will be hosting the 46th ACS Southeast Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) on Jan. 30 and 31, 2014. Abstracts are due by Nov. 1^st, 2013. Please encourage your chemistry undergraduate students to attend and present their research.

A tentative conference program is attached.  Students will have the opportunity to give an oral presentation or present a poster, tour the department, and attend a Keynote Lecture and Awards Banquette.  A total of $2,500 monetary awards will be given to best presentation(s) and poster(s) in each area of chemistry. Graduate recruiting booths will be available all day on Friday Jan. 31^st. 

With generous support from our sponsors, we are able to reduce the conference registration to $10/student and $0 for minority students. We are also providing up to $200/person travel support for first 10 minority students who submit their abstracts.

Additional information regarding registration, accommodations, and abstract submission is available at SURC website.

If you have additional questions, please contact SURC coordinator Rachel Rui.

Tentative Meeting Schedule

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014

• 5:00 - 6:30 Registration (University Center, 213, Ballroom)
• 6:30 - Welcome Reception (University Center, 213, Ballroom)

Friday, Jan. 31, 2014

• 7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast & Registration & Poster Set Up (University Center, 213, Ballroom)
• 8:00 - 3:00 Graduate School Fair (University Center, 213, Ballroom)
• 8:00 - 09:30 Oral Presentations (University Center, 241, Auditorium)
• 9:30 - 10:00 Break, Poster Set Up (University Center, 213, Ballroom)
• 10:00 -11:30 Morning Poster Presentations (University Center, 213, Ballroom)
• 11:30 - 1:00 Lunch, Afternoon Poster Set Up (Students on their own)
• 1:00 - 2:30 Afternoon Poster Presentations (University Center, 213, Ballroom)
• 2:30 - 4:00 Oral presentations (University Center, 241, Auditorium)
• 4:00 - 5:30 Department Tours
• 6:00 - 8:00 Awards Banquet & Speaker (University Center, 213, Ballroom)

McKnight Undergraduate Research Competition for Chemistry & Biochemistry-October 1st Deadline!

Sigma Xi Grants & Research/Poster Presentation

STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society is now accepting student grant applications through the Grant-in-Aid of Research Program.  Applications are accepted in all fields of science and engineering.  The application deadline is October 15, 2013 for awards to be disbursed in January 2014. 

Additional information at:  http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar

Email questions to giar@sigmaxi.org

CALL FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to share their research through poster presentations at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and International Research Conference on November 8th and 9th in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  Abstracts accepted in all fields of science and engineering with awards given for outstanding presentations.  A full announcement is included below.

Additional information at: http://www.sigmaxi.org/meetings/annual/src.shtml

Email questions to meeting@sigmaxi.org

National Role Model Conference-Call for Researchers

The Tower's Call for Submissions - Fall 2012

Are you looking to take the first step in getting published in a research journal? Craving a peer-reviewed, first-author publication?

Spruce up your resume and submit to The Tower, Georgia Tech’s premiere undergraduate research journal, by midnight, Monday, October 1, 2012, in order to be considered for the Fall 2012 issue. You can submit at http://gttower.org/submit! Extensions of up to 1 month are given on a case-by-case basis on the condition that you contact us before October 1.

We are currently accepting submissions from all majors in all of our accepted publication formats:

• Abstracts – one page summary of research project with 1 figure
• Articles -- culmination of a research project
• Synopsis articles -- for work already published in a peer-reviewed journal
• Perspectives -- does not need experimental data, rather provides a viewpoint in the current progress of one's field, should elaborate on own efforts as well
• Dispatches -- similar to a communication or brevia, this format is a shorter research article for undergraduates earlier in their research project/career

Visit http://gttower.org for detailed submission guidelines.

The Tower Undergraduate Research Journal

Office of Student Media

Georgia Institute of Technology

353 Ferst Drive

Atlanta, GA 30332-0290

Spring 2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium

7th Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium

Please encourage your students that undergraduate researchers interested in participating in the 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium should visit http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/spring-symposium/. Deadline for submissions is March 2, 2012.

Thanks,

Fadrika

Fadrika Prather
Marketing and Event Coordinator
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0940
Clough Undergraduate LearningCommons, Ste. 205
Phone:404-385-7436
Fax: 404-385-8366

ACS Southeast Undergraduate Research Conference

We would like to invite your undergraduate students to attend the 44th Annual ACS Southeast Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC). The meeting is being hosted by the Department of Chemistry at Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Chapter ofthe ACS. The 2012 Conference will be held April 12 and 13 in Starkville Mississippi. Students will have an opportunity to give an oral presentation or a poster and toattend a Keynote Lecture and Awards Banquette. Monetary awards will be given to the two best presentations and posters in each of the five areas of chemistry. Graduate recruiting booths will be available all day on Friday April 13. Abstracts are due by March 21, 2012. Additional information regarding registration, accommodations, and abstract submission will be available after January 9 at chemistry.msstate.edu/conference/surc.

National Conferences on Undergraduate Research 2012 (NCUR)

Abstract submission starts Monday, October 3^rd.

National Conferences on Undergraduate Research 2012 (NCUR) is an opportunity for more than 3,000 undergraduate students to present their research, scholarly or creative projects. NCUR 2012 will be held March 29-31, 2012, at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. For more information, visit weber.edu/ncur2012.

____________________________________________________________________

Christopher W. Reaves, Ph.D. | Director of Undergraduate Research and Student Innovation

Office of Vice Provost for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies | Georgia Tech

Clough Commons, Suite 205 | Tel: 404.385.7325 | www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu | Email: chris.reaves@gatech.e

6th Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium & Awards

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Student Center Ballroom and Surrounding Rooms

http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/SpringSymposium.php

Oral Presentations: 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Poster Presentations: 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Reception: 4:30 - 5:15 pm
Awards Ceremony: 5:15 pm

CALL FOR PAPERS Undergraduate Research

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear Future SURC-2011 participant,

Please place Thursday and Friday, April 7-8, 2011 on your calender as the date of the 43rd annual Southeast Regional ACS Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC). This year the conference will be held at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. SURC is strictly for undergraduates. The deadline for abstracts is March 25, 2011. Please see the SURC2011 website for more information: http://cost.georgiasouthern.edu/chemistry/surc/index.htm. Both oral talks and posters will be presented at SURC. Please indicate with your submission if the paper is to be an oral presentation, or a poster. The registration cost is $40/participant.

We are looking forward to you bringing your undergraduate research students to SURC to present their research. The anticipated meeting schedule is as follows:

Friday, April 8, 2011

9:00 AM Keynote Address -
9:50 AM Break
10:00 AM Session I - Oral Presentations
11:00 AM Session II - Poster Session #1
12:00 Break for lunch
1:30 PM Session III - Oral Presentations
2:30 PM Break
3:00 PM Session IV - Poster Session #2
3:30 PM Graduate School Fair
5:00 PM Banquet

If there are any questions, comments or suggestions please feel free to contact me at normans@georgiasouthern.edu or 912-478-5043.

Sincerely,
Norman E. Schmidt
Professor of Chemistry
Georgia Southern University