The 2025/2026 call for the Yarbrough Research Grant has been posted. We encourage undergraduate students to submit their research proposals for funding up to $500. Applications are due April 18th, 2025.
Logo Contest
NCAS Logo Contest
Deadline: 11:59 PM, Monday, April 10, 2025
The North Carolina Academy of Science (NCAS) announces a contest to create a fresh, new logo to replace its long-standing logo. Submissions may come from any member of any branch of the Academy: Senior, Collegiate, or Student. However, submissions will not be considered from current members of the NCAS Board of Directors.
The winning one design will be awarded $250.
If both a circular & horizontal design receive the most votes, these 2 designs will be awarded $250 each. Creators of the winning designs must agree to give NCAS exclusive and complete rights to use the designs in whatever capacity that NCAS deems appropriate.
Deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM on Monday, April 10, 2025
Ideally, the logo will be created with a graphic design tool, such as Canva.com (free on the internet)
Original design should be as large as possible and have a resolution of at least 300 dpi
Submissions should be made as PNG file attachments uploaded to this form.
Circular designs appropriate for stationery, and horizontal designs appropriate for meeting programs are welcome. Design submissions will be reviewed by the NCAS Logo Committee. Designs receiving the most votes will be declared the winners.
Please note the original deadline of March 10th has been extended to April 10th, 2025.
Logo criteria:
Must include the full name of the Academy: North Carolina Academy of Science
Must include the year the Academy originated: either “1902” or “Since 1902”
Design should be general enough to be inclusive of all sciences, and may use symbols readily
associated with science (such as a DNA strand, microscope, etc.)
Must be your own creation (not taken from other sources)
High-resolution, print quality; no drawings
Contemporary, clean fonts
Neutral colors. May include blue, black, white, gold (touches of green); circular design may be in black and white
Simple design and may include:
outline of North Carolina’s state map
North Carolina state symbol
The Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
Water bears were a big splash again in this year’s NC Academy of Science booth! But the real story was the awesome group of volunteers. Students from Meredith College and UNC Pembroke, joined by a host of museum volunteers, warmly greeted the public. Hundreds of visitors poured into the booth during the Astronomy Days event on the first weekend of February. A small boy, who entered the booth on Saturday, made a bee line for the water bears while shouting, “I want to see science!”
NCAS Jan-Feb 2025 Newsletter is now available
Follow this link to the newsletter.
Positions at Fayetteville State University Fall 2025
Fayetteville State University is hiring for Fall 2025. Please see below for the links to the job postings.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology: https://jobs.uncfsu.edu/postings/26866
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences: https://jobs.uncfsu.edu/postings/26880
2025 Annual Meeting
The 2025 Annual Meeting website is now live! Submit an abstract, register, and see more information here.
The 121st NCAS meeting will be held at Fayetteville State University on March 28 and 29th.
Yarbrough Correction
One of the Yarbrough Grant winners’ project had the wrong title indicated on the Yarbrough Grants page and in the Fall newsletter. The Yarbrough Grants and Publications Committees apologize for the error. Here is the correct information:
Elijah Yang, Lenoir-Rhyne University (Advisor: Dr. Michael Stiff) Project in Biology entitled “Using Different Plant Growth Regulators and Their Combinations to Improve Rooting in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Stem Cuttings”
NCAS Fall 2024 Newsletter is now available
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CANCAS Undergraduate Research & Medical Professions Workshop
On November 16th, CANCAS will host its undergraduate workshop at Elon University. The topic is “Navigating the Future: Preparing for Careers in Research, Medicine, and Healthcare”
Check out the details here.
Bryden Research Award
The 2025 call for the Bryden Graduate Research Award has been posted with an application deadline of February 26, 2025. See this page for more information.
NCAS Board Member Awarded $250K grant for chemistry research
Dr. Evan Reynolds is the NCAS Treasurer and Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Campbell University. He was awarded a $250,000 grant to support undergraduate chemistry research. Dr. Reynolds and his students will study the application of thiamine diphosphate-dependent enzymes towards current challenges in chemical synthesis.
NCAS April 2024 Newsletter is now available!
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2024 Annual Meeting at Winston-Salem State University
We are excited for you to join us at this year’s annual meeting April 5-6 in Winston-Salem. This year’s theme is Unleashing Energy. For more information please visit the annual meeting website.
Registration and abstract submission open Friday February 9th.
NCAS January 2024 Newsletter is now available!
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Reflections on the 2023 NCAS Annual Meeting
This is the first in a short series: Reflections on the 2023 NCAS Annual Meeting. We had so many great comments from the UNCP Compass group that would not fit in their newsletter article, so we will be running one quote a day for the next couple of weeks.
The students who shared their reflections are listed in the table below.
Enjoy! Here is the first installment:
It was an exciting and informative event for all of us and provided a great platform for us to learn from and engage with talented students from various fields.
NCAS April '23 Newsletter is now available!
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Laboratory Technician Position Hiring
Are you an undergraduate senior, or have a student in this category? Perhaps you are interested in a gap year between undergrad years and grad/med/professional school. Would you like to live near the beach? If any of these resonate with you, check out this job opportunity at MUSC: CLICK HERE
Annual Meeting Early Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline Extended
Just in from the Local Arrangement’s Committee:
Early registration/abstract submission deadline for the NCAS Annual Meeting has been extended to March 31st!
Submit your registration and abstracts now!
Adjust Your Calendars: Annual Meeting rescheduled for April 14-15
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the dates for the NCAS Annual meeting have been changed to April 14 & 15. Other important dates are:
Registration opens on February 15
Late registration from March 17 to March 31
Abstracts due March 17
The meeting website will reflect these changes shortly.
We hope you will join us!
NCAS Jan-Feb '23 Newsletter is now available!
Follow this link to the newsletter