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The College of the Sciences continues to put collaboration between students and faculty at the center of undergraduate education. The COTS Undergraduate Research Grants Program allows students to propose and conduct a research project in conjunction with a faculty mentor. Faculty mentors may sponsor three student proposals per year. Students may submit one proposal per year.

Due Date for submission: First Friday in February at 5:00 PM in the Dean's Office.

COTS Undergraduate Research Grants Information

2009 COTS Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients

Student Faculty Mentor Project Title Department
Steven Chrisman Lucinda Carnell Genetic analysis of electrotaxis behavior in C. elegans Biology
Jeff Dermond Jeffrey Lee Vorticity analysis in the Snake Range: Examining mid-crustal ductile deformation patterns in eastern Nevada Geology
Annika Nieber James Johnson Yeast as a model organism for determining the toxic effects of atmospheric particulate matter of various sizes Biology
Lee Ream Levente Fabry Synthesis of three novel cyclic 1,3-azaborine HIV-1 protease inhibitors Chemistry

2009 COTS Undergraduate Research Grant Honorable Mention

Student Faculty Mentor Project Title Department
Stefanie Buxel-Florenzen Lixing Sun Sexual dimorphism of recombination rates as a consequence of sexual conflict Biology
Amanda Chistensen Tim Sorey A proposed study in limitations to Beer’s Law Chemistry
Cornelio Gomez Eric Cheney Socialization of guilt analysis Sociology
David Hickey Carey Gazis Geochemical analysis of surface and groundwaters around Cle Elum, Washington: Implications for the proposed exempt well moratorium Geology
Susan O’Neill Gabrielle Stryker Isolation of PFR-5 and PFR-6 proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi Biology
Thomas Shore Yingbin Ge Theoretical investigation of ligand effects on the structures of silicon nanoclusters Chemistry

2008 COTS Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients

Student Faculty Mentor Project Title Department
Christopher Badi' Abdul-Wahid James Schwing Construction of a Distributed Computer Cluster Computer Science
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