Beginning of the semester. Expect to work 12 hours minimum per week on your project. Begin doing background research on your project by reading appropriate peer-reviewed articles (ask your research mentor/supervisor for suggestions). As you work in the lab, record, record, record! Write down all your protocols and results as you perform your experiments; this makes the paper-writing process easier as you will have all your notes to reference. By the semester mid-point, assemble an outline for your research paper; there will be gaps as you have only half a semester's worth of work but this will help keep you focused. Consult your research mentor or supervisor for your project as you write your draft outline. Use the MIBO 49X0R Research Guidelines as well as this example paper to give you an idea of the form and arrangement: MIBO 4970R Example Research Paper Continue to work on your project (and paper) during the second half of the semester. At the end of the semester, you will be submitting your research report for the project you spent the semester working on. Two weeks before the last day of class, submit your final research paper draft to your mentor for review. Your faculty research mentor must sign off on your paper before assigning a grade so be sure you allow them plenty of time to read it. A draft will be due on the final day of classes. The final paper submission will be on the final day of finals. To fulfill credit for the directed research course: Finalize your research paper. See the MIBO Paper Guidelines here. Have your research mentor use this grading rubric to assess your paper (note: rubric not required). Submit at least a full draft of your paper to this link, MIBO Directed Research draft submission by 11:59 pm on the last day of class for the semester you are registered. Final draft of the research paper must be submitted to this link, MIBO Directed Research final submission by 11:59 pm on the last day of finals. Additionally, have your faculty mentor submit the online PI/mentor signature page to the department. If you are taking MIBO 4980R, you can alternatively submit an assessment from your faculty mentor for an oral presentation or submit a poster presentation as evidence of fulfillment for the course. This must be turned in by 11:59 pm on the last day of finals.
