Undergraduate Research

Are you a student looking for research experience?

Or are you a researcher who wants to add a motivated undergraduate student to your research team?

Here's what to do:

If you're a student, visit the Undergraduate Research website, which features student research stories, a list of contacts throughout the schools and colleges, and a wealth of other helpful information.

Next, check out the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) website for detailed information about opportunities awaiting you. And check the undergraduate research brochure for additional information (to get a copy, call x7345 or e-mail whitacre@research.ucsb.edu).

And if you're a faculty member, you can register in the FRAP (Faculty Research Assistance Program) directory and post on-line descriptions of your projects and the ways undergraduates can contribute to your research. The contact person is Nan Anderson, URCA coordinator, at x2319 or nanderson@ltsc.ucsb.edu

For insights about finding more time for research--and tips on working effectively with undergraduates--see the following article from the journal Science: Getting Research Done. Written by a professor at a small liberal arts college, it contains useful information for investigators at major research universities as well.

Faculty may also contact Carla Whitacre, director of Research Development, at x3925 or whitacre@research.ucsb.edu, about agency programs and supplements to your ongoing grants that will support student research. One example: NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates.