Are you a student interested in getting started with a research project or a faculty member looking for students to mentor?
- What is Undergraduate Research
- Undergraduate research is an inquiry, investigation or creative activity conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline.
- How Does Undergraduate Research
Benefit Students?
- Enhances student learning through mentoring relationships with faculty
- Increases retention in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics pipeline
- Increases enrollment in graduate education and provides effective career preparation
- Develops critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and intellectual independence
- Develops an understanding of research methodology
- Promotes an innovation-oriented culture from the Council on Undergraduate Research
Questions about the grant program should be addressed to the director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Meet the director of the Office of Undergraduate Research:
Professor
Christopher S. Kim, Ph.D., is the Director,
Office of Undergraduate Research and an Associate
Professor of Physical Sciences in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Schmid College of
Science & Technology at Chapman University. He has received over $1M in
external grant funding since arriving at Chapman, including the National
Science Foundation's CAREER award for early-career faculty in the sciences and
a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award based on "accomplishment in
scholarly research with undergraduates, as well as a compelling commitment to
teaching." Dr. Kim has mentored
over 40 undergraduates and high school interns in his environmental
geochemistry lab since arriving at Chapman in 2004. Visit his research group website.
Chancellor Struppa highlights the Office of Undergraduate Research in his State of the Academy. Tune in at the 26:00 minute mark to hear more!
