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 faculty-mentored research, scholarship, or creative activities that generate new knowledge or works.
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 the results of their work. The date and format of the presentations will be determined. Student participants are also encouraged to present their work at appropriate regional and national meetings.
SURE students will meet with their faculty mentors during regularly during the award period 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 writing and presentation of research results.
SURE students commit to:
-work full-time for 8-weeks (cannot be taking summer classes)
-provide assessment information (2 surveys)
-attend 3 lunch-time meetings during the SURE award period
-present the results of the summer project in the fall semester
-complete all paperwork in a timely fashion
» Download the call for proposals- summer 2011 (Word)
Due Wed. March 30, 2011. The next SURE proposals will be due mid-late March.
» Download the evaluation criteria for SURE proposals (Word)
» Download a laboratory science example proposal (Word)
» Download a social science example proposal (Word)
» Download another 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.
2011 SURE projects
Timothy LaSalle (Graphic Design, '11) MOVING WORDS: Explorations in kinetic typography
(Faculty Mentor: Amy Papaelias, Art)
Eli Mann (Psychology, Sociology '11) The Hook-up Spectrum: Exploring Hooking-Up Experiences of Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals (Faculty Mentor: Melanie S. Hill, Psychology)
Nicholas DiPaolo (Chemistry, '13) Cloning, Purification and "Adoption" of Nuclear Receptors from Trichoplax adhaerens (Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey L. Reinking, Biology)
Nathaniel Rigolino (Biology/Chemistry, '13) Rock Snot (Didymo), a nuisance algae in Catskills streams: where, why, and how much (Faculty Mentor: David C. Richardson, Biology)
Sheena Henry (Chemistry, '12) Examining the surface chemistry of Pseudomonas putida by atomic force microscopy (Faculty Mentor: Megan Ferguson, Chemistry)
Kathleen Hanson (Geology, '12) An Investigation of the Fauna of the Union Springs Formation: elucidating the timing and nature of faunal turnover in the Middle Devonian of the northern Appalachian Basin (Faculty Mentor: Alex Bartholomew, Geology)
Thomas Donovan (Mathematics, Physics, '12) Measurement of Endogenous Biogenic Electric Fields in Regenerating Planaria (Faculty Mentors: Spencer Mass, Biology and Richard Halpern, Physics)
Shaun Ben-Ari (Chemistry, '12) Synthesis of Fluorescent Macrocycles for Use as Molecular Receptors (Faculty Mentor: Frantz Folmer-Andersen, Chemistry)
Lauren Piven (Anthropology, '12) Paleoparasitological analysis of pelvic soil samples from a historic cemetery in Newburgh, NY (Faculty Mentors: Kenneth C. Nystrom, Anthropology and Aaron Haselton, Biology)
Abigail Duckor (Art History, '11) "Living Collections, Building Connections: Selected Works from the Hudson Valley Visual Art Collections Consortium" (Faculty Mentor: Kerry Dean Carso, Art History)
Ryan Mitten (Philosophy '12) On Nietzsche's Artistic Characterization (Faculty Mentor: David Appelbaum, Philosophy)
Laura Johnsen (Theatre Arts Design & Psychology, '12) The Stage Designs of Zack Brown (Faculty Mentor: Andrea Varga, Theatre Arts)
Denee Francese-Smith (Elementary Education, History, '12) The Influence of British Tobacco Production on 17th Century Powhatan Culture and Agricultural Systems (Faculty Mentor: Kate McCoy, Educational Studies)
Rebecca Shaw (Psychology, Women's Studies, '12) Who Should Counsel LGBTQ Individuals? Exploring the Beliefs of Experts within the Field of Counseling Psychology (Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Tillman, Psychology)
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