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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 |
| 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 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. | 9/29/24 |
| 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 |
