Office of Undergraduate Research

Consultation Requests

The Office of Undergraduate Research supports undergraduate research mentors in a myriad of ways, including the topics listed below. To request a consultation (one-on-one, or with a group) please complete this form (BoilerKey login required). If you have questions regarding the form or wish to follow up on a prior request, you may also contact ugresearch@purdue.edu.  

Some basic requests might also appear with these online resources.

OUR Staff 

Who are we? Please see the OUR “About Us” webpage. 

Consultation Topics 

We are prepared to consult with you on the common topics listed below. If your need is not listed, you can specify that within this form! We are regularly updating resources for UR mentors and can support any of your reasonable needs related to undergraduate research. 

DESIGNING A NEW URE

  • Creating a URE position description 
  • Recruiting/selecting URs 

COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (CURE) 

  • Creating a CURE 
  • Integrating peer review into the CURE
  • Using teams in the CURE (developing, roles, peer evaluation) 

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN OTHER (non-CURE) COURSES 

  • How to integrate OUR events into a course (ex: conferences) 
  • OUR resources to use in a course (ex: presentations, providing feedback, etc) 

MENTORING/SUPERVISING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (UREs) 

  • Onboarding/orientating URs 
  • Learning Contracts 
  • Setting expectations 
  • Integrating peer undergraduate student mentors 
  • Integrating graduate student mentors 
  • Evaluating UREs 
  • Dealing with (or avoiding emergence of) difficult mentee situations 

EXTERNAL GRANTS 

  • Writing URE recruitment/selection into a grant 
  • Writing URE training into a grant 
  • Writing URE evaluation into a grant 
  • Including the OUR as a grant partner 
  • Budgeting for UREs 
  • Letter of Support 

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 

MENTORING SKILLS 

  • Mentoring self-assessment 
  • Creating a philosophy of mentoring 
  • Establishing expectations 
  • Professional development (for mentees) 
  • Effective communication (among mentors/mentees) 
  • Equity and inclusion 
  • Assessing understanding (of mentees) 
  • Fostering independence (of mentees) 
  • Ethical behaviors (of mentees) 

OTHER RESOURCES 

  • Accessing or using the resources from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) 
  • On-campus poster printing