FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development is requesting abstracts from the campus for a student-focused collaboration among Southeastern Conference universities.

The SEC Academic Collaboration Award is made each year to one SEC institution to support joint activities involving all other SEC universities. Examples of collaborative activities include intra-conference competitions, graduate-student recruiting fairs and undergraduate research initiatives. 

For those interested in this program, please submit a one-paragraph summary of your idea to research@uark.edu with the subject line “SECU Collaboration” by Feb. 16.  The university is only allowed one proposal, which will be chosen from the internal submissions.

Texas A&M University received the inaugural SEC Academic Collaboration Award in 2014. Texas A&M’s proposal, titled “Advocating for Change in Scholarly Communication: A Collaboration Between Student Governments and the Libraries of the SEC,” called for a two-day workshop focused on raising the profile of research produced by SEC universities through the use of high quality, openly licensed textbooks.

The SEC Academic Collaboration Award is part of SECU, the academic initiative of the SEC. SECU serves as the primary mechanism through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of SEC universities are promoted and advanced.