SURF Grant Applications Now Open - Awards of up to $5,500 available to support summer research and creative projects. Application for summer 2025 are due February 3rd, 2025. Visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/surf/ for more information.
Link to our winter break online workshops, including workshops in Finding Summer Research Opportunities and Letters of Recommendation: Who and How to Ask
Be the Change - $4,000 grants for social impact projects - spring 2025 application deadlines: 1/31/25 & 2/28/25 - https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/change.
Earn your federal work-study award by assisting with faculty research - learn more by visiting https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/work-study/work-study-research-assistant-program/
Blue and red geometric background with center circular graphic reading "HRP" in the center. Text at the top that reads: Apply now for Summer 2025; Deadline: February 17, 2025. Text at the bottom reads "Health Research Program."
Picture of OUR Peer Research Ambassador Riley Beckham with text: "Riley - PRA Grad Reflections" and link - https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/2025/01/10/graduating-pra-riley-beckham/.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is a resource for all undergraduates in all majors on all UConn campuses seeking to enrich their undergraduate experiences through participation in research, scholarship, and creative activity.

OUR helps students find and develop opportunities to engage in independent or collaborative research with faculty members and other mentors working across the University's academic disciplines. Online resources are available in the Students section to help students get started, make connections, prepare strong applications, and maximize their experience. We also encourage interested students to meet with an OUR advisor for help crafting an individualized strategy for getting involved or for any other advising needs related to participation in research, scholarship, and creative activity.

OUR provides funding opportunities for student research and scholarship through a range of programs - learn more in the Funding & Programs section of the website.

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Events, including workshops and information sessions and STEM research seminars, are a key part of OUR's effort to engage the University community in conversation about undergraduate research. Frontiers in Undergraduate Research poster exhibitions, held each fall and spring, showcase students’ learning and discovery through research and creative inquiry.

Contact us for more information!

Upcoming Events

  1. 1/21 Finding Summer Research Opportunities
  2. 1/23 Letters of Recommendation: Who and How to Ask
  3. 1/27 Finding a Research Mentor
  4. 1/28 Undergraduate Fellowship Information Session
  5. 1/30 My Research Journey: A Conversation With Undergraduate Researchers