Find Research Opportunities

How to Find Fall/Winter & Summer Research Opportunities

Fall and Winter Research Opportunities

Take one of the Intro to Research Courses

CHM 1980 – Introduction to Research Methods in Chemistry and Biochemistry (1 credit)
CHM 1150 – Research in Chemistry Lab (1 credit)

Take BIO 1210 – General Biology I Lab, special SeaPhages Section (2 credits)

Sign up for the Research Concentration

Take a course that has a Research Experience

BIO 1040 – Fundamentals of Bioinformatics (3 credits)
CHM 2310 – Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1 credits)
BIO 2710 – Genetics Laboratory (2 credits)
BIO 3201 – Applied Metagenomics (3 credits)
BIO 3510 – Histology Laboratory (2 credits)
CHM 3880 – Quantitative Analysis Laboratory I (1 credits)
BIO 3950 – Advanced Microbial Phage Genomics: SEA GENES (4 credits)
BIO 4490 – Ecology Laboratory (2 credits)
BIO 4640 – Physiology Laboratory (2 credits)
BIO 4750 – Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory (2 credits)
CHM 4750 – Biochemistry Laboratory (1 credit)
CHM 4830 – Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (1 credit)

Work in a faculty’s research lab

BIO 4920 Directed Studies: Laboratory Research (1-2 credits)
BIO 4930 Directed Studies: Advanced Laboratory Research (1-2 credits)
SCIE 4998 Undergraduate Research Thesis I (0-1.5 credits)
SCIE 4999 Undergraduate Research Thesis II (0-1.5 credits)

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CHM 3980 Introduction to Undergraduate Research (1-2 credits)
CHM 4980 Undergraduate Research (1-2 credits)
SCIE 4998 Undergraduate Research Thesis I (0-1.5 credits)
SCIE 4999 Undergraduate Research Thesis II (0-1.5 credits)

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SCIE 4980 Undergraduate Research (0 credits)
SCIE 4998 Undergraduate Research Thesis I (0-1.5 credits)
SCIE 4999 Undergraduate Research Thesis II (0-1.5 credits)

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- HON 4997 Honors Thesis Proposal (1 credit)
- HON 4998 Honors Thesis Approval (1 credit)
- HON 4999 Honors Thesis Defense (1 credit)

Summer Research Opportunities

Find a Summer Research Experience at UDM

- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program
- Connect with a Faculty member to work in their lab

Find a Summer Research Experience elsewhere [ANCHOR]

- Summer Opportunities Searchable Database
  PathwaysToScience.org has a searchable database of 600+ summer research programs in all STEM disciplines. These are all FULLY FUNDED opportunities including programs sponsored by NSF, NASA, NIH, etc.
- Great Lakes Summer Fellows Program
- University of Michigan-SMART Program
- University of Michigan Samuel & Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center (FCVC) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Emory – Laney Graduate School – Summer Opportunity for Academic Research
- Harvard Summer Research Opportunities
- Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health Related Research (one application for multiple programs)
- Tufts University – Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences for Undergraduates
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Underrepresented Minority Students in Research Internship Program
- University of Virginia – Summer Research Internship Program
- University of Michigan Perrigo Program
- University of Michigan Pharmacology Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Michigan State University Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- Wayne State University Cancer Biology Undergraduate Summer Fellowships
- University of Michigan NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Chemistry

Get the Funding Conversation Started

Ann Serra, Dir. OSPRA
serraam@udmercy.edu
(313) 993-1469

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Michele Favoretto
favoremi@udmercy.edu
(313) 993-1428

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