Undergraduate Research activities have several benefits.
- You will develop your creativity, communication, problem-solving, and intellectual independence.
- You will engage in mentoring relationships with faculty outside the classroom.
- You will present, and potentially publish, your research findings.
- You will earn academic credit visible on your transcript.
- You will gain a wider perspective on your potential career plans and whether you might pursue graduate-level study.
Explore the following to arrange an Undergraduate Research opportunity:
- Engage in your classes, talk with your professors after class or during office hours.
- Learn about Undergraduate Research.
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Attend informational research workshops.
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Explore OSU-Cascades research labs.
- Review faculty profiles and academic majors to learn more.
- Find student employment opportunities in an on campus research lab.
- Check out the Internship/Research Programs spreadsheet.
- Explore OSU CEOAS Summer Research Opportunities.
- The NSF REU program offers undergraduates paid research opportunities across institutions nationwide and abroad.
- The Konza Prairie LTER offers college students research opportunities focused on long-term ecological processes in prairie ecosystems.