Illinois Office of
Undergraduate Research

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• Update on 2020 Undergraduate Research Symposium

  Mar 27, 2020 12:45 pm

  The Office of Undergraduate Research has cancelled the in-person Undergraduate Research Symposium and is currently working to move the symposium to an online format.

   

• Drop-in Hours Suspended Until Further Notice

  Mar 12, 2020 7:00 am

  Due to growing concerns with and uncertainty about COVID-19, the Office of Undergraduate Research has decided to suspend it's weekly drop-in hours until further notice. We apologies for any inconvenience this may cause and encourage you to email us with questions.

• Research Funding and Opportunities for STEM Undergraduates

  Feb 24, 2020 5:00 pm

  Three opportunities for STEM undergraduates.

• Image of Research -- UR Edition Competition

  Feb 14, 2020 4:30 pm

  Due to COVID-19, the Image of Research -- UR Edition has been canceled for Spring 2020. We hope to be back Fall 2020!

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  Do you learn from imagery? Have you participated in undergraduate research? Submit an image of your scholarly work and win up to $300! 

  The Image of Research – UR Edition is a multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of undergraduate student research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Students are invited to submit entries consisting of an image and brief text that articulates how the image relates to the research. 

  Entries will be judged by a multidisciplinary panel for:

  • Connection between image, text, and research
  • Originality
  • Visual Impact

  First prize: $300

  Second prize: $200

  Additionally, there may be up to two honorable mentions. 

  For more information: https://go.library.illinois.edu/image 

  All entries will be on display at the Undergraduate Research Symposium and are archived for long term preservation in IDEALS.

• Undergraduate Research Workshops - Spring 2020 Calendar

  Jan 20, 2020 8:00 am

  The Office of Undergraduate Research announces its Spring 2020 calendar for the Value of Undergraduate Research, Getting Started in Research, and Proposal Writing for Undergraduate Researchers workshops. Information for each workshop including how students can register can be found in this post.

• Undergraduate Research Symposium 2020 - Now accepting student applications!

  Nov 25, 2019 8:00 am

  The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), set for Thursday, April 30. The URS is the signature event of Undergraduate Research Week (April 26-May 2), and brings together students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, as well as corporate partners and sponsors, to learn more about undergraduate research and its potential to change the world. Over the course of the day, students present their work in concurrent oral and poster presentations (including creative performances), the breadth and scope of which reflect not only the wide range of academic disciplines at the University of Illinois, but also speak to the caliber of our undergraduates. 

   

  All undergraduate students currently involved with research are eligible to present. For more information on the URS, including answers to frequently asked questions, please visit: http://undergradresearch.illinois.edu/symposium.html 

   

  Deadline for submitting an application to the URS is Sunday March 1, 2020, at 11:59 pm. 

• 12 Undergraduates and OUR Director Among Those Named NCSA Fiddler Innovation Fellows for AY2019-2020

  Oct 31, 2019 12:30 pm

  This year’s class of undergraduate Fiddler Fellows includes 12 students from a variety of disciplines, spanning from Architecture to Engineering and even the humanities. Fiddler Innovation Graduate Student Fellowship Awards were also presented to three graduate students, and the Fiddler Innovation Faculty Fellowship was awarded to five faculty members.

  The undergraduate award, which consists of a $1,000 stipend, was given to students whose research at NCSA crossed over into multiple disciplines, encouraging exploration of new topics and innovation. Awardees from this year studied everything from real-time immersive virtual environments for education and learning to food insecurity on college campuses.

• Drop-In Hours Today 10/31/2019

  Oct 31, 2019 9:00 am

  Drop-in hours today will shortened today from 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM. Happy Halloween; Stay Spooky!

• RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: Discovery and Engineering of Biomolecules by Synthetic Biology

  Oct 11, 2019 9:00 am

  The Zhao lab in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is currently seeking undergraduate students who are interested in synthetic biology. They are offering a research assistant position mainly for natural product discovery and biomolecular engineering and will offer 3 or 4 credit hours (hours negotiable) for this position. Sophomores and juniors with GPA 3.8 and above are welcomed for application. Please email hren6@illinois.edu with your CV attached if you are interested.

• Fall 2019 - Undergraduate Research Support Grant and Conference Travel Grant - Applications being Accepted

  Sep 3, 2019 8:00 am

  The Office of Undergraduate is now accepting student applications to the Research Support and Conference Travel Grants for the Fall 2019 semester. For more information including how to apply for funding, please view the full article.