Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program

The Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program aims to encourage and support undergraduate participation in faculty research in A&S departments. Funded jointly by the College of Arts and Science and the Provost and administered by a faculty committee, the URM Program is an opportunity for rising juniors to cooperate actively with faculty mentors, learning firsthand about the natural integration of research and teaching. All Arts and Science students with 50-75 hours of course work and at least a 3.25 GPA are eligible to apply for either a summer mentorship, or a fall or winter semester mentorship.

Deadlines

Friday, February 27, 2009, is the deadline for Summer and Fall 2009 Undergraduate Research Mentorship proposals.
Friday, October 30, 2009 is the deadline for Spring 2010 Undergraduate Research Mentorship proposals.

For more information and applications:

Research Mentorship brochure (pdf) and
Research Mentorship application (pdf) (Word)

Learn more about undergraduate research: Fostering the future of undergraduate research: A visit with Ted Tarkow.

Also available is the Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Please see LS UROP for more information.

2008 Student and Faculty Participants - selected examples

Zachary Berg, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentors: Dawn Cornelison

Clinton Birdsong, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Marvin Overby

Diana Bolser, Physics
Faculty mentor: Xiaoqin Zou

Blake Collier, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Andrew McClellan

Greg Doty, Philosophy
Faculty mentor: Robert Johnson

Neil Hebrank, Geography
Faculty mentor: Michael Urban

Ryyan Hyder, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Anand Chandrasekhar

Kyle Jackson, Communication
Faculty mentor: Melissa Click

Jennifer Kimball, Women’s Gender Studies
Faculty mentor: Jackie Litt

Alison Kolf, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Mahesh Thakkar

Lindsey Lanfersieck, English
Faculty mentor: Devoney Looser

Lee Anne Litzsinger, English
Faculty mentor: Julie Melnyk

Ashlee Mason, Art History & Archaeology
Faculty mentor: Michael Yonan

Melissa Moe, Mathematics
Faculty mentor: Dorina Mitrea

Joshua Sumner, Political Science
Faculty mentor: LeeAnn Whites

Molly Richardson, History & Geography
Faculty mentor: Carol Anderson

Jenna Thomas, Psychological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Moshe Naveh-Benjamin

Andrew Welker, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Bill Horner