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Find out what’s going on with the Office for Undergraduate Research, read features about OUR-sponsored research, and learn about other news and opportunities here.

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Research Grants for Student Artists 

10/11/2022

The Incubator Awards: Research Grants for Creative Artists are due on October 23rd.

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Sustainable Food Procurement and Stakeholders at UNC

10/04/2022

Research completed by an Undergraduate Research Team funded by the UNC Office for Undergraduate Research has been published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Studies, and Community Development.

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A Storied History

09/21/2022

Junior Britney Hong conducted oral histories of Southeast Asian American writers in North Carolina through a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

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September 2022 Newsletter

08/30/2022

Our August 2022 Newsletter has information about more than a dozen workshops, University Research Week, a new survey, and more.

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Humanities for the Public Good

08/30/2022

The 2022 Humanities for the Public Good Symposium (Sept. 19-23) will bring together students, artists, scholars, cultural practitioners, and people interested in using humanistic knowledge to forward publicly engaged scholarship.

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McNair Scholars Program: May 20 Deadline

05/12/2022

The Mcnair Scholars program is currently recruiting rising seniors (Class of 2023) can will begin program activities with an 8-week research internship during Summer 2022.

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Research Ripple Effect

04/22/2022

We caught up with junior OUR Ambassador Aakanksha Gundu, who does research in the School of Medicine’s Strahl lab.

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Ramses visiting a student's poster

23rd Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research

03/24/2022

Click through to read details about the 2022 Celebration of Undergraduate Research, where more than 400 students presented their research.

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Southern Oral History Program Undergraduate Internships for Fall 2022

03/24/2022

The Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) is accepting applications for our fall 2022 undergraduate internship. 

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Locus Biosciences Rotational Program

03/18/2022

Locus Biosciences is a clinical-stage precision biotherapeutics company with CRISPR-enhanced phage cocktails, consisting of the most effective bacteria-killing viruses, to eliminate antibiotic-resistant diseases. Their Automation and Informatics Rotational Program aims to advance the careers of recent graduates and early career candidates through an immersive 12-month program in the field of high-throughput robotics and big data.

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