The goals of the Institute are to:

Inform participants about current research on learning outcomes for students engaging in Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creativity (URSC), Provide models of URSC programs by a range of institutional types and budgets, Facilitate teams in defining a mission and overall action plan for URSC in the arts and humanities on their campus, developing strategies to meet those goals, and resolving challenges, Identify sources and strategies for obtaining funding, both internal and external, Define arts-and-humanities-friendly assessment mechanisms for the URSC program, Address workload and tenure & promotion issues for faculty who mentor URSC, Ensure that teams return to campus with an action plan that addresses some or all of the above points