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Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (URC)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

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Synopsis

The Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (URC) Program seeks new models and partnerships with the potential (1) to expand the reach of undergraduate research to include first- and second-year college students; (2) to broaden participation and increase diversity in the student talent pool from which the nation's future technical workforce will be drawn; and (3) to enhance the research capacity, infrastructure, and culture of participating institutions. Collectively, these outcomes will substantially strengthen the nation’s research enterprise. For this program, research should be in the chemical sciences or in interdisciplinary areas supported by the chemical sciences. Projects should allow students to create new knowledge that is potentially publishable by providing exposure to research of contemporary scientific interest that is addressed with modern research tools and methods.

Program contacts

Ronald Christensen
rchriste@nsf.gov (703) 292-2173
Susan H. Hixson
Program Director
shixson@nsf.gov (703) 292-4623
Jessie A. DeAro
Assistant Program Director
jdearo@nsf.gov (703) 292-5350 EDU/EES

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