Awards
The UM Conference on Undergraduate Research, the Office of Undergraduate Research, and sponsoring departments recognize the effort and skill of students with exceptional presentations. Your presentation at UMCUR is eligible to receive an award based on your presentation category and award specific criteria.
- The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library will further honor the recipients of poster awards by sharing virtual versions of their posters in the main library commons.
ALL submissions will be judged during the in-person sessions. In order to qualify for an award, you must submit an abstract and present in person at UMCUR.
Awards List
- UMCUR Conference Award: Awards will be presented to the top oral and poster presentations in each of the five research categories (Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Visual & Performing Arts).
- Presentations will be judged based on the UMCUR Rubric.
- Award amounts: one $100 award and one $50 honorable mention award.
- Sponsorship: Office of Undergraduate Research
- OPUS Literary Arts Award: The OPUS Literary Arts Award recognizes excellent presentations of literary works (nonfiction, fiction, and poetry). Students will give a literary reading of their creative work.
- Presentations will be judged based on the OPUS Literary Award Rubric (coming soon).
- Award amounts: one $100 award and one $75 honorable mention award.
- Sponsorship:
- GLI Award: The Franke Global Leadership Initiative will present an award to the top GLI capstone team oral presentation.
- Franke Global Leadership Initiative (GLI) presentation judges will be using the GLI Rubric.
2024 Awardees
Congratulations to all our 2024 conference award recipients! Each recipient was honored with a certificate and cash award.
Learn more about their research and creative scholarship projects on Scholarworks.
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Presenter(s) |
Presentation Title |
Category |
Presentation Type |
Mentor |
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Noah Paulson |
Examining the Relationship Between Anthropomorphism and Theory Of Mind |
Humanities |
Oral Presentation |
Sarah Sweezy |
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Stephanie Kowal |
Humanities |
Poster Presentation |
James Tuttle |
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Liliana Silver |
Assessing American Attitudes: Welfare Perceptions Over Time by Race, Gender and Education |
Social |
Oral Presentation |
James Tuttle and Daisy Rooks |
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Shannon Welby and McKinlee Mihelish |
What do People with Aphasia Want Out of an Aphasia Community Group? |
Social |
Poster Presentation |
Catherine Off |
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Andrea Newbrough |
Rhinoceros Beetle Courtship Dancing Analyzed with DeepLabCut Technology |
Life Sciences |
Oral Presentation |
Doug Emlen |
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Jacqueline Olexa |
Creation of a Database and Website for Genome Sequencing Data |
Life Sciences |
Oral Presentation |
Jeffery Good |
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Joseph Knudsen |
Overview: High-Quality Atmospheric Readings and Telemetry (HART) Station |
Physical Sciences |
Poster Presentation |
Lu Hu |
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Caitlyn Sena |
Physical Sciences |
Poster Presentation |
Akasha Faist |
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Lindsay Hause |
Literary Arts |
Oral Presentation |
Robin McLean |
2024 Honorary Mentions
Congratulations to all our 2024 conference honorable mentions! Each recipient was honored with a certificate and cash award.
Learn more about their research and creative scholarship projects on Scholarworks.
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Presenter(s) |
Presentation Title |
Category |
Presentation Type |
Mentor |
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Kolter Stevenson |
Humanities |
Oral Presentation |
Jason Triche |
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Caden Fox |
Laughalytics: analyzing humor preferences through an online card game |
Humanities |
Poster Presentation |
Justin Angle |
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Grace Bintz |
The Impact of Past Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Coercion on Abortion Attitudes |
Social |
Oral Presentation |
Rachel Williamson |
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Kathryn Bick |
Differences in Internalized Weight Bias Across Eating Disorder Treatment Groups |
Social |
Poster Presentation |
Caitlin Martin-Wagar |
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Jocelyn Stansberry |
Life Sciences |
Oral Presentation |
Douglas Emlen |
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Reese Poindexter |
Effects of timber harvest on understory vegetation succession: a time series study |
Life Sciences |
Oral Presentation |
Akasha Faist |
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Jackman Mitchell-Robohm |
Potential for Disease Spread in White-Tailed Deer in Northern Idaho |
Physical Sciences |
Poster Presentation |
Chad Bishop |
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Gabriella Nelson |
Column Packing Efficiency for HPLC Using Low Silica Concentrations |
Physical Sciences |
Poster Presentation |
Christopher Palmer |
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Loran Carol Schneiter |
Literary Arts |
Oral Presentation |
Christopher Dombrowski |
Archives
View all the digital UMCUR archives in ScholarWorks, the University of Montana's open access, online repository.
- 2024 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2023 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2022 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2021 UMCUR Award Winners & Digital Conference Link
- 2020 UMCUR Award Winners & Digital Conference Link
- 2019 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2018 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2017 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2016 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2015 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2014 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2013 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2012 UMCUR Award Winners & Program (PDF)
- 2011 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2009 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2008 UMCUR Award Winners
- 2006 UMCUR Award Winners
