Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
Independently or in small teams, and mentored by a faculty member, students at the schools below do intensive and self-directed research or creative work that results in an original scholarly paper or other product that can be formally presented on or off campus.
In spring 2011 we invited college presidents, chief academic officers, deans of students, and deans of admissions from more than 1,500 schools to nominate up to 10 institutions with stellar examples of undergraduate research/creative projects. Colleges and universities that were mentioned most often are listed here, in alphabetical order.
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
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Carleton College
Northfield, MN |
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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
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College of Wooster
Wooster, OH |
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Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
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Duke University
Durham, NC |
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Elon University
Elon, NC |
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Furman University
Greenville, SC |
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Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA |
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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
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Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA |
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Hope College
Holland, MI |
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James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA |
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Truman State University
Kirksville, MO |
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University of California--Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
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University of Maryland--Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD |
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University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
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University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Lincoln, NE |
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University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
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University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI |
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |

