2016 Oustanding Undergraduate Reasearch (OUR) Awards

The Illinois Section of the Mathematical Association of America invites submissions for the 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Research (OUR) Awards.

Up to three awards will be given for papers authored and presented by undergraduate students at the upcoming ISMAA meeting.

Working in collaboration with a faculty advisor, undergraduate students who wish to apply for the OUR Awards should submit the following materials electronically (either as a PDF or MS Word document):

• a brief, one-page cover letter stating the nature of the project and identifying the researchers involved;
  
  2. a complete, original research paper, typed using Latex Article template.
  
  3. a letter of support from the faculty advisor which also describes the student’s contribution to the work.

Submissions may be emailed to Olcay Akman, Awards Committee Chair, at oakman@ilstu.edu  Please include "OUR Awards" in the subject heading.

Papers need not have been submitted for publication in a professional journal at the time of consideration, but must be complete manuscripts, even if only a subset of the research will be presented at the meeting.

Applicants should make arrangements (see the ISMAA home page) to give a talk in the student session of the upcoming ISMAA meeting. Applicants will be evaluated both for quality of research and for quality of presentation. The deadline for OUR Awards submissions is Friday, March 18, 2016.

Questions? Email oakman@ilstu.edu