Announcements, Events and Workshops
August-September 2026
Friday, August 28: Last day to add URES 197 for Fall 2026 semester
Tuesday, September 01: Fall 2026 Undergraduate Research Grant applications due
Tuesday, September 15: Deadline for submissions to 2026 Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia Conference, Radford University, October 15. Submit abstracts of less than 750 words and a statement of support from a faculty member to: https://tinyurl.com/NURVa2026
Tuesday, September 15: Faculty Advisory Board Meeting, 5:00pm RCC Space, Simpson Library.
Wednesday, September 16: Research Student Ambassadors Interest Meeting, 4:00pm, RCC Space, Simpson Library
October-November 2026
Wednesday, October 14: Workshop Wednesdays – Poster Presentations, 4:00 pm. Stop by the RCC space for some help designing an effective poster for presenting. Sign up here.
Friday, October 16: Deadline for submissions to UMW Columns Humanities and Social Sciences fall issue.
Monday, October 19: Deadline for submissions to COPLAC’s Virtual Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Conference. Please contact Betsy Lewis elewis@umw.edu ahead of the deadline for submission details.
Saturday, October 31: 7th Annual NURVa Conference. Radford University
Saturday, November 7: COPLAC Virtual Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Conference
Wednesday, November 18: Meet-a-Mentor, Find-a-Project. 4:00pm, RCC Space, Simpson Library. Sign up here.
Tuesday, November 24: Deadline to submit to present at NURVa Posters in Richmond event. Please send the following to Elizabeth Lewis elewis@umw.edu by November 24, 2026: student and faculty sponsor names, institutional affiliation, department/field of study, clear title, abstract (of no more than 250 words) and an impact statement. Abstracts should be written for a general audience and be complete, concise, clear, and cohesive. The Impact Statement is a 150-200 word statement describing the project and its broader impact to a legislator to include the significance of the work and the progress made
toward completion (to-date).
Friday, December 4: Deadline for applications to National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). NCUR will be held April 12-14, 2027 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Friday, December 11: Faculty proposals due for Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Summer Research Institute. Departmental faculty selections due for the Irene Piscopo Rodgers ’59 Summer Science Institute
December 2026-January 2027
Friday, January 15: Last day to add a URES 197.
Tuesday, January 19: Undergraduate Research Grant Application deadline for spring funding.