Conduct research and earn financial support through the LASURI program!
Are you interested in working on a real research project with a professor? Would you like to receive financial support to do so? Then you should apply for the Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI).
Applications will be accepted through March 3, 2014, so it’s time for you to start reaching out to your professors to learn more about how you might participate in a research project.
You can find a faculty mentor by going to the Undergraduate Research Experience website (www.ure.uic.edu ) or talking to your instructors, TAs and departmental advisors or Directors of Undergraduate Studies.
To be eligible, you must be a full-time LAS student who will have earned at least 24 credit hours by the time you begin the research project next fall; hold a minimum 2.5 GPA and be registered for course credit during the semester(s) in which the research takes place.
Your faculty mentor for the project must be affiliated with a department in the college and may have tenure-track, clinical, emeritus or research associate appointments.
Undergraduate Research Assistants can expect to spend 6-10 hours per week working on their research project. Undergraduate Research Assistants receive a $2500 award per academic year ($1250.00 per semester), and their Faculty Mentors receive a $1500 grant for project costs.
Students must interview with faculty and submit the completed application online by Monday, March 3, 2014.
To learn more about LASURI, visit http://lasuri.las.uic.edu , or send an email to LASURI@las.uic.edu.
