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• Engineering Research Fair - Fall 2022

  Sep 20, 2022 9:15 am

  The Grainger College of Engineering Undergraduate Research in cooperation with International Programs in Engineering (IPENG) are sponsoring this fall's Engineering Research Fair and 3rd International Research Symposium on September 27, 4:00 - 6:00 PM at Illini Union Rooms A, B, and C.

• International Internship Opportunity in the Humanities

  Sep 13, 2022 11:15 am

  Are you looking for an internship opportunity?

   

  Consider applying for the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL; etcl.uvic.ca) which has been approved to host two twelve-week undergraduate Mitacs Globalink Internships for May–July 2023.

   

  Applications are due to Mitacs on September 22nd, 2022, via their website. 

   

  • Digital Scholarship Internship: Open Scholarship and Digital Humanities
  • Digital Scholarship Internship: Canadian Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Commons and Digital Humanities Training

   

  For successful applicants, Mitacs provides round-trip airfare to Canada; stipends for housing, food, and incidentals; and health insurance, among other supports.

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

  Sep 2, 2022 8:00 am

  The Office of Undergraduate is now accepting student applications to the Research Support and Conference Travel Grants for the Fall 2022 semester. For more information including how to apply for funding, please view the full article.

• Calling student authors! Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research

  Aug 30, 2022 9:30 am

  Did you write a paper last year that you are interested in publishing? Consider submitting your work to the Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research!

  The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is seeking student submissions, faculty/staff reviewers, and faculty/staff editorial board members. 

  This refereed, multidisciplinary, online undergraduate journal’s goal is to advance knowledge in new scholarly arenas by presenting intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates. This journal seeks undergraduate contributions to the literature on service learning and community-based research. To submit a paper or learn more about the different submission categories, visit our website. Student submissions for the Fall 2022 issue are due by September 16th, 2022 and are accepted on a rolling basis. Submissions received after that date will be considered for our next issue, with a submission date of January 31st. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Jill Waity, journal editor, at ujslcbr@uncw.edu

  If this deadline doesn't work for you, there will be new deadlines later in the fall semester and next spring! 

  Contact Merinda Kaye Hensley if you would like to talk about publishing your research in an undergraduate research journal - there are many more journals that we could explore! mhensle1@illinois.edu 

   

• RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: NCSA SPIN Program Fall 2022

  Aug 23, 2022 4:00 pm

  The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has a history of nurturing innovative concepts, and some of the best ideas have come from highly motivated, creative undergraduate students. The Students Pushing INnovation (SPIN) internship program was launched to provide University of Illinois undergraduates with the opportunity to participate in hands-on research and contribute to interdisciplinary projects covering focused research areas in Culture and Society, Earth and Environment, Bioinformatics and Health Sciences, Material and Manufacturing, Data and Computational Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Digital Agriculture. 

  The deadline for applications is September 4, 2022.

• Sign up for OUR's monthly email newsletter

  Aug 23, 2022 9:00 am

  It is now easier than ever before to stay notified! Sign up for the Office of Undergraduate Research monthly email newsletter to receive occasional emails about research programs, events, opportunities, and helpful information for current and aspiring undergraduate researchers. Students are encouraged to sign up at: go.illinois.edu/subscribeOUR

• OUR's Director Elected Division Councilor to Council on Undergraduate Research

  Jun 16, 2022 12:30 pm

  OUR's Director -- Dr. Karen Rodriguez'G -- has been elected as an Undergraduate Research Programs Division Councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research. She will serve from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025.

• 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium Award Winners!

  May 10, 2022 8:00 am

  Congratulations to our 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium award winners! 

• Undergraduate Research Week 2022 Is Here!

  Apr 21, 2022 8:00 am

  Undergraduate Research Week 2022 (April 24 - 30)

  Undergraduate Research Week 2022 is here and the final program has been posted!

  The Undergraduate Research Week showcases the best of undergraduate research and creative inquiry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Campus events include special exhibits, and colloquia sponsored by individual departments, programs, and units, highlighting the best of our students’ work. The Undergraduate Research Symposium (All day on Thursday, April 28 in the Illini Union) is URW’s day-long signature event where hundreds of students from all academic disciplines share their research through oral panels, poster presentations, and performances. We invite you to come be inspired!.

  You can find a link to the URW 2022 program here: http://undergradresearch.illinois.edu/researchweek.html

  Stay up-to-date on URW events by following us on Twitter @ugresearch_UI,  Facebook @UGResearchIllinois, and Instagram @ugresearch_UI

• RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY - WRITING ACROSS ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

  Apr 19, 2022 5:15 pm

  The Writing Across Engineering and Science (WAES) research group is looking for undergraduate research assistants (https://publish.illinois.edu/waes/). We support engineering and science faculty and graduate students as they learn, incorporate, and adapt practices from writing studies research in ways that enrich both their technical learning objectives and their students’ communication skills. We also research the effectiveness of this support.

  For more information, please see full blog post.