The Office of Undergraduate Research is making available the following opportunities for our undergraduate students. Please share this information with our COEHD students.

1. UG RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PORTAL: UG students of any discipline can now access thousands of global UG research & funding opportunities through the Office of Undergraduate Research Opportunities page: http://research.utsa.edu/academic-research/undergraduate/opportunities/. Students create a profile (similar to Pivot for faculty funding opportunities) to focus their searches. Students will receive updates on new, related opportunities as well. 

2. OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP. The Office of Undergraduate Research offers scholarships for first-time researchers. Applications for spring 2016 awards are currently being accepted and the application deadline is November 23, 2015. The online application is accessible via the http://research.utsa.edu/academic-research/undergraduate/scholarship-application/. Summer applications will open in early spring 2016. Students can only receive one such award while at UTSA.

3. Paid UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INTERNSHIP positions are still available for fall 2015. This collaborative effort between Student Affair’s University Internship Program and the VPR’s Office of Undergraduate Research. This program is available to underclassmen (no juniors or seniors) that demonstrate financial need (i.e., Work Study-eligible), with a 2.75 GPA, and are looking to gain practical research experience. Faculty or units can identify top-performing, eligible students or advertise their position on Rowdy Jobs through the UTSA Career Center. This program will pay 75% of each student’s $9/hr for 19hr/week max. The requesting unit will pay only 25% of their student’s salary. Departments, units, or faculty can initiate this process by contacting Donovan Fogt for more information or visiting: http://research.utsa.edu/academic-research/undergraduate/research-internships/.

4. SAVE THE DATE! The 2016 UG Research and Creative Inquiry Showcase will be held on April 21, from 10am-2pm in the Convocation Center. Please plan to have all of your UG researchers plan to present and your students to attend to explore the great UG research going on across campus. Last year we had 350+ presenters and over 1000 UG visitors during the 4 hour event. See http://research.utsa.edu/academic-research/undergraduate/showcase/ for more information.