The HBCU-UP National Research Conference highlights undergraduate student research and institutional strategies to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research at HBCUs. The National Science Foundation (NSF) HBCU-UP Program recognizes and supports the important role that HBCUs play in increasing the numbers of underrepresented ethnic minorities that are well prepared for participation and leadership at every level of education and research in STEM.

This gathering of more than 700 students, faculty, and administrators will include:

• Oral and poster presentations by undergraduate students about their research, and
• A faculty workshop with oral and poster presentations by faculty and program administrators about their programs or research.

In addition, exhibitors will have the opportunity to promote:

• Undergraduate student research programs
• Graduate school programs
• Fellowship opportunities
• Faculty research programs

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provides awards to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a means to broaden participation in the Nation's STEM workforce.