UMBC Undergraduate Symposia in the Chemical and Biological Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：马里兰州巴尔的摩县（UMBC）的大学正在申请更新与普通医学科学的国家研究所的合作伙伴关系，以帮助支持在化学和生物科学每年秋季从2013年到2017年的年度本科生研究研讨会。该研讨会首次开始于1998年，填补了一个空白，在肯定的，负担得起的，和可访问的机会，展示涉及化学和生物学的本科研究。鉴于会议演示经验对学生的价值和对更多场地的需求，UMBC的研讨会为这种类型的会议设定了标准，其策划者为其他机构提供信息，以帮助他们推出自己的本科研究活动。每个UMBC研讨会的注册是免费的，为期一天的场地不需要会议费。演示文稿的灵活安排最大限度地减少了过夜住宿的需要，以确保学生，教师和财政支持有限的机构有机会参加。研讨会每年秋季举行，由UMBC总裁弗里曼Hrabowski博士，上午和下午评审海报会议，上午和下午的研讨会，为学生参与者提供与科学研究相关的研讨会，自助午餐与网络机会，鼓舞人心的主题演讲和以学生为中心的颁奖典礼。该活动有一个忠实的教师研究导师以下。明信片，三折小册子，口碑推荐，和一个用户友好的网站促进年度活动。该活动传统上有显着更多的主持人谁没有在UMBC注册。超过50%的主持人是女性，超过30%的主持人来自科学领域代表性不足的群体。支持参与的是一个综合网站，该网站登记与会者，允许提交摘要，确认接受研讨会，并传播会议结果和照片。来自UMBC和参与机构的教师确保每张海报至少由两名教师评审。研讨会的演讲通常分为30多个类别，所有参与者都期待着最后的颁奖典礼，届时每个类别的第一名和第二名获奖者都得到了团体的认可，并获得了框架证书。为评委准备了摘要集，并为每位与会者准备了摘要光盘。活动调查收集参与者的形成性反馈，以帮助塑造未来的研讨会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is applying to renew the partnership with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to help support the annual Undergraduate Research Symposia in the Chemical and Biological Sciences each fall from 2013 through 2017. The symposia first started in 1998 to fill a void in affirmative, affordable, and accessible opportunities to showcase undergraduate research involving chemistry and biology. Given the value of the conference presentation experience to students and the need for more venues, UMBC's symposia have set the standard for this type of conference and its planners provide information to other institutions to help them launch their own undergraduate research events. Registration to each UMBC symposium is free and the one-day venue requires no conference fees. The flexible scheduling of presentations minimizes the need for overnight housing to ensure that students, faculty and institutions with limited financial support have the opportunity to participate. The symposia are held each fall and feature an exciting kickoff by UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, morning and afternoon juried poster sessions, morning and afternoon workshops for student participants related to scientific research, a buffet lunch with networking opportunities, an inspirational keynote address, and a student-focused awards ceremony. The event has a faithful following of faculty research mentors. Postcards, tri-fold brochures, word-of-mouth recommendations, and a user- friendly website promote the annual event. The event traditionally has significantly more presenters who are not enrolled at UMBC. Over 50 percent of its presenters are female and over 30 percent of presenters are from groups underrepresented in the sciences. Participation is supported by a comprehensive website that registers participants, allows abstract submissions, confirms symposium acceptance, and disseminates conference results and photographs. Faculty from UMBC and participating institutions ensure that each poster is reviewed by a minimum of two faculty judges. Symposia presentations typically are grouped into over 30 categories, and all participants look forward to the concluding awards ceremony when first and second place winners in each category are recognized by the group and presented with framed certificates. Abstract books are prepared for the judges and CD-ROMs of the abstracts are prepared for each participant. Event surveys collect formative participant feedback to help shape future symposia.