Office of Undergraduate Research
Legare 223
Phone: 803-777-1141
Email: our@sc.edu

Learning contracts:

• http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/421/contract.htm from O'Connor, T.R. (last updated: 01/06/04), INTERNSHIPS JUS 421 – Learning Contract, MegaLinks in Criminal Justice; retrieved on 12-22-04
• http://www.macalester.edu/academicprograms/forms/lcontrac.pdf from Macalester College Independent project learning contract (Last updated: unknown); retrieved on 12-22-04

• http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-2/posters.html from Research Posters 101 by Cranor, L.F. (Last updated: 01-24-01); retrieved on 12-22-04
• http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters from Creating Effective Poster Presentations by George R. Hess (NC State University) and Leon H. Liegel (Oregon State University) (Last updated: 01-04); retrieved on 12-22-04
• http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/bio/posters.html from Designing Effective Poster Presentations by The Arts & Sciences Libraries; The State University of New York at Buffalo (Last updated: 12-11-03); retrieved on 12-22-04

Sources of Support:

1. Federal
   1. National Institutes of Health
      1. National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program
         http://ugsp.info.nih.gov/default.htm 
      2. National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
         
      http://www.training.nih.gov/student/internship/internship.asp 
      
      3. NIH: Research Training Opportunities for Minorities
         http://www4.od.nih.gov/research/general_sup.htm 
   2. National Science Foundation
      1. NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
         http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/start.htm 
      2. NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology
         http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02066/nsf02066.html 
      3. NSF: International Research Experience for Students (IRES)
         http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04036 
   3. Other Federal
      1. Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ERULF/about.html 
      2. NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
         http://www.surf.nist.gov/surf2.htm 
      3. NOAA Great Lakes Summer Student Fellowship
         http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pr/ssfp/cur 
2. Private
   1. National Conferences for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Summer Support for Exceptional Undergraduates http://www.ncur.org/lancy/announce.htm
   2. Henry Luce Foundation Clare Boothe Luce Scholarships in Science and Engineering (for women) http://www.hluce.org/4cbldefm.html
   3. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=66725
   4. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) German Studies Research Grant
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=23622
   5. American Academy of Audiology Student Summer Research Fellowship
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=73458
   6. American Foundation for Aging Research (AFAR) Research Grants/Fellowships
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=80199
   7. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Student Traineeships
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=1613
   8. Office of Biological and Environmental Research Global Change Education Program
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=26668
   9. Motorola Foundation Grants
      http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=57099
   10. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Research Participation Program in Science
       http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=46462
   11. AGA Student Fellowship Research Awards
       http://www.fdhn.org/html/pdf/descriptions/StudentResearchFellowshipAwardDescription.pdf
   12. University of Delaware's Graduate College of Marine Studies: Marine Sciences Summer Internship
       http://www.ocean.udel.edu/graduate/reu.html?CFID=85918&CFTOKEN=13202173
   13. Northwestern University: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program http://mrcemis.ms.northwestern.edu/mrsec/education/edu_reu.htm
   14. Sigma Xi: Grants-in-Aid of Research program
       http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
   15. Cornell Center for Materials Research: Summer Research Program
       http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/reu/

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