The UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI) is a college-wide program that supports faculty-student research in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Its mission is to make undergraduate research integral to teaching, learning, and scholarship in LAS by providing support to undergraduates and faculty involved in research collaborations. It is limited to students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
LASURI works by pairing Undergraduate Research Assistants with Faculty Mentors and providing these research teams with financial support for one to two semester-long undergraduate research projects. Eligible Undergraduate Research Assistants receive an award of $1250 per semester, for a total of $2500 award per academic year. Faculty Mentors receive a fixed amount to cover direct costs associated with the project. Competition for program awards is open to any full-time LAS undergraduate who has earned at least 24 semester hours with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Faculty Mentors may have clinical, emeritus or research associate appointments. Faculty from all colleges are welcome to participate in LASURI, but preference is given to faculty members having an affiliation with an LAS department.
Application Deadline is noon on Monday, April 2, 2018.
https://www.las.uic.edu/students/current-undergraduate/academics/lasuri
