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Miami Undergraduate Research

11/4/2008 USS Fair and Reception
12/05/08 USS Deadline


12/05/08 Round 1 USS Summer Scholar Program Deadline
For summer 2009 approximately one hundred (100) student appointments will be available to students submitting in Round 1 with a December 5, 2008, deadline. In addition, approximately 15 appointments will be available for students submitting in Round 2 with a February 27, 2009 deadline. Updated 2009 guidelines will be posted around Oct 1, 2008.

11/04/2008 USS Fair and Reception noon - 1:30 pmShriver Center MPR A


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Miami University Interdisciplinary Technology Development Challenge (MUITDC) topic for 2008-2009 is Recovered Energy Systems. The MUITDC undergraduate research opportunity fosters interdisciplinary development research by providing teams of undergraduate students the means to develop and demonstrate a technology at the laboratory scale, to provide fiscal projections that indicate a financial viability, and to identify policy issues that incorporate esthetic and societal concerns. Deadline to submit MUITDC entry form via e-mail to Martha Weber was September 29, 2008.

Undergraduate Presentation Awards small awards to assist Miami University students to present the results of their independent research or other creative activities at professional conferences and meetings. On going deadline.

Miami's 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum April 15, 2009

Registration will be open January 12 - February 28, 2009poster picture

Miami students will have the opportunity to present research results in either a 15-minute oral synopsis or in an interactive poster session in the Shriver Center multipurpose rooms.

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Download the 2008 program as pdf file.

Miami Undergraduate Summer Scholars Program 2009 Updated Guidelines will be posted around October 1, 2008
Round 1 - Fall Submission Deadline December 5, 2008
Round 2 - Spring Submission Deadline February 27, 2009 (limited to students submitting through a Fine Arts and Humanities or Social Sciences disciplines.

For 2009 Miami USS program aligns with President Hodge’s call for “active, engaged educational experiences for our undergraduates through the fusion of scholarship and teaching”. The USS program now encourages students to create an enriched synergistic learning opportunity by combining a departmentally approved international experience with a complimentary USS program research project. A second round of funding in the spring encourages application from students majoring in Fine Arts and Humanities and Social Science disciplines where the fall deadline has limited their participation. See program guidelines for deadline details.

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