🎓 The Office of Undergraduate Research is proud of each of your accomplishments and we are happy to be a small part of your academic journey. No matter what lies ahead - jobs, graduate school, life events - know that we are here to support you. 

Thinking about graduate school? Join us this summer for OUR Grad School workshop series! 

Need support with your CVs or resumes? We're happy to give you feedback!

Once a Matador, always a Matador! 

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Best of luck in all of your endeavors! 🎓 🎉

We are proud of the dedication of 11 Faculty Opportunities for Research, Collaboration, and Engagement (FORCE) Scholars! They participated in a half-day training during finals week in the FacDev Commons! Here are a few photos during the small group discussions! Great job everyone! They will work this summer on projects to involve undergraduate students! Each faculty member will be recruiting a student researcher for 2026-27! 

OUR biweekly newsletter will become a monthly newsletter during summer break. We will send out the newsletter the first week of June, July, and August. We will resume our biweekly newsletter mid-August.

Be sure to check your email for OUR news and updates!

OUR will offer the Entry-to-Research and Graduate School Prep workshop series this summer via Zoom in June and July! Be sure to follow us on Instagram and check next month's newsletter for more information! There will be no in-person workshops this summer.

Did you know that OUR can print your research poster for free for upcoming presentations at symposia or conferences? Yes! Attend the OUR Creating a Research Poster Presentation and get a link to have your poster printed by OUR. 

Did you know that OUR provides free feedback on students' graduate school essays, scholarship essays, curriculum vitae (CV), resumes, and conference presentations?

Within 1 week (five working days) we can help strengthen your documents!

For faculty seeking mentor training opportunities, unfortunately, the National Research Mentor Network (NRMN) site is shut down. We find the University of Minnesota's Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring 102: For Research Mentors of Undergraduate Students as a suitable training program. This online training will take about 2 hours to complete, roughly the same length as the NRMN training. 

Visit the University of Minnesota's Training Hub and create a Guest Account to access the training. 

Once you create the guest account, you can add Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring 102: For Research Mentors of Undergraduate Students (course 14941)

The Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) offers the PathwaystoScience.Org - a search engine for research programs. You can search for programs by student level (e.g., undergraduate), discipline (e.g., biology, general programs) or geographic location.  While many summer program deadlines have passed, there are few still accepting applications. Don't miss out on this transformative experience!