2025 Summer SPUUR Program Materials

Below are links to materials for the 2025 SPUUR Program

THINGS TO READ PRIOR TO SUMMER

1. SPUUR Expectations. Program goals and requirements, expectations, links to resources, and more – HERE
2. “Meta Mondays.” The 2025 Meta Monday schedule is HERE. Participation every Monday is REQUIRED.
3. SPUUR FAQs. HERE

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SPUUR EVENTS (updated to exclude past events)

1. Wednesday Morning Seminars,  Responsible Research and Conduct – June 4, 11, and 18 + July 2 and 30 in the School of Veterinary Medicine (2015 Linden Drive). Topics for seminars available to SPUUR scholars is HERE. Participation is required.
2. Virtual Jamboree for Summer Undergraduate Students in Urology Research – MON., July 28, 12:00 Noon to 2:30 PM (Central Time). Program schedule HERE. Annual forum for undergraduate students involved in summer research activities at urology centers across the US, including those from NIDDK-funded George M. O’Brien Urology Research Centers at UW-Madison, Stanford University, and Columbia University. UW-Madison SPUUR scholars will  prepare and submit an abstract, deliver oral presentations describing their research, and entertain questions and comments during virtual Q&A sessions.
   • ORDER OF PRESENTATIONS AND SPEAKERS: 2025 Jamboree Program
   • JAMBOREE ABSTRACT BOOKLET: Available soon
     • ABSTRACT GUIDELINES FOR JAMBOREE HERE. You must follow them exactly, including meeting the submission deadline. A Word template, formatted for these guidelines, is HERE.
     • POWER POINT SLIDE TEMPLATE FOR ORAL PRESENTATION AT JAMBOREE HERE (these slides are optional; you are recommended to use a slide template from your mentor or laboratory)

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PRIOR SPUUR RESEARCH RESOURCES – Use these!

1. Research planning timeline. Sample template for documenting your summer research plans, goals, timeline, and progress HERE
2. Weekly research planner. Example of how to structure and document your time and research progress HERE
3. Steps in designing a research study. HERE
4. Criteria in determining authorship of a research publication. One of many suggested frameworks available here: Authorship criteria – Kosslyn. Always discuss authorship with your research mentor and research teammates.
5. Intro to urology research and to CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research In Benign Urology). A brief introduction to the urinary tract, common urologic problems, and knowledge gaps and also to nationwide collaborative urology research community. Power Point slides HERE
6. Creating good Power Point presentations for presenting your research. Slides from July 2025 presentation by Dr. Johanna Hannan (Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) HERE
7. Writing scientific abstracts. Slides from July 2025 presentation by Dr. Johanna Hannan (Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) HERE
8. Creating effective abstracts and posters. Slides from presentation by Dr. Lauren Baker (UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences) on communicating your science by creating good abstracts and posters HERE
9. Poster templates. Create a PDF of your poster; you may use one of these OPTIONAL Power Point poster templates – SPUUR poster template; Unbranded Poster Template
10. Preparing an NIH Biosketch
    • Biosketch instructions and other biosketch forms HERE (NIH Grants & Funding Page)
    • Blank biosketch form for predoctoral fellowships or positions HERE
    • Example of a predoctoral biosketch HERE
    • Penniston biosketch for grant application HERE