Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

Background

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes high-quality mentored undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry. 

CUR provides support and professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, administrators, and students. Their publications and outreach activities are designed to share successful models and strategies for establishing, nurturing, and institutionalizing undergraduate research programs. Additionally, CUR assists administrators and faculty members in improving and assessing the research environment at their institutions. While recognizing that many institutions have exemplary undergraduate research programs and faculty who have facilitated undergraduate research at their institutions through their mentorship and leadership, CUR also provides information on the importance of undergraduate research to private foundations, government agencies, state legislatures, and the U.S. Congress. Faculty, staff, administrators, students, and colleagues from all types of academic institutions and organizations form the dynamic CUR membership.

Institutional Membership

While Director Brown has been a CUR individual member -- leveraging the benefits and community to strengthen O.U.R.'s efforts to enhance undergraduate research -- for several years, she will applying for Morgan State to have an institutional membership! CUR explains the benefits:

Institutional membership is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary institutions with developing, supporting and sustaining their undergraduate research efforts. Partnering with CUR enables campus transformation, offering tools for administrators, opportunities to showcase and strength student achievements, and access professional development in research and curriculum for faculty and staff. Institutional membership exemplifies administrative commitment to undergraduate research, a message that resonates with faculty and students, both current and prospective. Undergraduate research is an important component of higher education. With CUR’s wide contact base, it provides dynamic national and international representation of those involved at your institution. The benefits of our institutional memberships are comprehensive and designed to exceed those of the individual membership level. 

Resources

We encourage you to delve deeper into CUR's resources.

Code of Ethics - serves as an important guide for students, faculty, and administrators as they pursue undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities. It is designed to be a working document that can be added to and revised as new information and material becomes available. The CUR Code of Ethics for Undergraduate Research covers areas such as the personal conduct of faculty members and students, organizational and institutional conduct, conflict of interest, and the relationship between mentors and mentees.

Year in Review (2023) - annual highlights of CUR's collaborative efforts that have enhanced the community's contribution in advancing the field of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry.

Membership - become a member, renew your membership, and/or explore the CUR community.