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• Recipient: Martin Anaya Anaya
• Mentor: Jen Triplett
• Event: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Presentation: The Role of Migration and Assimilation in the Transformation of Cultural Norms and Family Values: A Qualitative Study of Mexican Immigrants in the United States

• Recipient: Aidan Anderson
• Mentor: Barbra Sobhani
• Event: Geological Society of America Connects
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Presentation: Optimization and Calibration of STELLA: Lab and Field Methods for Local Spectroscopy Measurements

• Recipient: Jadyn Anderson
• Mentor: Giulia Brachi
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Sprouting Structures: Exploring Directed Root Growth for Engineered Living Systems

• Recipient: Alex Baker
• Mentor: Divya Vernerey
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Infinite Brushstroke: Where Math, Code, and Art Merge in an Aperiodic Monotile

• Recipient: Karlee Bane
• Mentor: Prakriti Sardana
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Understanding the Importance of Timing: Exploring the Implementation Outcomes of Potable Reuse Projects through a Project Phase Analysis

• Recipient: Jamison Barcelona
• Mentor: Christopher Bowman
• Event: American Institute of Chemical
• Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: Modeling Crosslinked Thiol-Yne Polymerizations

• Recipient: Malak Belaissaoui
• Mentor: Glenda Walden
• Event: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Presentation: Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Experiences and Opinions of Recidivism, Reintegration, and Rehabilitation

• Recipient: Junior Chapman
• Mentor: Glenda Walden
• Event: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Presentation: The performance of power: A Qualitative study on Black Masculinity and the development of Self worth and Identity in consumers of hip-hop culture

• Recipient: Autumn Christeson
• Mentor: Amanda Stewart
• Event: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Presentation: “The Impact of Experiential Learning Environments on Student Perception of their Academic Self-efficacy”

• Recipient: Henry Coghlin
• Mentor: Robert Davis
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Elastohydrodynamic Theory of Wet Particles

• Recipient: Ethan Coleman
• Mentor: Ankur Gupta
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: pH-dependent focusing of diffusiophoretic particles

• Recipient: Aidan Dalleck
• Mentor: Luis Navarro
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Exploring Volume Emission Rate asymmetries for the ICON-MIGHTI

• Recipient: Isa Davila
• Mentor: Andrew Morell
• Event: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Region V Student Conference
• Location: Ames, IA
• Presentation: Expanded Backsubstitution Dynamics Modeling for Multi-Body Spacecraft Simulation

• Recipient: Meghan Densmore
• Mentor: Lynneatte Quenin
• Event: American Psychological Association Conference
• Location: Denver, CO
• Presentation: To Trust or Not to Trust: Investigating the Role of Attention in Trust Decisions

• Recipient: Mary Dowd
• Mentor: Emma Wells
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Organizing for Safe Water Services

• Recipient: Chloe Els
• Mentor: Karen Bailey
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Evaluating how different sources of scientific evidence shaped the EPA’s regulation of the herbicide Dacthal

• Recipient: Emma Erdman
• Mentor: Marayna Martinez
• Event: Midwest Political Science Association Conference
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Presentation: Activism and Efficacy Post-Dobbs: Perspectives from College Students

• Recipient: Talli Fox
• Mentor: Michelle Ellsworth
• Event: Strings of Motion: An Exhibition on Puppetry’s Lineage in Dance
• Location: Boulder, CO
• Presentation: Strings of Motion: An Exhibition on Puppetry's Lineage in Dance

• Recipient: Kayla Gill
• Mentor: Barbra Sobhani
• Event: Geological Society of America Connects
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Presentation: CARMA: Using Ground Based Spectroscopy to Bring Positive Change in the World

• Recipient: Bri Grindrod
• Mentor: Eric Vance
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: LISA: The Design and Future of Collaborative Statistical Analysis

• Recipient: Andy Gusty
• Mentor: Emily Jensen
• Event: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Conference on Decision and Control
• Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Presentation: Optimal Control of Soft-Robotic Crawlers Subject to Nonlinear Friction: A Perturbation Analysis Approach

• Recipient: Julian Hansell
• Mentor: Robert MacCurdy
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Increasing Out-of-Plane Stiffness in 3D Printed Pneumatic Soft Robotic Actuators Using a Print-in-Place Endoskeleton

• Recipient: Diana Hernandez
• Mentor: Austin Smith
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Analysis of Space Dust Impact Waveforms on the Parker Solar Probe

• Recipient: Taketo Horigome
• Mentor: Eric Vance
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the LISA Model in Training Interdisciplinary Data Scientists: National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2026 Oral Presentation

• Recipient: Jessie Hsu
• Mentor: Orit Peleg
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Temporal Analysis of Defect Formation in Honeycomb Under Geometric Frustration

• Recipient: My Huynh
• Mentor: Alan Weimer
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: Correcting Non-ideal Flow Patterns in Chemical Looping Reforming of Methane Systems for Accurate Productivity Measurements

• Recipient: Pinchadevage Kanishka Jayathilake
• Mentor: Divya Vernerey
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: A Hybrid Classical and Quantum Side Channel Attack on Kyber 512

• Recipient: Oliver Kaplan
• Mentor: Robert Marshall
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Optimal Instrument Alignment Estimation and Attitude Filtering for the COSMO CubeSat Mission

• Recipient: Claire Koch
• Mentor: Barbra Sobhani
• Event: Geological Society of America Connects
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Presentation: GSA Connects 2025 Poster Presentation

• Recipient: Dylan Liu-WalterMentor: Shu-Wei Huang
• Event: Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers Photonics West
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Presentation: Physics-Informed Frequency Resolved Optical Gating for Intelligent Discovery of Ultrafast Photonics Systems

• Recipient: Amanda Lopez
• Mentor: Lynneatte Quenin
• Event: Midwest Political Science Association Conference
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Presentation: Investigating Strategies for Change Detection Using a Qualitative Approach

• Recipient: Alice Ly
• Mentor: Alan Weimer
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: Customizable Silicon Carbide Parts via Direct Ink Writing and Liquid Silicon Infiltration

• Recipient: Utkarsh Mandavilli
• Mentor: Barbra Sobhani
• Event: Geological Society of America Connects
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Presentation: Optimization and Calibration of STELLA: Lab and Field Methods for Local Spectroscopy Measurements

• Recipient: Arianna McCarty
• Mentor: Jason Burdick
• Event: Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting & Exposition
• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Presentation: Engineering Focal Cardiac Fibrosis Models via Digital Light Processing of Hydrogel Molds

• Recipient: Ankit Mukkamala
• Mentor: Abby Hickcox
• Event: National Collegiate Honors Council Conference
• Location: San Diego, CA
• Presentation: Dopaminergic Regulation of Pair Bonding in Early Adolescent Female Prairie Voles

• Recipient: Leo Nelson
• Mentor: Brian Fleming
• Event: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
• Presentation: A novel method for grating array alignment on the INFUSE sounding rocket

• Recipient: Jordan Pan
• Mentor: Lisa Spencer
• Event: National Collegiate Research Conference
• Location: Cambridge, MA
• Presentation: Targeted Notch 2 Deletion Leads to Extreme Hypereosinophilia

• Recipient: Will Paulson
• Mentor: Alan Weimer
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: Fluidization of NMC811 Cathode Powders for Particle Atomic Layer Deposition

• Recipient: Isabella Perrin
• Mentor: Meaghan Courvan
• Event: Yale Undergraduate Research Conference
• Location: New Haven, CT
• Presentation: Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation in Trisomy 21 and Their Contribution to Elevated Immune Signaling and Inflammation

• Recipient: Isabella Perrin
• Mentor: Meaghan Courvan
• Event: Stanford Research Conference
• Location: Stanford, CA
• Presentation: Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation in Trisomy 21 and Their Contribution to Elevated Immune Signaling and Inflammation

• Recipient: Chiara Pesce
• Mentor: Michael Hannigan
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Improving Embedded Calibrations in Low-Cost Sensing for Air Quality

• Recipient: Ailey Pittman
• Mentor: Chris Ray
• Event: The Wildlife Society Western Section Meeting
• Location: Monterey, CA
• Presentation: Winter climate explains American pika (Ochotona princeps saxatilis) habitat occupancy in a southern core of the species range

• Recipient: Tâllwyn Powell
• Mentor: Azza Kamal
• Event: American Research Center in Egypt Meeting
• Location: Westminster, CO
• Presentation: Blueprints of Power: Modeling Rosetta’s Architecture and Urbanism

• Recipient: Katya Presnar
• Mentor: Luis Navarro
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Field Testing of an Ultra-Narrowband Filter for Fabry–Perot Interferometer Imaging Systems

• Recipient: Aaron Price
• Mentor: Kristin Oliver
• Event: American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting & Physics Education Research Conference
• Location: Washington, D.C.,��
• Presentation: Analyzing graduate student views on the challenges of self-guided leadership and team structure in a laboratory setting.

• Recipient: Maeve Royer
• Mentor: Amanda Stewart
• Event: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Presentation: Stability and Security in Relationships for Queer and Trans Disabled Individuals

• Recipient: Kirstie Scott
• Mentor: Sarah Wilson Sokhey
• Event: Midwest Political Science Association Conference
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Presentation: Civic Embers in Ukraine: Case Studies of Youth Engagement and Local Civic Support

• Recipient: Aryan Sharma
• Mentor: Jay McMahon
• Event: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Sci-Tech Forum
• Location: Orlando, FL
• Presentation: Title of My Research Paper:��Time-Optimal Control of Axi-Symmetric Rigid Spacecraft Through Uniform Trigonometrization Method

• Recipient: Zanghyeoun Shim
• Mentor: Eric Bogatin
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Resistance Characterization of PCB Traces and Vias for Improved Reliability in Modern Electronic

• Recipient: Kalen Sieja
• Mentor: Tamar Malloy
• Event: Midwest Political Science Association Conference
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Presentation: Activism and Efficacy Post-Dobbs: Perspectives from College Students

• Recipient: Ana Singureanu
• Mentor: Alan Weimer
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: Optimizing Reactor for Triamine Film Deposition through Particle Molecular Layer Deposition

• Recipient: Josh Smith
• Mentor: Wyatt Shields
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Microrobot-Assisted Delivery of Circular RNA-Lipid Nanoparticles for Lung-Associated Diseases

• Recipient: Max Soong
• Mentor: Lynneatte Quenin
• Event: Midwest Political Science Association Conference
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Presentation: Investigating Strategies for Change Detection Using a Qualitative Approach

• Recipient: Annika Stephan
• Mentor: Amy Palmer
• Event: National Collegiate Honors Council Conference
• Location: San Diego, CA
• Presentation: Quantification of Metallothionein and its Impact on Breast Cancer Apoptosis

• Recipient: Sarah Taylor
• Mentor: Annabelle Lewis
• Event: Society of American Archaeology Meeting
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Presentation: Connecting Rural Lifeways and Mortuary Practices in Nineteenth-Century Upstate New York

• Recipient: Maura Thomas
• Mentor: Barbra Sobhani
• Event: Geological Society of America Connects
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Presentation: CARMA: Using Ground Based Spectroscopy to Bring Positive Change in the World

• Recipient: Lila Thomasson
• Mentor: Rai Farrelly
• Event: Teachers of English to Speaker of Other Languages International Convention and Expo
• Location: Salt Lake City, UT
• Presentation: Cross-Institutional Partnerships for TESOL Teacher Development and Multilingual Learner Success

• Recipient: Markkus Tong
• Mentor: Tom Yeh
• Event: Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting
• Location: San Diego, CA
• Presentation: Supporting Strategies to Address Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations in Fontan Patients

• Recipient: Cate Trautman
• Mentor: Linnea Helenius
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: Alumina and Iron Aluminate Reticulated Porous Ceramic Fabrication and Characterization for Use in Solar Thermochemistry Reactor

• Recipient: Alena Tucker
• Mentor: Debanjan Mukherjee
• Event: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference
• Location: Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
• Presentation: In Vitro Model of the Human Circle of Willis to Investigate Drug Delivery in the Brain

• Recipient: Aspasia Vazquez
• Mentor: Alta Howells
• Event: Astrobiology Science Conference
• Location: Madison, WI
• Presentation: Evolutionary Ecology of Formylmethanofuran Dehydrogenase Across Methanogenic Niches in Serpentinizing Systems

• Recipient: Nicholas Villagomez
• Mentor: Amanda Stewart
• Event: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Presentation: Ideology and Intimacy: The Intersection Between Politics and Sexual Behaviors

• Recipient: Colin Watkins
• Mentor: Aseem Visal
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Mechanical Properties of Tough and Stretchable Slide-Ring Hydrogels

• Recipient: Trevor Wilson
• Mentor: Madelyn Bennett
• Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference
• Location: Boston, MA
• Presentation: A Novel Experimental Setup for the Collection of Greenhouse Gas Temperatures in Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage

• Recipient: Beata Wolak
• Mentor: Katya Arquilla
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Enabling Health Monitoring in Extreme Environments: A Low-Power Electrocardiogram System for Wearable Applications

• Recipient: Avi Wonek
• Mentor: Francisco Lopez Jimenez
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Rapid Fatigue Categorization of Metal Alloys

• Recipient: Ian Youngblood
• Mentor: Hanspeter Schaub
• Event: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Location: Richmond, VA
• Presentation: Necessity and Application of Ion Gun Emissions on an Electrostatic Tractor Spacecraft

• Recipient: Nick Yurchak
• Mentor: Tatsuya Akiba
• Event: Annual Meeting of the Division for Dynamical Astronomy
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Presentation: Tracing a Possible Black Hole Merger Through Stellar Orbits at the Galactic Center

• Recipient: Charli Zern
• Mentor: Lynneatte Quenin
• Event: American Psychological Association Conference
• Location: Denver, CO
• Presentation: To Trust or Not to Trust: Investigating the Role of Attention in Trust Decisions

• Event: Colorado Robotics Challenge
• Location: Alamosa, CO
• Recipient: Barbra Sobhani
• Recipient’s Unit: Colorado Space Grant Consortium
• Students: 8

• Event: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
• Location: The Woodlands, TX
• Recipient: Annie Strange
• Recipient’s Unit: Colorado Space Grant Consortium
• Students: 6

• Event: Augmented World Expo
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Recipient: Pat Clark
• Recipient’s Unit: Critical Media Practices
• Students: 3

• Event: Association of Writing Programs��
• Location: Baltimore, MD
• Recipient: Jay Ellis
• Recipient’s Unit: Program for Writing and Rhetoric
• Students: 6

• Event: American College Dance Association - Baja Conference
• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Recipient: Anya Cloud
• Recipient’s Unit: Theatre and Dance
• Students: 4

• Event: American Geophysical Union - Fall Meeting
• Location: New Orleans, LA
• Recipient: Sean Peters
• Recipient’s Unit: Aerospace Engineering��
• Students: 3

• Event: Psychonomic Society Meeting
• Location: Denver, CO
• Recipient: Frederik Bergmann
• Recipient’s Unit: Psychology & Neuroscience
• Students: 7

• Event: Senior Showcase
• Location: New York City, NY
• Recipient: Tamara Meneghini
• Recipient’s Unit: Theatre & Dance
• Students: 22

• Event: Percussive Arts Society International Convention
• Location: Indianapolis, IN
• Recipient: Carl Dixon
• Recipient’s Unit: College of Music
• Students: 6

Participating at this early point in my career inspired me to stick with my research and continue to graduate school. I felt like I was joining a community. - Aaron Price

The most valuable part of the conference was being able to talk with other people who love research as much as I do. It was a sense of community in academics I have never felt before. - Meghan Densmore

I learned that this field is much bigger than I previously thought; there are so many different paths people can take from an already specialized field, and it was refreshing to see how different people approached problems. - Markkus Tong

I was able to interact with academic professionals from a field I would never have interacted with otherwise. I learned about the incredible scale of the research community. Even just within the field of geology there is a massive amount of variance in topics covered. My project feels like only a small part in a much larger 'big picture'. - Aidan Anderson

Preparing and participating in this conference helped me find my professional strengths through the mock interview I participated in, how to communicate and make strong first impressions on others during the networking event, and how to use technical, concise language to share my research findings with other engineers who may not have as deep of an understanding of my research as I do. - Trevor Wilson

I started to see data science less as a purely technical filed and more as a way to connect ideas, people, and real-world problems. Many projects combined data science with areas like social science, education, and environmental studies. This made me realize that understanding the context of a problem is just as important as having strong technical skills. - Taketo Horigome

Participating in this conference helped me better understand the way I want to market and brand my academic work to appeal to a wide variety of disciplines. - Chloe Els

I connected with a professor at another university whose career trajectory aligns with my goals and whose research I am fascinated by. We began a mentoring relationship. - Kalen Sieja

Attending this conference has made me want to attend more, which I can definitely see myself doing. I believe that I will start researching other conferences to go to and seeing what all they have to offer. - Kayla Gil

Preparing for and participating in the conference altered my mindset on research and chemical engineering from thinking in terms of theories, formulas, and data to understanding how research and chemical engineering jobs engage with and impact the real world. - Cate Trautman

Participating in this conference has given me an opportunity to learn about fields I never would have thought to explore otherwise, and I was able to make many connections that could lead to career opportunities. I also gained a better confidence in presenting in front of others and improved my ability to network at events, both of which are skills I have been struggling to improve upon. - Maura Thomas

I feel that my experience presenting at a professional conference has prepared me for future scenarios in which I will be required to confidently discuss my field of study and answer important and challenging questions. - Claire Koch

The most valuable part of my participation was opening new opportunities for collaboration. ��I'm currently pursuing new research projects and discussing future directions with connections made at the conference. - Andy Gusty

This experience completely changed my career trajectory. Seeing the scope of what research can be showed me what I want to do with science. Going to class, doing equations, and performing codes can make you feel like a robot. Research fixes all that—and that’s a beautiful thing. - Bri Grindrod

I did not realize how expensive it can be to attend academic events, which makes me so thankful for all of the grant resources available. - Aspasia Vazquez

This conference taught me how to visually present technical work. I learned how to adjust the communication of my research based of the audience's understanding of my field. - Avi Wonek

It was fascinating to see how professionals in the industry interact and present their findings. One of the most interesting things I noticed was unconventional approaches to problem solving often turned out to be the best solutions. - Ryan Koh

Preparing for this conference made me realize how I enjoy thinking through data and developing my own understanding of the material. It has also made me more curious in classes as before I would just learn the material for the exam. - Jordan Pan

My participation in this conference highlighted the intrinsic interdisciplinary nature of research and the way in which the junction of different subjects and perspectives moves research, and science specifically, forward. It was also impactful to hear how individuals found joy and excitement in their research, and it was a strong reminder to me that incorporating play and whimsy into scientific research is worthwhile. - Isabella Perrin

This was one of the most formative experiences of my academic career. Presenting was unlike anything I’d done in class. There wasn’t a rubric or a professor leading the discussion. I had to take full responsibility for my work, answer questions right away, and explain my understanding of a topic I chose myself. That experience gave me a confidence I couldn’t get from regular coursework. - Alex Baker

The feedback I received on my work was very valuable and will shape how I proceed with my work. Other students had processes or thoughts that I didn’t have in my research approach that could help to make it more effective. - Julian Hansell

From deep learning, I built my confidence and identity as a researcher and ultimately solidified my decisions to pursue academics. From networking, I now have multiple connections to explore potential research and potential branches within the field of psychology. - Amanda Lopez

I feel much more confident about attending and presenting at conferences in the future. I am eager to attend more so that I can share my work with others and connect with my fellow researchers. - Ollie Kaplan

The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) is the premier and only recurring U.S. conference dedicated to astrobiology, convening every two years to unite researchers across planetary science, microbiology, geochemistry, and evolutionary biology. ��AbSciCon provides exposure to NASA scientists, principal investigators, and graduate program leaders who fund and study these systems. Presenting original findings at this stage positions the student as an emerging contributor to a high-priority NASA research area. - Alta Howells

AIAA is the premier technical society for the field of aerospace engineering, hosting some of the most widely respected academic journals and conferences within the field. ��This conference is designed for undergraduate and masters students and acts as a stepping off point to present in bigger conferences. - Andrew��Morell

NCUR offers a national platform for students to present original research and engage with the broader scientific community. Participation enhances the visibility undergraduate research while developing essential communication and networking skills. - Austin Smith

I am particularly excited about this venue because it combines cutting-edge research with an environment focused on learning and scientific development. My mentee will be able to have rigorous scientific discussions with other exceptional undergraduates and convey our research to an audience of experts. - Meaghan Courvan

AIChE is an international organization that connects chemical engineers doing a wide range of work. The student conference gives undergraduates a great opportunity to learn about career paths for chemical engineers. Most graduate students and undergraduates who are seriously involved in research are expected to attend. - Madelyn��Bennett

This is the flagship event of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Bioengineering Division. The student paper competition is one of the most prestigious bioengineering student events in the community. Selection as a finalist itself is a high recognition. - Debanjan Mukherjee

DDA's annual meetings are one of the most well-known and well-attended conferences in the field of dynamics, and most of the dynamicists in my professional network regularly attend DDA meetings. DDA meetings are very impactful in keeping researchers in the field up-to-date, starting or continuing research collaborations, and networking. - Tatsuya Akiba

SPIE astronomical telescopes is the most relevant conference for astronomical instrumentation in the world. It is only held every other year and is attended by some of the most important people involved in the Habitable Worlds Observatory, as well as the broader astronomical instrumentation community. - Brian Fleming

The Annual Conference of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is one of the prominent and specialized gathering of professionals from across the world. These professionals are experts in preservation, documentation, archeological work, and restoration. Attending and presenting their work in this event will be a remarkable contribution to their professional growth and learning. - Azza Kamal

Engagement supports capacity building as a developing researcher and fosters confidence in engaging with the broader scientific community. Participation promotes the exchange of new ideas and methodological advances. Such opportunities are critical for integrating education with research and for preparing students to contribute to future advances in atmospheric sciences. - Luis Navarro

The Pacific Sociological Association brings together academics in various areas of expertise. It is considered the most important regional meeting for academics in the Rocky Mountain and Western regions in sociology. It is also very supportive of undergraduates. - Glenda Walden

The IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) is the leading conference for the advancement of systems and control theory and practice. Acceptance is quite competitive, with a rate around 55% after rigorous peer review. - Emily Jensen

NCUR plays an important role in training emerging researchers to articulate technically complex ideas to diverse audiences—an essential skill in security and cryptography, where real-world impact depends on clear understanding beyond expert communities. - Divya Vernerey

The Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) is a major psychological conference in the field of psychology. It is one of a few conferences that invites speakers and presenters across all fields of psychology and openly encourages graduate and undergraduate students to present their research. There are also tons of resources available for undergraduate students as well, especially those who are pursuing graduate school. - Lynneatte Quenin

This is the flagship conference for American archaeology, and is a major networking and professional development avenue for our subfield. In addition to sharing her research, Sarah will attend multiple information sessions, covering both archaeological and career-related topics. The SAAs provide multiple networking events focused on undergraduates. - Annabelle Lewis

The Annual TESOL International Convention is the premier professional meeting of our field. It will have a huge impact on Lila's sense of belonging in this community of practice and very likely open doors for her as she pursues a career path in teaching English as an additional language in the US or abroad. - Rai��Farrelly

SPIE Photonics West is widely regarded as the premier international forum for ultrafast optics and laser engineering, bringing together fundamental science, enabling technologies, and real-world applications. It fosters strong interactions between academia, national labs, and industry, accelerating the translation of ultrafast-optics innovations into next-generation laser systems, instrumentation, and commercial technologies. - Shu-Wei Huang

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These conference travel grants are supported by two endowments that provide approximately $10,000 in distributions annually: 1) Boettcher Foundation Fund and 2) University of Colorado Matching Fund. Additional funding is provided from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) general fund, which is housed in the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE). Demand for funding continues to increase and now significantly outpaces endowment distributions. This year, UROP contributed almost $45,000 to close the gap and provide enabling support for these transformative experiences. We encourage you to consider giving to enable transformative learning.

History

The Boettcher Foundation provided seed funding to establish programming, originally referred to as the Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE), with many alumni and friends contributing to the matching fund over the years. The program has been managed by UROP since inception and recently rebranded to align with other grant offerings and avoid confusion with the establishment of ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������'s Office of Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship (PACES).

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All current degree-seeking undergraduates at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ in good academic standing are eligible for funding to share original work at academic/professional conferences and exhibitions. Tenured/tenure-track research and teaching faculty, professional researchers and practitioners, and postdoctoral scholars at the ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ and Anschutz Medical Campus are eligible to apply for Faculty Grants. Student and Faculty Conference Travel Grants are accepted and awarded on a rolling basis.

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Thanks

This program would not be possible without our campus partners in the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), Human Resource Service Center (HRSC), and International Education. We deeply appreciate OUE's Lory-Ann Varela (Assistant Vice Provost Academic Support and Enrichment) and Anna Zurek (Senior Finance & Accounting Professional), HRSC's Judith Bean, Senior Coordinator, as well as International Education's travel registration team: Dianne Fraser, Kelsey Mark, Hannah Farrar and Michal Greenberg. We're also grateful for the mentors who guided and supported student presenters through these meaningful experiences. Many others provided encouragement and operational support throughout the university.

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