Howard Hughes Medical Institute supports up to 90 undergraduate research projects at Clemson University, Benedict College, Claflin University, and Morris College by providing $550 in supplies for each undergraduate research project and travel to a multi-university Research Colloquium.  Clemson awards are restricted to projects in biology, applied biology, and medicine involving faculty in the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Science (CAFLS) and the Department of Bioengineering and are aimed at students who desire to go into biology or medicine.  There is no restriction on class standing and faculty and students develop their own pairings.  

Currently, Clemson has 65 undergraduate students conducting research with 33 faculty members.  Benedict, Claflin and Morris have a combined 18 students working with 8 faculty.  On April 4, 2009 the students will gather and present their findings in both an oral and poster presentation at the 7th SC LIFE Colloquium of Undergraduate Research at Morris College in Sumter, SC.  

SC LIFE has created a publication on creating posters for professional meetings. Click on the following link if you would like to download Guidelines for Creating a Poster for a Professional Meeting as a pdf file.