Awards
The UM Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR), the Office of Undergraduate Research, and sponsoring units recognize remarkable performances and presentations. Projects are eligible to receive an award based on a student's project category and the award criteria. To be eligible for awards consideration, students must submit an abstract or artist's statement and present or perform at UMCUR.
UMCUR will present awards to the top presentations and performances from each of the five project categories (Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts). New in 2025 are the additional award categories of Engaged Scholarship and Interdisciplinary Studies. To be considered for an award, students must select the appropriate awards box in ScholarWorks when registering by the deadline (TBD). For students interested in awards consideration, several committees, composed of faculty and staff members, will review abstract and artist's statement submissions to determine finalists from each project category. The authors of those top abstract and artist's statement submissions will then have their performances and presentations reviewed during the conference, using an evaluation rubric.
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library may share virtual versions of award-winning posters in the main library commons.
Awards List
- UMCUR Conference Awards: Awards will be presented to the top projects in each of the five project categories (Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts), as well as in the categories of Engaged Scholarship and Interdisciplinary Studies.
- Performances and presentations will be evaluated using the UMCUR rubric.
- As one part of the Visual and Performing Arts category listed above, the OPUS Literary Arts Award recognizes creative writing projects (nonfiction, fiction, and poetry).
- A monetary prize accompanies these awards.
- Sponsors:
- Office of Undergraduate Research
- Creative Writing Program and Fall Writers’ Opus (OPUS Literary Arts Award)
- The Franke Global Leadership Initiative (GLI) will manage the awards process for GLI fellows and their capstone mentors. The GLI will present an award to the top capstone team oral presentation, using the GLI Rubric.
2025 Awardees
Congratulations to the 2025 conference award recipients! The Office of Undergraduate Research honored each recipient with an award certificate and a monetary prize.
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Presenter(s) |
Presentation Title |
Category |
Presentation Type |
Mentor |
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Riley Emerson Carney |
Humanities |
Oral Presentation |
Jody Pavilack |
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Logan Stabnau |
Humanities |
Oral Presentation |
Jody Pavilack |
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Wyatt Balius |
Humanities |
Oral Presentation |
Soazig Le Bihan |
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Lauren Schulte |
Social Sciences |
Poster Presentation |
Bryan Cochran | |
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Julia Brink |
Social Sciences |
Poster Presentation | Caitlin Martin-Wagar | |
| Madison Headrick | Social Sciences |
Poster Presentation | James Tuttle | |
| Katie Coates | Life Sciences | Oral Presentation | Andrew Whiteley | |
| Emily Ehli | Life Sciences | Poster Presentation | Laurie Slovarp | |
| Christopher Cardella | Life Sciences | Poster Presentation | Meredith Zettlemoyer | |
| Sara Trotchie, Samantha Yeats, Rachel Barney |
Physical Sciences | Poster Presentation | Matt Bundle | |
| Ryan Fleetwood | Physical Sciences | Poster Presentation | Kyle Bocinsky | |
| Bethany Blakey | Physical Sciences | Poster Presentation | Natalie Bursztyn | |
| Taylor Ferguson | Performing Arts | Performance | Brooklyn Draper | |
| Benjamin Medina Caplis | Performing Arts | Performance | Bryan Kostors | |
| Shawn Bouffard | Performing Arts | Performance | Hannah Knipp | |
| Lia Blount | Literary Arts | Performance | Robert Stubblefield | |
| Tessa Macklin | Literary Arts | Performance | Robert Stubblefield | |
| Kayli Dollard | Literary Arts | Performance | Robert Stubblefield | |
| Erin Heaton | Engaged Scholarship | Oral Presentation | Elizabeth Hubble | |
| Rylie Luhring | Engaged Scholarship | Oral Presentation | Mark Sundeen | |
| Vivianne Ostheimer | Engaged Scholarship | Poster Presentation | Tayli Hillyard | |
| Nicholas Greenlund | Interdisciplinary Studies | Poster Presentation | Heidi Eggert | |
| O'Maste-Win Foster, Willow Kipp | Interdisciplinary Studies | Discussion |
Archives
View all the digital UMCUR archives in , the 猎奇重口's open access, online repository.
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- 2021 UMCUR Award Winners &
- 2020 UMCUR Award Winners &
- 2019 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2018 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2017 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2016 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2015 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2014 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2013 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2012 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2011 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2009 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2008 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2006 UMCUR Award Winners