Now in its second year of collaboration, the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and the Graduate College offer the opportunity for first and second-year undergraduate students (including transfer students) to assist advanced graduate students (those who have completed all coursework requirements and are in the dissertation research stage) with their research projects.  Through a one-on-one research experience with their graduate student mentor, undergraduate students will have the opportunity to learn what it means to do research, create knowledge, and produce scholarship.  Undergraduate students will begin work with their mentors in Spring 2017. 

Undergraduate researchers will be given flexible course credit, at a minimum of 2 (equal to approximately 6 hours per week) and a maximum of 3 credit hours (equal to approximately 9 hours per week). Undergraduate students will attend regular (biweekly, i.e., every other week) class meetings with OUR and Grad College instructors, as well as work one-on-one with their graduate mentors.  Students will also complete a final project, consisting of a research poster, to be presented during “Undergraduate Research Week” sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR).  For more information, including how to apply, please see the blog on OUR’s webpage – www.undergradresearch.illinois.edu.  Deadline for application is November 2, 2016.  Questions may be addressed to: ugresearch@illinois.edu; please put “URAP” in the subject line. 

Thanks to the Office of Undergraduate Research for this information item.

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