Since its establishment, MURR has served as an undergraduate research journal
providing WVU students an opportunity to disseminate their research and creative
scholarship. Students submitting to MURR are asked to address the following questions throughout their research abstract and article/project submissions:
What is your guiding research question or creative inquiry? What are the broader
impacts of this research in general and within your field? What methods or theoretical
framework did you use for your project? How is this project relevant and significant
(i.e., what is the "wow" factor)? What are your outcomes or expected outcomes for
this project?
To have your scholarship considered for publication, please review the following information and click on the button at the bottom of this page to submit your works.
Deadline: All submissions must be received by 11:59 pm on Friday, March 6,
2020
Authors: All submissions must at least contain the name of corresponding undergraduate
research author and the faculty research mentor. Corresponding authors will serve
as the primary point of contact for the MURR editorial review board.
Abstract titles should be 3-14 words long and use language that can
be comprehended by the general public
Abstracts (160-250 words) should:
- Clearly state the central research question and/or purpose of the project (e.g., motivation/impact, question addressed/hypothesis tested)
- Provide brief, relevant scholarly or research context (no actual citations/references required) that demonstrate its attempt to make a unique contribution to the area of inquiry.
- Provide a brief description of the research methodology (e.g., artistic, theoretical or experimental plan used/ approach).
- Give a summary of principal findings/results (or expected results) and the context in which they will be discussed.
- State major conclusions that cycle back to the project's central research question
and/or purpose.
- Include text only (no images or graphics).
- Be well-written, well-organized, and a self-contained, single paragraph.
- Use plain text format as the wufoo form will not process formatting and special characters.
Research article submissions (1000-2500 words) should:
- Clearly state the central research question and/or purpose of the project (e.g., motivation/impact, question addressed/hypothesis tested)
- Provide relevant scholarly or research context that demonstrate its attempt to make a unique contribution to the area of inquiry. Please include a list of citations and references.
- Provide a description of the research methodology (e.g., artistic, theoretical or experimental plan used/ approach).
- Give a summary of principal findings/results (or expected results) and the context in which they will be discussed.
- State major conclusions that cycle back to the project's central research question and/or purpose.
- Include all text and corresponding images and graphics.
Submit To MURR
If you have any questions about submitting to MURR, please contact
murr.wvu@gmail.com
