Encourages campus efforts of faculty members, departments, and colleges to incorporate undergraduate researchers into the research enterprise at the University of Utah; approve rewarding outstanding undergraduate research mentors and outstanding undergraduate research awardees; suggests and encourage procedures through which students may improve effectiveness of the undergraduate research processes; makes recommendations concerning undergraduate research awards and Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) selections.
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- Founding Advisory Council Members will serve staggered roles - 2 and 3 years (founding members commence during the 2023 - 2024 academic year).
- Beginning in 2025, all Advisory Council Members will serve 3 year terms.
- In 2024, the Undergraduate Research Advisory Council was renamed through council vote as the Office of Undergraduate Research Advisory Council.
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We invite you to nominate a University of Utah faculty member to be a part of the Office of Undergraduate Research Advisory Council!
Faculty Requirements
- Tenure-line or career-line faculty at the University of Utah are eligible for the award.
- Nominees must have mentored students in UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) or SPUR (Summer Program for Undergraduate Research) in the past 3 years.
- The faculty mentor must be engaged in research or creative scholarship and teaching on campus.
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- Vandana Ramachandran - David Eccles School of Business
- Akiko Kamimura - College of Social & Behavioral Science
- Brenda Heaton - School of Dentistry
- Sharlene Kiuhura - College of Education
- Becky Zarate - College of Fine Arts
- Sean Flynn - Office of the Associate VP for Research
- J. David Symons - College of Health
- Rachel Hayes-Harb - Honors College
- Michael Middleton - College of Humanities
- Harish Maringanti - J. Willard Marriott Library
- Anne Morrow - Library
- Yan-Ting Shiu - College of Medicine
- Lauri Linder - College of Nursing
- Chris Reilly - College of Pharmacy
- Allison O'Connor - College of Social Work
- Akil Narayan - College of Science
- Jakob Jensen - VPR's Office
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All meetings start at 10 am
August 12, 2025
October 14, 2025
February 24, 2026