Florida Undergraduate Research Conference
February 22-23, 2020
The Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) is one of the nation's largest multi-disciplinary research conferences. It is an annual event open to all undergraduate researchers in the state of Florida to present their research in a poster forum. Every year, the conference is hosted at a different college or university in the state. The conference boasts some of the best networking opportunities with fellow researchers and graduate programs across the country, as well as workshops and other professional development experiences.
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference
February 22-23, 2020
The Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) is one of the nation's largest multi-disciplinary research conferences. It is an annual event open to all undergraduate researchers in the state of Florida to present their research in a poster forum. Every year, the conference is hosted at a different college or university in the state. The conference boasts some of the best networking opportunities with fellow researchers and graduate programs across the country, as well as workshops and other professional development experiences.
Florida Undergraduate Research Journal
Online ISSN: 2831-8153
Print ISSN: 2831-8145
A journal devoted to the publication of undergraduate research
Journal Overview
Each year more students are engaging in research. Sometimes this is with their faculty; sometimes it is independent of their faculty mentor. Students, however, are often limited to publishing their work in their university student research journal. The Florida Undergraduate Research Journal (FURJ) is a new publication opportunity for students to share their work with others beyond their campus journals. Student-authors will receive constructive feedback and comments at each stage of the process to foster their research and writing skills as submissions will undergo a tiered review process that assesses the focus of the question, the content, the methodology, and the audience; followed then by a review of the content by those dedicated and committed to high-quality student research.
Publication of your research in a professional journal is a great experience and will help your resume!
Aims and Scope
The Florida Undergraduate Research Journal is dedicated to publishing outstanding undergraduate research across all disciplines - all are welcome to submit!
For Authors
The Review Process
Submissions to the Florida Undergraduate Research Journal will undergo a tiered review process.
Upon submission, the Executive Editor and Editorial Assistant will provide an initial review of the manuscript using the FURJ Rubric. Once a submission proves that it fits within the scope of the journal, the Editorial Board will assess the submission based on the eleven criteria outlined in the FURJ Rubric. If the submission needs revision at either of these phases, the student-author will receive detailed comments with an invitation to revise and resubmit.
If the submission is appropriate for disciplinary review, the Executive Editor and Editorial Board, in conjunction with the FURA Board, will identify a reviewer known for their commitment to high-quality student research. The reviewer will provide disciplinary-specific comments along side the Editorial Board's comments to maximize feedback to the student-author in a clear and supportive fashion.
Once student-authors complete each tier of review and the necessary revisions, their submissions are accepted for publication in February.
Accepted Articles
Upon acceptance, student-authors will sign an Author Agreement allowing their work to be published in the Florida Undergraduate Research Journal. Student-authors will retain the right to publish or share the work elsewhere, in a modified form, providing that they acknowledge its original publication in the Florida Undergraduate Research Journal.
Publication
The Florida Undergraduate Research Journal will be published annually in February. Each essay will be assigned a DOI when the revision process is completed. Student-authors may submit essays from any discipline and at any point in time. Student-authors may submit their essay for publication up to one year after graduation to offer time for revision of work completed in the last semester.
Submission Criteria
FURJ only accepts essays of original research from undergraduate students enrolled full-time in a Florida institution of higher education.
Essays from all disciplines are welcome.
FURJ accepts essays on a rolling basis. Though the journal is printed annually, an essay will be assigned a DOI and be posted on the website when the revision process is completed. We understand that DOIs are important for graduate schools and employers.
Essays must be submitted with verification signed by faculty mentor / instructor confirming s/he has reviewed the submission for structure, content, and language.
Essays should be no more than 8000 words with notes.
Essays should be formatted with 1" margins, Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double spaced.
Essays should use the citation style relevant to that discipline.
Graphs, charts, and figures should be labelled according to the citation style of your discipline.
Essays can be submitted either as a Word or Pdf document with each line numbered. Insert the line numbers in the Word document before converting the file to a pdf. To do this in Word go to Layout – Page Setup – Line Numbers.
Essays should be completely redacted of all author identifiers when submitted. Essays should not include the names of the author(s), faculty mentor, or school.
Vol. 5 (2026) Editorial Board
Michael Baierlein, Editorial Assistant – Florida Gulf Coast University
Joziah Burnett - Florida State University
Peyton Harris - University of Florida
Ella Luedeke - University of North Florida
Sheila Olivé - Florida International University
Shiv Patel - Florida State University
Delilah Penate - University of Florida
Tatianni Pinkston – Tallahassee State College
David Strickland - Florida Atlantic University
Vol. 4 (2025) Editorial Board
Gustavo Hernandez, Editorial Assistant – Florida Gulf Coast University
Maddie Enman - Eckerd College
Quy Nguyen - Florida State University
Jane-Kathryn Whittington - Florida State University
Gisela Alvizures - Florida State University
Ann-Adley Claveus - St. Thomas University
Carrigan Raketic - University of Central Florida
Tala Alqadi – University of Florida
Isabelle Gerzenshtein - University of Florida
Editorial Board
Becoming a member of Editorial Board for the Florida Undergraduate Research Journal will allow you to participate in mentorship and professionalization opportunities. The leadership experience of serving on a journal's editorial board looks great on a CV when you apply for graduate school or on a resume when you apply for jobs after graduation.
Students from any Florida school (2-year or 4-year) are welcome to join!
The Editorial Board will:
- Participate in monthly board meetings on Zoom.
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Review submissions to see if they are appropriate for disciplinary review.
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Provide feedback on submissions to aid author's revisions.
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Create an image for the volume's cover.
The application portal for Volume 6 (2027) will open in February!
Editorial Board Spotlight
In this short video, former Editorial Board member Faith Sauber describes some of the work she has done with the Florida Undergraduate Research Journal.
(Courtesy of UCF Burnett Honors College)
Faculty Reviewer Sign-up
The Florida Undergraduate Research Journal (FURJ) invites full and part-time faculty, PhD Candidates, and PhD Students to volunteer as disciplinary reviewers of student submissions. Establishing and maintaining a professional-quality output of student research is one of the key purposes of the FURJ, and one that encourages faculty to lend their expertise. Conforming to scholarly practice, FURJ is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication.
CONTACT US
For more information regarding FURJ please email the Executive Editor, Dr. Melodie Eichbauer, at: