{"id":3281,"date":"2011-09-07T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.umw.edu\/cas\/chemistry\/research\/default.php"},"modified":"2024-06-05T07:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T11:20:40","slug":"research-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-and-internships\/research-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">biochemistry and chemistry<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Research Opportunities<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-research-opportunities\">Research Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The University provides generous support for student research through competitive <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/students\/undergraduate-research-grant-application-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undergraduate research grants<\/a>, and faculty have supported research through <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/external-funding\/\">external funding<\/a>.&nbsp; Every year, UMW chemistry students <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/research-presentations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">present their work at local, regional, and national conferences<\/a>, and, where appropriate, collaborate as co-authors on <a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-student-publications\" rel=\"noopener\">peer-reviewed publications<\/a>.&nbsp; Students interested in pursuing research should speak to individual faculty members to get information about the many projects they could be involved with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Research for Course Credit<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp; Two main options exist for earning credit while doing research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students new to research may wish to enroll in\u00a0 an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/independent-study-and-honors-research\/\">undergraduate apprenticeships<\/a>\u00a0(URES197)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students with some experience at research may choose to pursue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/independent-study-and-honors-research\/\">independent study<\/a> (CHEM491)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Honors Research<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;Seniors with a minimum major GPA of 3.25 and the support of the faculty may pursue research for graduation with departmental honors.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/independent-study-and-honors-research\/\">More details can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Summer Science Research<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;UMW has endowed funding to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/summer-science-research-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summer Science Institute<\/a>, which allows select outstanding students to spend 10 weeks during the summer conducting research in small teams with individual faculty members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Summer Research Outside of UMW<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Students may also wish to pursue summer research at external institutions.\u00a0 The following links will take you to sites with additional information about such opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/education\/students\/college\/experienceopp.html?_ga=2.220904976.945352116.1530629748-1378817914.1526411281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Chemical Society\u00a0Internships and Summer Research Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/home\/crssprgm\/reu\/reu_search.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Science Foundation\u00a0Summer\u00a0Research\u00a0Experiences\u00a0for\u00a0Undergraduates\u00a0(REU)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.training.nih.gov\/programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Institutes of Health\u00a0Training\u00a0Programs\u00a0(summer\u00a0and\u00a0more!)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Opportunities The University provides generous support for student research through competitive undergraduate research grants, and faculty have supported research through external funding.&nbsp; Every year, UMW chemistry students present their work at local, regional, and national conferences, and, where appropriate, collaborate as co-authors on peer-reviewed publications.&nbsp; Students interested in pursuing research should speak to individual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2571,"featured_media":0,"parent":3282,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-3281","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research Opportunities - Biochemistry and Chemistry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/chemistry\/research-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research Opportunities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research Opportunities The University provides generous support for student research through competitive undergraduate research grants, and faculty have supported research through external funding.&nbsp; 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