[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1654 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1654

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     November 16, 2010.
Whereas close to 600 colleges and universities in the United States and 
        thousands of undergraduate students and faculty pursue undergraduate 
        research every year, providing research opportunities that will shape 
        the trajectory of students' lives and careers and researchers' and 
        institutions' purpose and contributions to academia and the research 
        enterprise;
Whereas students and faculty engaged in undergraduate research contribute to 
        research across many disciplines, including arts and humanities, 
        biology, chemistry, health sciences, geosciences, mathematics, computer 
        science, physics and astronomy, psychology, and social sciences;
Whereas research at the undergraduate level provides both students and faculty 
        members opportunities for improving and assessing the research 
        environment at their institution, develops critical thinking, 
        creativity, problem solving, and intellectual independence, and promotes 
        an innovation-oriented culture;
Whereas undergraduate research is essential to pushing the Nation's innovation 
        agenda forward by increasing the interest and persistence among young 
        people in the crucial science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
        (STEM) disciplines, and to cultivating the interest of would-be 
        researchers who pursue a new aspiration of graduate education after 
        participating in undergraduate research; and
Whereas the week of April 11, 2011, would be an appropriate week to designate as 
        ``Undergraduate Research Week'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``Undergraduate Research Week'';
            (2) recognizes the importance of undergraduate research and of 
        providing research opportunities for the Nation's talented youth to 
        cultivate innovative, creative, and enterprising young researchers, in 
        collaboration with dedicated faculty;
            (3) encourages institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, 
        businesses, philanthropic entities, and others to support undergraduate 
        research and undergraduate researchers and their faculty mentors;
            (4) encourages opportunities, including through existing programs, 
        for females and underrepresented minorities to participate in 
        undergraduate research; and
            (5) supports the role undergraduate research can and does play in 
        crucial research that serves the Nation's best economic and security 
        interests.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.