National CURE Programs
Celebrating 40 Years
91´«Ã½ has an expansive history engaging undergraduates in the research and creative life of the campus dating to the creation of UROP in 1986.
Start here if you're just getting started exploring undergraduate research and creative engagement.
Start here to find UROP funding for undergraduate research and creative projects and presentations.
Start here if you were recently awarded UROP funding for projects or conference presentations.
Start here if you're currently working on a UROP-funded project or presenting at a conference.
Start here to find resources for staff and faculty supporting student success from college counselors to advisors.
SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) is a two-semester, discovery-based undergraduate research course that begins with simple digging in the soil to find new viruses but progresses through a variety of microbiology techniques and eventually to complex genome annotation and bioinformatic analyses.
The Actinobacteriophage Database at PhagesDB.org is a website that collects and shares data, pictures, protocols, and analysis tools associated with the discovery, sequencing, and characterization of mycobacteriophages—viruses that infect the Mycobacteria and also other bacterial hosts in the phylum Actinobacteria.
Small World Initiative is a unique class approach that harnesses the power of active learning to achieve both educational and scientific goals. SWI is an innovative program that successfully encourages students to pursue careers in science through hands-on experience and real-world applicable laboratory and field research in introductory courses.
91´«Ã½ has an expansive history engaging undergraduates in the research and creative life of the campus dating to the creation of UROP in 1986.