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2025 Spring Social Sciences Undergraduate Conference Presentation Award - Due 3/31/2025

The Social Sciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is offering a limited number of grants, up to $400 each, for undergraduate students presenting the results of research that they have conducted at a national or international, discipline-specific meeting (in person or virtually) during the academic year 2024-2025. All applicants will be notified of their application status in early May.

Eligibility Criteria:
  • Undergraduate students at any level can apply, but preference will be given to students attending two-year community colleges, and third and fourth-year undergraduates.
  • Either the student’s mentor must be a CUR member, or the student’s home institution must be a CUR institutional member.
  • Students must be engaged in research in the social sciences, defined by the Economic and Social Research Council as research concerned with the "study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world around us" and utilizing empirical, quantitative, and/or qualitative methods.  
  • Undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds, such as first-generation and non-traditional students, identifying women, members of the LQBTQ+, BIPOC and minority population students, are encouraged to apply.
  • Awards for group projects will be awarded to the primary author and are expected to be shared among all the group members.
 Application materials:
  • An electronic copy of the meeting abstract, including the title of the project, name of the primary student author, faculty mentor, and institution. If the abstract is written in highly technical terms, the applicant may also submit a brief (maximum 500 words) summary of the work written for an audience consisting of social scientists from a wide range of disciplines.  The abstract should clearly note the study’s research question(s), methods, and significance.
  • Proof of acceptance to the discipline-specific meeting.
  • An estimate of meeting expenses. Examples include, but are not limited to, registration fees, travel, and lodging.
  • A 200-word statement describing how this award would help accomplish the Division’s goal of expanding opportunities for undergraduate research, such as facilitating the participation of traditionally underrepresented student groups or students from institutions not traditionally associated with undergraduate research.
  • Faculty mentors will be required to acknowledge the applicant’s (1) enrollment as an undergraduate student, (2) confirmation of the applicant’s acceptance to the conference, and (3) confirmation of CUR individual/institutional membership.
  • Acceptance and confirmation letters must be emailed to cur@cur.org.

Questions? Please contact Leslie Cecil at cecillg@sfasu.edu.
Student First Name:(Required.)
Student Last Name:(Required.)
Student's Email address:(Required.)
What is your faculty mentor's name?(Required.)
What is your faculty mentor's email address?(Required.)
Please indicate Mentor’s CUR membership. (Select all that apply. Note: Mentor or institution must be an active CUR member to be considered for this grant)(Required.)
Please provide the name of your institution.(Required.)
What is your year in college?(Required.)
Are you currently enrolled in a Community College or Four-year institution?(Required.)
What conference will you be attending?(Required.)
What are the conference dates?(Required.)
What is the title of your presentation?(Required.)
Is your presentation an oral or poster presentation?(Required.)
What is your area of research? - Selected Choice(Required.)
Please cut and paste your presentation abstract below.(Required.)
Describe your methodology. If you are submitting this under Social Psychology, please make sure that you demonstrate that your methods are geared toward the social sciences.(Required.)
Below enter your budget summary of your expected expenses to attend the conference.(Required.)
A 200-word statement describing how this award would help accomplish the Division’s goal of expanding opportunities for undergraduate research, such as facilitating the participation of traditionally underrepresented student groups or students from institutions not traditionally associated with undergraduate research.(Required.)
Please email a confirmation letter to cur@cur.org from your faculty mentor including:
  • He/she or your institution is a member of the Council for Undergraduate Research.
  • Confirm you are an undergraduate
  • Confirm your planned attendance at the conference.
(Required.)
Please email a copy of your acceptance letter/email to cur@cur.org confirming that you are on the conference program.(Required.)