The Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research wishes to announce an extended call for proposals for the 2009-10 Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. The goal of this program is to encourage capable undergraduates to participate actively in research/scholarly projects and to give them the opportunity to communicate their findings as principal authors to the university's scholarly community. Data obtained from previous students in our program has shown that the primary reason students choose to pursue this program is because of encouragement from faculty members. We hope you will consider serving as a research advisor and encouraging undergraduates to apply. To qualify for participation in this program, students must have completed at least 60 hours of undergraduate courses with at least 24 hours at Texas A&M (exceptions may be made with the approval of the student's department head). Students should also have and maintain a Texas A&M GPR of 3.0 or higher, and be currently involved in a suitable undergraduate project. If you have a student working with you who you feel would benefit from this program, we urge you to work with them in preparing a proposal for this program. The deadline for proposals is Friday, September 25, 2009. For more information about the UGR Scholars Program, visit our website at http://ugr.tamu.edu/scholars. Application guidelines, as well as sample proposals and program requirements may also be found on the website. In addition, if you are interested in posting an undergraduate research opportunity on our website, please download the form from http://ugr.tamu.edu/opportunities-1/form and email it to ugr@tamu.edu. If you have questions about the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, please direct them to Dr. Robert C. Webb, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research, by email at ugr@tamu.edu or phone 979-458-0039. Dr. Robert C. Webb Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research 1112 TAMU 318B Jack Williams Administration Building College Station, TX 77843-1112 979-458-0039