Document Type
Article
Department
Chemistry
Publication Date
4-2015
Abstract
Primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) are a unique training ground for young scientists who work closely with faculty on their research. Researchers at PUIs face a number of challenges, including balancing research and teaching responsibilities, obtaining sufficient funding for projects, and training students in their first research experiences. Faculty at PUIs deploy a variety of strategies to address these challenges, and the resulting research provides important benefits to faculty, students, the analytical chemistry community, and society. This perspective discusses these challenges and benefits in detail. Additionally, several vignettes describe how specific faculty members have established and maintained productive research programs at PUIs, and select publications since 2009 by PUI researchers are highlighted.
Comments
Author's manuscript / post-print provided by Trinity College Digital repository in accordance with distribution policies. The article will be downloadable by April 2016.
Published version:
Michelle L. Kovarik. “Analytical Chemistry Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: Training Tomorrow’s Investigators.” Analytical Methods 7, no. 17 (September 2015): 6921-7382. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/AY/C5AY00510H