The National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS), funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), is dedicated to catalyzing multidisciplinary scientific teams to synthesize publicly available data to address fundamental questions related to emergence phenomena in the molecular and cellular biosciences.

NCEMS invites proposals for Working Groups on Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), to further our mission to expand participation in interdisciplinary synthesis research and engage the next generation of scientists. CUREs are course-embedded learning experiences in which whole classes of undergraduates contribute to a research question or problem with unknown outcomes that are of genuine interest to the scientific community and other external stakeholders. By embedding authentic research experiences into courses, CURE Working Groups both advance scientific knowledge and expand access to research at scale, particularly for undergraduates at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) and other non-research intensive universities.