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Weekly Drop-in Hours for URS Applicants & Presenters

Mar 1, 2022 8:00 am

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is hosting weekly virtual drop-in hours to support students applying to and presenting at the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS). Stop by and ask questions about your application, presentation, other questions about the Symposium. Details included in full post.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: LLVM RESEARCH GROUP

Feb 21, 2022 4:15 pm

We are looking for skilled and motivated undergraduate students to work on several projects in the LLVM Research Group. We are a group in the Illinois CS Department led by Prof. Vikram Adve, and we focus on building compilers for heterogeneous parallel systems and novel hardware. We are currently looking for multiple students to work on a variety of projects. All these projects are open projects, and we are looking for students who are interested in working with us long term. As such, we require a commitment of 15 hours per week for Fall and Spring terms, and 40 hours per week for Summer. The pay will be based on seniority level with an average of $17.00/hour.

For full description, including how to apply, please see full posting.

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022 - Application Due March 15, 2022

Feb 15, 2022 8:00 am

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is currently accepting submissions for the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), set for Thursday, April 28, 2022. The URS is the signature event of Undergraduate Research Week (April 24-30, 2022), 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 15, 2022, at 11:59 pm.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Purdue

Feb 4, 2022 3:15 pm

Applications for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at Purdue University are still open!

Deadline to apply is February 15, 2022 (less than two weeks away)!

This is a paid research opportunity (summer stipend).

For more information, including how to apply, please see full description.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: Undergraduate Research Assistant in Railroad Safety and Data Analysis

Feb 4, 2022 3:00 pm

The Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) Rail Safety and Risk Group is looking for undergraduate research assistants who excel in programming (Python, R, Matlab, VBA, SQL), ArcGIS, machine learning techniques, and statistics skills, to assist in various railroad safety, risk, and data analyses projects.

This is a paid position. Opportunities for Spring, Summer, Fall 2022.

For more information, including how to apply, please see the full description.

Image of Research - 2022 Undergraduate Research Competition

Feb 2, 2022 8:00 am

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. All undergraduate students are invited to submit entries consisting of an image and brief text that articulates how the image relates to the research. “Research” is defined broadly to include creative and scholarly work in all fields. The image submitted can represent your work either concretely or abstractly. Perhaps it is an image of your research itself, an activity related to your research, or the impact of your research.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute

Jan 28, 2022 12:15 pm

The Community-Academic Scholars Initiative matches undergraduate students with an academic mentor and a community partner to collaborate over the summer on a project designed to directly benefit community members served by the partner organization.

This is a paid research experience. For more informationabou the Initiative and how to apply, see full posting.

Deadline is February 10, 2022.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: NRES - Environmental Justice Undergraduate Research Position

Jan 25, 2022 11:30 am

[In]Secure Landscapes lab is hiring for Spring and Summer 2022!

Join a multidisciplinary research project to study equity in the transition to renewable energy in Illinois. Focuses incude policy, infrastructure, mapping, and economics. Open to all majors.

For more information, see full posting. Deadline to apply is January 30, 2022.

Introduction to Scholarly Research Program

Jan 20, 2022 1:00 pm

The Slavic Reference Service is offering a multi-part instruction program designed to help students become more comfortable with conducting research and writing academic papers.

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022 - Now accepting student applications!

Nov 3, 2021 10:00 am

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is now accepting submissions for the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), set for Thursday, April 28, 2022. The URS is the signature event of Undergraduate Research Week (April 24-30, 2022), 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.