Provost's Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS)
The Provost's Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program provides talented UH juniors and seniors with the opportunity to participate in a research project under the direction of a UH faculty mentor. Scholarship Recipients receive a $1,000 scholarship for one semester of research.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF-UH)
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship provides funding for rising UH sophomores, juniors, and seniors to participate in a focused 10-week research experience under the direction of UH faculty.
Specific Research Opportunities
Individual UH faculty are often looking for talented undergraduate students to participate in their ongoing research. The nature of these opportunities is typically defined by the individual faculty. More details regarding these opportunities may be obtained by directly contacting the faculty member.
Spring Undergraduate Research Day
The inaugural Spring Undergraduate Research Day will take place on Thursday, April 12th in the Rockwell Pavilion, 2nd floor of the M.D. Anderson Library. This intimate event showcases the achievements of the PURS and thesis students from the University of Houston through poster and paper presentations. The Spring Undergraduate Research Day, newly added to the calendar to offer spring researchers an opportunity to share their research, complements the university-wide Undergraduate Research Day held each October (2012 event--scheduled for October, 11, 2012). Are you outside of the PURS or thesis program, but interested in presenting an undergraduate research project? Great! To apply, please complete the Research Day Application by March 30th.
Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and The Honors College, Undergraduate Research Day is an exciting event in which the research endeavors of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) participants, and many other undergraduates who have conducted substantive research projects within the year, are showcased through poster, paper, and creative presentations. Undergraduate Research Day 2012 will take place on Thursday, October 11th at 4 p.m. in the Rockwell Pavilion.
