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Undergraduate Presentation Awards (UPA)

Undergraduate Presentation Awards (UPA) assist Miami University students in presenting the results of their independent research or independent creative activities at professional conferences and meetings. A student must actually present her/his work as the primary (first) author and not just attend the conference or as a secondary author.

Miami University Provost's Office and the Miami University Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship provide funding for UPA awards.

UPA Table of Contents

• UPA GUIDELINES
  • Eligibility
  • Awards/ Payment
  • Application Procedures
  • Contact for Additional Information
• UPA Awards Granted
• Materials available for downloading and printing
  • GUIDELINES
    • Microsoft Word format
    • Adobe PDF format
  • APPLICATION FORM
    • Microsoft Word format
    • Adobe PDFI format

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Eligibility

Any student whose work has been accepted for presentation at a conference and who will be enrolled as a Miami University undergraduate at the time of the presentation is eligible to apply. This work is expected to be the result of independent research or independent creative activity by the student conducted under the guidance of a Miami University faculty mentor/advisor. The faculty mentor/advisor is required to provide a concise letter of recommendation. If the presentation involves work done jointly with others, this letter should confirm that the primary contribution to the project has been made by the student applicant. Supporting acceptance materials should identify the student as the primary (first) author.

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Awards / Payment

Application for an award must be made before attending a conference. The size of the award may range up to a maximum of $200. per year. Requests may be up to 50% of the projected expenses up to a maximum of $200. Awards may be given for less than the amount requested. Applications will be evaluated and funding decisions made on a rolling basis with an estimated turn-around time of two weeks. Resulting awards will be allotted on a first-come basis each semester.Actual awards may be less than these limits. Unfortunately, travel advances are not available from this program.

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Application Procedures

The student should complete the UPA Application Form and submit it together with all the supporting materials listed below to OARS before attending a conference. Applications are available from OARS in 102 Roudebush Hall.

Submit completed Application Form plus the following required items so that your application can be considered.

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Listing of Students Awards
(7/1/2006 - to present)
arranged alphabetically, by student last name

Funding provided by the Miami University Provost's Office and the Miami University Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship with supplemental funding for selected presentations in science, mathematics and engineering from a grant by the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education.

Student Name	Presentation Title	Conference Name and Location	Faculty Mentor or Advisor	Faculty Department
Shannon McCormick	Stress and Self-Care: A Qualitative Analysis of High School Students	Ohio Psychological Association	Rose Marie Ward	Physical Education, Health and Sports Studies
Michael Zilis	Battles on the Big Screen: Cinema and the American War Experience	Northeastern Political Science Association	Mark Sachleben	Political Science
Nichole Scaglione	The Role of Parental Bonding and Affect Regulation Skills in the Expression of Borderline Symptoms in College Women with Histories of Childhood Maltreatment	Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2006 Convention	Terri L. Messman-Moore	Psychology

Listing of Students Awards
(7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006)
arranged alphabetically, by student last name

James Alex Bruggenschmidt	Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission: Self-Determination and the Government in Exile	Central States Anthropological Society	Deborah Akers	Anthropology
Jamie C. Calobrisi	Alcohol Consumption in Greek Like	National Conference on Undergraduate Research	Rose Marie Ward	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Peter S. Castaldo	Interviews with Tibetan State Oracles: A Film	Central States Anthropological Society	Homayun Sidky	Anthropology
Jason R. Coholich	Comparing Derived Metrics for the Analysis of Sorting Data Using the Munsell Colors	Society for Mathematical Psychology	Robin Thomas	Psychology
James J. Doolittle	A Healthy College Mindset? The interplay between Health Behaviors	National Conference on Undergraduate Research	Rose Marie Ward	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Nicole R. Falk	Creating a Small Learning Community for Undergraduate Psychology Honors Theses Students	American Psychological Society	Timothy Dowd	Psychology
Katherine E. Gasper	Digital Storytelling in Teacher Education and Beyond	NCTE: Literacies for All Summer Institute	Tammy Schwartz	Teacher Education
Christopher R, Good	Breaking Boundaries in Gender and Popular Culture: the Literary Exchange of Raymond Carver and Hairuki Murakmi	American Popular Culture/ American Culture Association National Conference	Keith Tuma	English
Joshua A. Grossfeld	Complimentary Aspects of Tibetan and Western Biomedicine	Central States Anthropological Society	Homayun Sidky	Anthropology
Jacob C. Grosshandler	Session Title: Tibetan Experiences in Northern India Presentation Title: Exiled Foreign Policy: Putting Tibet Back on the Map	Central States Anthropological Society	Homayun Sidky & Deborah S. Akers	Anthropology
Gayatri Guhanarayan	Male-male Aggression in a Wolf Spider	American Arachnology Society	Ann L. Rypstra	Zoology
Jennifer L. Hanline	Literacies for All Summer Institute	Literacies for All Summer Institute	Tammy Schwartz	Teacher Education
Ashley M. Huston	The Effects of Maternal Interaction on Preschool Spatial Cognitive Performance	Conference on Human Development	Yvette Harris	Psychology
Matthew S. Kendra	Creating a Small Learning Community for Undergraduate Psychology Honors Theses Students	American Psychological Society	Timothy Dowd	Psychology
Laura A. Klinefelter	The Effects of Maternal Interaction on Preschool Spatial Cognitive Performance	Conference on Human Development	Yvette Harris	Psychology
Jacob M. Mathew	Online Data Collection and Database Development for Survey Research in Chemistry Education	19th Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education	Stecey Lowery Bretz	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amanda L. Penko	The Effects of Instructions on Jump Parametrics in NCAA Division I Female Basketball Players	South East Biomechanics Conference	Mark Walsh	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Jessica L. Prescod	The Effects of Landmarks and Maternal Interaction on Preschoolers' Search Behavior	Human Development	Yvette Harris	Psychology
Nichole M. Scaglione	Perceived Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Transitioning into College	National Conference on Undergraduate Research	Rose Marie Ward	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Celinda R. Stevic	Don't Worry Be Happy: Using Positive Psychology to Examine Life Satisfaction in College	National Conference on Undergraduate Research	Rose Marie Ward	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Kelly M. Weiland	Digital Storytelling in Teacher Education and Beyond	Literacies for All Summer Institute	Tammy Schwartz	Teacher Education
John S. Weilnau	he Effects of Dress on Impression Formation: Case "clothesed	National Conference on Undergraduate Research	Rose Marie Ward	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Ashley M. Wohleber	Creating a Small Learning Community for Undergraduate Psychology Honors Theses Students	Association for Psychological Science 18th Annual Convention	Timothy Dowd	Psychology
Jeff S. Wojcik	rugby Sprint Specific Kinematics	2006 Midwest Graduate Student Biomechanics Symposium	Mark Walsh	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Montra Yazdani	Evidence for Dragline Mediated Mate Location in the Wolf Spider, Hogna helluo (Araneae, Lycosidae)	American Arachnology Society	Ann L. Rypstra	Zoology