News & Updates
News & Updates
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Stanford Undergraduate Research Conference 2022
The Stanford Undergraduate Research Association is excited to announce that applications for Stanford Research Conference (SRC) 2022 are open.
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NIGMS Funding Opportunity: Administrative Supplements to Support Undergraduate Summer Research Experiences
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) announces the availability of supplemental funds to support undergraduate students who are considering pursuing biomedical research careers by providing authentic research experiences in scientific environments during the summer.
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Planting a “Sense of Place”
Undergraduates Mackenzie Collura Repp, Samara Airy Perez Labra, and Gabby Walton learned the meaning of hands-on research over the last year and a half by getting their hands very, very dirty. From fall 2020 to summer 2021, they planted a garden inspired by their transcriptions of the diary of one of the twentieth century’s most influential American Indian writers and intellectuals.
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Summer 2022 Opportunity: Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP)
The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is a paid summer fellowship designed to foster the entrance of talented students from diverse backgrounds within the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts into PhD programs and faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities.
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University Research Week: November 8-12, 2021
University Research Week will be November 8-12, 2021. This week-long event is an annual celebration of Carolina’s research excellence and an effort to increase participation by students, of all levels, in research activity.
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Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
Carolina students are encouraged to apply for Johns Hopkins University’s Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium, which designed to offer students the chance to share their humanities and interdisciplinary research on a national scale.
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“Undergraduate Research Changed My Life” Meet OUR Director, Troy Blackburn
Meet Dr. Troy Blackburn, a professor of exercise and sport science and associate dean of the Office for Undergraduate Research. He says becoming involved in research as an undergraduate at Carolina “literally changed my life.”
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October 2021 Newsletter
The October 2021 Newsletter is here with lots of updates about workshops, OUR Ambassador Office Hours, grants for faculty, and many opportunities for students to present their research.
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De Luca Foundation Training Initiative for Undergrads
The De Luca Foundation (DLF), in partnership with Delsys, Inc. (Natick, MA), is pleased to announce a training initiative for research-minded undergraduate and graduate students.
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State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium
Have you worked with a faculty mentor on a research project or created a work of art under the direction of a faculty mentor? Have you written a research essay that you would like to publish? If you answered YES to any of these questions, consider submitting your work for the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium.
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