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UReCA Connect
| Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | Database of faculty-promoted undergraduate research opportunities on campus | https://airtable.com/app4Z8E68oC4yFsdC/shrd2tY8pgfnUru7R |
| First UReCA | Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | The First UReCA provides students who have no previous research/creative activity experience with funding and resources to pursue a project during the semester. Students of any discipline are encouraged to apply, and we explicitly encourage those who want to collaborate in interdisciplinary activities. | Deadline 11/1/23 Apply Here |
| UReCA Summer Fellowships | Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | The UReCA Summer Fellowship provides roughly 50 students with funding to pursue a broad range of research or creative activity projects. This opportunity is ideal for students of any discipline. Applications will open in February and continue until March 1. | Application Due 3/1/24 |
| Centralized Academic Scholarship Hub (CASH) | Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy | Due to the generous support of alumni, friends and industry, there are significant scholarships available to Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy students. Mewbourne College Scholarships are available for First Generation (the first person in your immediate family to graduate from college) or non-traditional students (e.g., adults returning to college, single parents, etc.).The link to CASH opens annually on Oct. 1 of the current year for the next academic year and closes on Feb. 1. of the following year. | |
| UReCA Ambassador Program | Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | UReCA offers outstanding summer fellowship students the opportunity to become UReCA Ambassadors for the following school year. Ambassadors recieve funding for a school year to continue their summer work and serve as promoters of UReCA at OU in their respective area. | 2023-2024 Ambassadors TBA |
| UReCA Fall 2024 Showcase | Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | The UReCA Showcase allows students who were summer research fellows to showcase their work via presentation, poster, and/or performance. Faculty/Staff members are invited to come to this event to network with students and showcase opportunities for involvement. | 10/04/24 |
| Undergraduate Research Day | Honors College | Undergraduate Research Day allows students with Summer and First UReCA awards, as well as anyone with experience in undergraduate research, to present their work to peers and faculty/staff mentors. Prospective and experienced students are invited to attend this event. | 2024 TBA https://www.ou.edu/honors/research/urd
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| Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program | Honors College | UROP offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. | https://www.ou.edu/honors/research |
| Honors Research Assistant Program | Honors College | HRAP provides Honors students the opportunity to work with professors as research assistants on specific projects that the professor is studying. | https://www.ou.edu/honors/undergraduate-research/hrap1 |
| McNair Scholars Program | Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | McNair helps support underrepresented undergraduate students for graduate education through participation in research and other scholarly activities. | https://www.ou.edu/accessandopportunity/mcnair |
| Digital Scholarship Undergraduate History Fellowship | History Department/University Libraries | Students are connected with the University Libraries where they are offered internships in the Digital Scholarship Lab, Digitization Lab, and the Special Collections department. | https://libraries.ou.edu/content/digital-scholarship-fellowship |
| Big Idea Challenge | Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships | The Big Idea Challenge encourages the formation of transdisciplinary, convergent research teams focused on solving global grand challenges. | https://ou.edu/research-norman/big-idea-challenge |
| Strategic Equipment Investment Program | Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships | Awards from the SEIP can be used to support the purchase of all types of equipment, ranging from scientific to creative arts. | https://ou.edu/research-norman/about/Initiatives/strategic-equipment-investment-program |
| OU Pediatric Medicine Research Associates Program | OU HSC | Serve as a research associate in the pediatric medicine program. For Pre-Med students. | Download Application Here |
To find opportunities ouside of OU, you can:
Here are other external opportunities:
| Title | Organization | Description |
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| OCAST Intern Partnership | Oklahoma Center for Advanced Scentific Technology | OCAST Provides funding to companies hiring undergraduate student interns to participate in innovative industry projects |
| Symposium for Undergraduate Research in the College of Natural Sciences (SURE in CNS) | University of Texas at Austin | SURE in CNS invites students from other campuses to share research with peers and network with faculty/staff members |
| Paid Undergraduate Research Opportunities | Pathways to Science | Database of hundreds of paid summer research opportunities for STEM students |
| Summer Research Programs | Cientifico Latino | Database of PAID summer research programs for undergraduates |
