MCURE Funding
Mentored Course-Embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (MCUREs)
MCUREs are course-embedded inquiry-based experiences targeted at strengthening the 
biomedical pipeline in Delaware. This DE-INBRE supported program seeks to push the envelope by supporting PUI faculty who transform their biomedical curriculum by incorporating high-impact inquiry-based pedagogical practices in Delaware. Potential MCUREs sponsored projects include course-based undergraduate research experiences that involve students in (i) authentic research experiences as part of a class, (ii) collaborations that integrate faculty and students from PUIs into sequenced courses and class projects, (iii) service-learning projects within courses that address Delaware’s biomedical community-identified needs, or (iv) specific research-driven coursework aimed at providing professional development opportunities for students at PUIs.
Eligibility
- An MCURE project lead must hold a full-time tenured, tenure-track, or equivalent faculty appointment;
- An MCURE project lead must be based at a DE-INBRE partner institution;
- Non-career employees such as consultants, post-doctoral fellows, visiting scientists, and limited-term researchers are not eligible.
- Eligible applicants with a record of prior DE-INBRE support may compete for new awards. However, these MCUREs applicants must document enough outcomes and progress from past DE-INBRE support to be deemed competitive.
- Applicants are prohibited from receiving simultaneous support as project lead or co-lead from more than one Institutional Development Award IDeA source. Applicants who have active support from other (IDeA) mechanisms (e.g., Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence [COBRE] or Center for Translational Research [CTR]) are not eligible for DE-INBRE MCUREs awards unless they separately petition the DE-INBRE PI to explore eligibility status before submission of an application.
Faculty must submit MCUREs applications (requesting up to $15,000 maximum direct cost support) by March 15, 2021, to Dawn Everhart, DE-INBRE Assistant Director at dawnm@udel.edu.
Faculty can only receive one MCUREs award per funding cycle with a May 1st start date, and funds must be used by April 30th the following year (and may not exceed $15,000 direct costs).
