Through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' LASURI program, undergraduate students and faculty receive funding to work together to condcut research. LASURI is a college-wide program that supports undergraduate research assistants working with faculty mentors by providing funding for single-semester- or year-long research projects. Students receive a $2500.00 award ($1250.00 per semester), and faculty receive $1000.00 ($500 per semester) to cover project costs.
Any UIC faculty member with an appointment in LAS may serve as a mentor for the LASURI program, which is open to full-time LAS students. LASURI encourages projects representing the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary studies.
Who can Apply?
The program is open to any LAS undergraduate with a minimum 2.5 GPA who is a full-time student during the semester(s) in which the research takes place. Faculty mentors must be affiliated with a department in LAS, and may have tenure-track, clinical, emeritus or research associate appointments.
How does LASURI work?
Faculty members may invite students to work with them, or students may reach out to faculty. Some participants find partnerships via the Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) website at www.ure.uic.edu
Faculty mentors and students meet to determine if they would like to work together, design a specific project and establish expectations for the project, and work together on the application.
The online student application is due at noon Tuesday, March 1, 2016; the brief faculty mentor review is due at noon Thursday March 3, 2016.
At the end of each academic year, students are expected to present their research projects at the UIC Student Research Forum and submit their abstracts to the LASURI Abstract Archive.
Students can learn more about selecting a mentor and completing the application at these information sessions:
o Feb 1, 2016, 10:30–noon, 850 UH
o Feb 11, 2016, 1:30-3:00 pm, 850 UH
To learn more about LASURI, visit us online at www.las.uic.edu/lasuri or send an email to LASURI@uic.edu.
