Whether your intellectual curiosity brings you into the library or the laboratory, across town or across the ocean, URC provides resources to support your research, 奖学金, 创造性的工作.
Undergraduate research is a hallmark of an Occidental education. The Undergraduate Research Center supports equitable and inclusive programs that foster students’ intellectual curiosity, 自治, 和责任, and that facilitate close faculty-student mentoring relationships.
学生资源
- Project and 旅行 Funding is available across the College to support student research projects, including both travel to academic conferences and travel to research sites.
- Oxy Research Fellowships support sustained independent research mentored by Oxy faculty, including for Oxy’s nationally recognized Summer Research Program.
Students interested in off-campus research fellowships and opportunities should consult the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Student Resource Center, National Science Foundation’s search for an REU Site，联系方式 urc@tbc007.net.
教师资源
URC也 supports faculty mentoring through professional development opportunities, and supports faculty research and creative activity through the 学生的研究 Assistantship program and with supplemental student funding for 教师 Sponsored Research.
Watch this video to learn more about the Undergraduate Research Center’s flagship program: the annual Summer Research Program.
日历 of important dates and deadlines (2023-24):
| 9月5日 | Fall 学生的研究 Assistantship Program Application Due |
|---|---|
| 9月21日 | ASP Fall Projects Application Due for Priority Funding |
| 9月25日 | SCCUR 2023 Abstract Early Review Deadline |
| 10月9日 | SCCUR 2023 Abstract Final Deadline |
| 10月17日 | ASP Fall Projects Application Due |
| 11月10日 | SCCUR 2023 Registration Deadline |
| 11月14日 | Science Scholars Application Due |
| 11月18日 | SCCUR 2023 @ Cal State University, Fullerton |
| 12月8日 | NCUR 2024 Abstract Submission Deadline |
| 12月12日 | Winter Break 学生的研究 Assistantship Program Application Due |
| 12月12日 | ASP Spring Projects Application Due for Priority Funding |
| 1月12日 | ASP Fall 2023 Projects Report Due |
| 1月16日 | Spring 学生的研究 Assistantship Program Application Due |
| 1月16日 | NCUR ASP Conference 旅行 Applications Due |
| 1月31日 | NCUR 2024 Early Bird Registration Deadline |
| 2月1日 | Summer Research Program Fellowships Application Due |
| 2月13日 | ASP Spring Projects Application Due |
| 3月8日 | SRP 2024 Notifications emailed at 5 p.m. |
| 3月19日 | 教师 Sponsored Research Supplemental Funding Application Due |
| 3月19日 | Deadline for Identification of 教师-sponsored Summer Research Program Participants |
| 3月21日 | REAP and HJC Applications Due |
| 4月8 - 10 | NCUR 2024 in Long Beach |
| 4月22日 | Final day for 2022-23 AY ASP Conference 旅行 applications |
| 5月3日 | ASP Spring 2024 Project Reports Due |
