The mission of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) is to promote undergraduate research scholarship and creative activity done in partnership with faculty or other mentors as a vital component of higher education.
[1] The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) was established at University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1987 with 400 students from campuses countrywide presenting their work.
Students were encouraged to present their work in collaboration with faculty members in a variety of media and formats from posters to performances.
Currently approximately 4000 students participate annually, drawn from all fields and from any college or university.
Over time, CUR welcomed other sciences and then non-sciences and also added an At Large group.