Welcome

Here at the Office of Undergraduate Research, students can find the help they need for projects, including advice and consultation. This is achieved with the help of the office staff, the advisory council, and through contact with other students currently participating in Undergraduate Research.

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About the Program

Undergraduate research is self-directed or -designed academic work by an individual student or team of students that addresses a research question with the expectation of a scholarly or creative product intended for publication or presentation on or off campus. Students undertake this work with a faculty mentor for at least one academic term or intensive summer, through which students learn and assume their roles as researchers and creators.

Any currently enrolled student in any major is eligible to apply for undergraduate research opportunities.

Students must have a research advisor who is committed to the project. In order to be eligible for any summer grants, the student must be planning to enroll at UNC Asheville for the fall or spring semester following the grant. Summer grants will not be awarded to students who will graduate at the end of the summer. Any student who is working on a research project, whether funded or not, is considered part of the University Research Program.

Students can enroll in Undergraduate Research through the classes numbered 499, (480 or 498 in Biology) offered in each discipline for credit. Students can submit an abstract and upon acceptance present their research at the Fall or Spring semester symposia presented each year on campus (see Undergraduate Research Calendar) or present at a discipline specific venue. Can submit research for review and acceptance at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Can present at the Fall or Spring Symposia and have their work published in an approved journal (including the UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Research and/or the Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research). Students who reach this level of accomplishment can receive Distinction as a University Research Scholar upon recommendation by their department chair.

For classes that are currently being offered as part of the  Undergraduate Research experience check with your advisor on the currnet Undergraduate Research classes being offered for a specific semester. Students interested in Undergraduate Research are encouraged to discuss possible opportunities with the faculty in their major department.  Credits 1-6.  Forms are located in the One Stop office lower level, dining hall. Ask for the Undergraduate Research form. This form is filled out by the student, signed by the student, faculty mentor and chair of the department and returned to the registrar's office for processing.