Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Works
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) provides support and recognition for undergraduate student research and creative endeavors for all Colleges at the University of Northern Colorado, furthering the University's goals for active learning, creativity, and original research.
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Provides the following Opportunities and support services:
- Undergraduate Research & Creative Works Grants
- Research Mentorship & Undergraduate Researcher Development
- Undergraduate Research & Creative Works Presentation Opportunities
- Support for student travel to National Conference of Undergraduate Research
- Publication through The Undergraduate Research Journal
Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program
The Office of Undergraduate Research in collaboration with the Office of Research and the Graduate School has created a new undergraduate research mentorship program that will provide funding and support for graduate students to mentor undergraduates in research and creative endeavors.
To learn more about this program click here.
NCUR 2019
Abigail Hayes, Audiology & Speech-Language Sciences: "Accents Matter: Behavioral Responses to Local and Nonlocal Dialects in Four Colorado Wren Species"
NCUR 2019
UNC at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019
NCUR 2019
Cameron Kennedy, Evolutionary Biology & Ecology: "The Effect of Urban Landscapes on Grassland Bird Species Diversity and Richness in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area"
NCUR 2019
The whole UNC group at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2019!
NCUR 2019
Jessica Bachman, Cello Performance: "Claude Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano: Historical Context of Wartime France"
NCUR 2019
UNC at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019
NCUR 2019
Jessie Sutton, Psychology/Gender Studies/Applied Statistics: "Learning Ana-Whatics?: A Qualitative Analysis of What Students and Faculty Know About Learning Analytics"
NCUR 2019
National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019
UNC 2023 Fall Symposium
November 16, 2023
Longs Peak Ballroom
2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Applications due October 20
Congratulations to the winners of 2022 UNC's Fall Symposium!
BRIDGER MENLOVE
First Place Oral Presentation: Therapeutic Effects of Cannabigerol on Innate Immune Cells in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Faculty Mentor: Yuyan Han
MADISON BACZUK
Second Place Oral Presentation: Neuroimaging and Free Will: A Partial Test of Devine's "Director's Cut" Theory of
Jury Decision Making, Faculty Mentor: Mark Thomas
CRYSTAL OUBKEO
FIrst Place Poster: Examining Evidence of Agricultural Runoff in Waterways in Weld County, Faculty Mentor: Aaron Apawu
HANNAH LELOUP
Second Place Poster:Optimizing HPLC-UV Method for Measurement of Monoamine Neurotransmitters in the Hub
of the Central Auditory System, Faculty Mentor: Aaron Apawu
Research Day has a NEW NAME!
Student Showcase of Artists and Scholars
Research Day is a day-long celebration of undergraduate and graduate research. Student presenters will share a wide variety of original research and creative endeavors.
Thursday April 11, 2024
Undergraduate Research Journal
The Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) is published electronically, available via the web and is a fully open access journal. All works published in the URJ are published under an attribution, non-commercial, and share-alike Creative Commons license. Copyright is retained by the author.
Call for Papers
The Office of Undergraduate Research is issuing an ongoing call for papers for the next issue of the Undergraduate Research Journal.
Authors must be undergraduates at UNC or must have conducted research considered for publication while an undergraduate at UNC. It is expected that all submissions will have been thoroughly edited by both the student author and the faculty advisor/mentor before submission. Research in all areas is welcome.
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Submission Deadlines
The URJ offers three deadlines per year to be reviewed for the following Journal publication.
