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Biology Division

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Biology Division Chair: Beth Beason-Abmayr, Rice University

The Biology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research provides networking opportunities, activities, and resources to assist biology administrators, faculty members, students, practitioners, mentors, and others in advancing undergraduate research.

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Division Activities

The Biology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research supports research in the biology discipline. To support these activities, the division provides networking opportunities, activities, and resources for faculty, students, and others. Some of the active resources are provided below:

  • Biology Student Travel Grants – currently closed
    • The CUR Biology Division provides funds, up to $250, to help undergraduates attend a discipline-specific meeting and enable interactions with primary researchers within that discipline.
  • Biology Mentor Awards – currently closed
    • The CUR Biology Division Mentor Awards honor biology mentors for their sustained efforts in supervising undergraduate research students. Individuals may either be self-nominated or nominated by someone else. Nominators must be CUR Institutional or individual CUR members of the Biology Division. Nominations by the mentor’s research students are also accepted. Faculty mentoring interdisciplinary projects are eligible if such projects involve a major biological component. Awards will be made in three categories: Early Career, Mid-Career, and Advanced Career.  
  • Biology Division Small Research Grant Award – currently closed
    • The Biology Division is pleased to announce a limited number of research supply grants, up to $500 each, to members of the Biology Division. These grants are intended especially for projects with undergraduates in which a small grant will make a big impact. Grant funds will be given as a stipend and do not need to be used during this fiscal year.  
  • Grant Preview Service
    • Experienced division members (volunteers) will read rough drafts or nearly complete research proposals and provide valuable feedback prior to final submission. Please reach out to division councilor Karen K. Resendes for more information. ​​
  • Biology Division Community
    • The Biology Community is a place for CUR members to post questions or comments and share resources for the disciplines represented by the CUR Biology Division.
  • MIRIC
    • The Biology Division’s Mentoring the Integration of Research into the Classroom initiative is inspired by a similar project developed by the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) as a way to provide a means for new and future faculty to receive long-term mentorship opportunities in active-learning techniques as advocated by the 2011 AAAS Vision and Change document.

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