格兰特的机会

The Office of Academic Affairs is offering seed funding to develop Course-based 本科 研究 (CURE) opportunities in ODU's colleges. This program aims to improve undergraduate students' research skills by engaging them in research activities embedded in course curricula.

Framed around the learning-by-doing teaching philosophy, Course-based 本科 研究 provides faculty with opportunities to integrate research into their teaching, gather data for potential publications, and potentially influence their promotion and tenure track (mentoring, 学生满意度, 和同伴认可). 为学生, past research shows that CUREs yield cognitive, 社会心理, 行为, 情感上的收获:

• 认知收益: increased content knowledge and improved understanding of the research process, 技能发展, 比如分析性的, 技术, 协作, 实验设计技能, and problem-solving abilities.
• 社会心理收益: increased confidence and self-efficacy in conducting research, 与教师互动, communicating with a wider audience, and gaining real-world experience.
• 行为收益: interest in science majors and potential enrollment in graduate school.
• 情感收益: increased motivation and enjoyment of class content and research activities (Dolan, 2016).

谁有资格?

• ODU's full-time teaching and research faculty, tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track.

奖励金额

• Awards range from $1,000 to $2,000 per recipient.
• 作为一次性补助金, CURE funds must be spent by June 15, 2024, even if the course is not offered until spring 2025.
• The funds may be used for course development/teaching (personnel and supplies).
• Matching funds or in-kind contributions from college deans and department chairs are strongly encouraged.

Each CURE award recipient is expected to:

• Develop one research-based course, which will become part of their department's future offerings.
• Serve as the instructor of record for the CURE in its first offering (Spring 2024, Fall 2024).
• Remain at ODU for the duration of the grant.
• Encourage students enrolled in the CURE course to present/attend the ODU 本科 研究 Symposium in Spring 2025.
• Acknowledge the support of the Provost's Office when publishing or presenting the project findings.
• Record a short video or use other strategies to showcase their work with the students.
• Submit a project report to the Director of the Center for 教师 Development by June 30, 2025. (请使用 项目报告表).

Proposals will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

The review committee includes faculty from different colleges as well as staff from the Center for 教师 Development.

• 建议书递交表格
• Proposal Administrative Form
• 项目报告表

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Annette Finley-Croswhite, Center for 教师 Development Director, at: acroswhi@dctdsj.com，或博士。. M'hammed Abdous, Center for 教师 Development at mabdous@dctdsj.com.

• http://1f8.dctdsj.com/facultydevelopment/article/winners-of-2022-cure-grants-announced
• http://serc.carleton.edu/curenet/collection.html
• http://cur.aa.ufl.edu/cure/

引用:

多兰,E. L. (2016). Course-based undergraduate research experiences: current knowledge and future directions. National 研究 Council Communication Papers, 1, 1-34.
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_177288.pdf