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Dr. Mary Crowe, Dr. John Cavitt, Dr. Jennifer Cook, Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan and Dr. Karl Sienerth

Running an office of undergraduate research: summaries of budgetary and personnel structures of existing offices. Dr. Mary Crowe, Dr. John Cavitt, Dr. Jennifer Cook, Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan and Dr. Karl Sienerth. Where to begin?. Learning from others Gleaning information from websites

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Dr. Mary Crowe, Dr. John Cavitt, Dr. Jennifer Cook, Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan and Dr. Karl Sienerth

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  1. Running an office of undergraduate research:summaries of budgetary and personnel structures of existing offices Dr. Mary Crowe, Dr. John Cavitt, Dr. Jennifer Cook, Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan and Dr. Karl Sienerth

  2. Where to begin? • Learning from others • Gleaning information from websites • NDURE- Network of Directors of Undergraduate Research Experiences • www.ndure.org • Budget, structure surveys

  3. A caveat • Range of budgets is quite large • LOW $3k • HIGH $750,000 • MISSION, OBJECTIVES

  4. Database • N=45 for this presentation • A variety of institutions have been sampled • Controlling for size and mission

  5. Typical activities for an OUR • Celebration days • Stipends • Travel • Workshops • Journal

  6. Celebration Days • Data only from the NDURE survey (n=28) • Program, book of abstracts • T-shirts • Food • Awards • External speaker(s)

  7. Celebration Days

  8. AY student stipends • N=45 from websites and survey • 30/45 provide stipends • Average $1,556 • Range $500-$5,000

  9. Summer stipends • N=45 from websites and surveys • 11/45 provide summer stipends • Average $2,527 • Range $1,000- 4,000 • Housing/External Funding

  10. Student travel • N=45 from websites and survey • ALL provide travel • Average $637 • Range $100-1000

  11. Faculty stipends • N=45 from website and survey • Few (<7) schools offer stipends for faculty • Low of $300 high of $2,500

  12. Other costs • Staff salaries • Publicity • Travel to NCUR meeting • Faculty travel to meet program officers • Peer advisors

  13. Where does funding come from? • Internal • Line item • Endowment • Technology Transfer fund • Revenue generating • Student fees • External • Grants, annual corporation contribution, alumni donations

  14. Running the office • N=45 from • Searching the web • Answers to detailed on-line survey • 2/3 of offices are run by some one with a PhD • Searching the web • Answers to detailed on-line survey

  15. Running the Office- staffing • N=15 from on-line survey • 11/15 report to Vice President or Associate Vice President • Who works • 66% student workers • 80% have administrative assistant • 27% have at least one associate director

  16. Running the office- assessment • N=15 from survey • All assess, 80% do so annually • What do they assess? • Proposal pressure • Satisfaction surveys

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