RCMS: Special Project: National Conferences on Undergraduate Research

小行星9553316 全国本科生研究会议（NCUR）是一个非营利组织，致力于鼓励和培养所有学科和所有高等院校的本科生所做的奖学金。 NCUR支持本科生研究的各种计划的催化剂是其为期三天的年度会议，汇集了来自全国几乎每个州的约1200名学生和400名教师，代表约300所学院和大学。 除了作为美国大学生智力成就的主要展示，这次会议还提供了一个建立学者社区的独特机会。 特别是，NCUR有一个强有力的承诺，以促进少数民族本科学者彼此之间的网络，以帮助实现这一目标，NCUR有一个公开的政策，为少数民族学生提供奖学金支持与经济需要参加年会。 在国家科学基金会的持续资助下，过去六次会议的奖学金从33个急剧增加到115个，那些自称为少数民族的人的总出席率现在接近20%。 本提案中要求的资金将使全国大学理事会能够继续积极争取少数民族学生和教师（科学和工程）广泛参与年度全国会议。 它将使全国大学理事会能够在这些与会者特别感兴趣的年度会议上举办讲习班和其他活动。 最后，它将允许NCUR开发一个数据库，以评估本科生参与研究对少数民族学生职业选择的影响。

9553316 Peak The National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) is a not- for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and nurturing scholarship done by undergraduates in all academic disciplines and at all institutions of higher learning. The catalytic agent for NCUR's various programs in support of undergraduate research is its annual, three-day conference that brings together some 1200 students and 400 faculty representing about 300 colleges and universities from almost every stat in the nation. In addition to being the primary showcase for the intellectual achievements of American's undergraduates, this conference provides a unique opportunity to build communities of scholars. In particular, NCUR has a strong commitment to facilitating the networking of minority undergraduate scholars with each other and, to help meet that goal, NCUR has an avowed policy of providing scholarship support for minority students with financial need to attend the annual conference. Aided by continuing funds from the National Science Foundation, scholarships at the last six conferences have risen sharply from 33 to 115 and total attendance by those designating themselves as being of minority ethnicity now approaches 20 percent. The funding requested in this proposal will permit NCUR to continue to actively seek out wide participation of minority students and faculty (in the sciences and engineering) at the annual National Conference. It will permit NCUR to develop workshops and other activities at the annual conferences of special interest to these participants. And, finally, it will allow NCUR to develop a database to assess the effectiveness of undergraduate research participation in influencing the career choices of minority students.