{"id":363,"date":"2016-02-03T02:30:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T06:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuro\/?page_id=363"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:58:25","slug":"dreams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/research\/dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL (formerly DREAMS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hour.jhu.edu\/present\/dreams\/\">REAL<\/a> (R<\/strong>esearch<strong>, E<\/strong>xperiential and&nbsp;<strong>A<\/strong>pplied&nbsp;<strong>L<\/strong>earning), formerly (DREAMS) Day of Undergraduate Research in Engineering, the Arts &amp; Humanities, Medicine and the Sciences is hosted by the Hopkins Office of Undergraduate Research (HOUR) twice a year in the<strong> fall<\/strong> and <strong>spring<\/strong> semesters. Neuroscience students now have two opportunities through the HOUR Office in presenting their research or to fulfill their scientific presentation for Departmental Honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are currently working on research that&nbsp;you would like to use as part of the requirement for your departmental honors, please contact your faculty adviser or <a href=\"mailto:hope.stein@jhu.edu\">Hope Fisher<\/a> to get more information. We look forward to this exciting collaborative opportunity to showcase undergraduate achievement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why you should present your research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Part of the requirements for an honors designation in your department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Culmination of senior thesis projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruitment of students as research assistants or for independent study<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your department or program is using REAL for another internal requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparing and presenting a poster is a great professional development experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Register<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You must register <a href=\"https:\/\/hour.jhu.edu\/present\/dreams\/\">online<\/a> if you plan to present your research. Email <a href=\"mailto:hope.stein@jhu.edu\">Hope Fisher<\/a> to let her know that you will be participating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring REAL Presentations: April 27 &#8211; May 1, 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Dates:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deadline to register for REAL:<strong> April 13, 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deadline for Neuroscience students to submit their abstracts by completing this form: TBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact<a href=\"mailto:hour@jhu.edu\"> hour@jhu.edu<\/a> with your questions about REAL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example Poster Templates and Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hour.jhu.edu\/resources\/poster\/\">Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research&#8217;s Creating a Dynamic Poster<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Society for Neuroscience:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfn.org\/annual-meeting\/neuroscience-2014\/abstracts\/presenter-resources\/poster-presenters\">How to create a poster<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isanet.org\/Conferences\/Special-Convention-Programs\/JSS\/Presentation\">International Studies Association poster presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REAL (Research, Experiential and&nbsp;Applied&nbsp;Learning), formerly (DREAMS) Day of Undergraduate Research in Engineering, the Arts &amp; Humanities, Medicine and the Sciences is hosted by the Hopkins Office of Undergraduate Research (HOUR) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6610,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363\/revisions\/6610"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}