In an effort to encourage and support the involvement of Undergraduate Students in a research experience, the Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities program encourages faculty mentors to participate in the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE). The focus of this research program is to encourage student participation in an aspect of faculty research through experimental analysis.
Faculty mentors will direct and provide guidance to participating students as they work on a particular aspect of the faculty’s research program. As a goal of this program is to encourage on-going faculty-student collaboration, graduating seniors are given low priority in the funding decision. Students will receive a stipend to work full-time on the project over the 8-week summer period. Early in the subsequent fall semester, all SURE students are required to present (orally) the results of their work. Student participants are also encouraged to present their work at appropriate regional and national meetings.
Each student will meet weekly with their faculty mentor during the summer to discuss the progress and problems that may evolve during the course of the research engagement. This interaction will allow students the opportunity to gain experience in communicating their plans and questions involved with their project. Additionally, students will attend workshops on research writing and presentation.
Click here to see the SURE 2008 projects .
» Download the call for proposals- summer 2008 (Word)
*******Please note that the call for proposals instructions have been updated as of March 21st to compensate for the difficulty in including the student transcript.
» Download the evaluation criteria for SURE proposals (Word)
» Download a laboratory science example proposal (Word)
» Download a social science example proposal (Word)
Students who have participated in the SURE and AYURE programs will be invited to apply for the Travel Award for Undergraduates. This award supports attendance at a professional conference to present the faculty-mentored research results. Attendance at professional conference will continue the research experience by enabling the student to participate in the professional environment of sharing knowledge and creative projects. Please go the the Research Opportunities page to find the Travel Award application and information.
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