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Undergraduate Research Center

Whether your intellectual curiosity brings you into the library or the laboratory, across town or across the ocean, the URC provides resources to support your research, scholarship, and creative work.

Undergraduate research is a hallmark of an Occidental education. The Undergraduate Research Center supports equitable and inclusive programs that foster students’ intellectual curiosity, autonomy, and responsibility, and that facilitate close faculty-student mentoring relationships.

Important URC dates/deadlines

Student Resources

Students interested in off-campus research fellowships and opportunities should consult the Council on , the , and contact urc@oxy.edu.

Faculty Resources

The URC also supports faculty mentoring through professional development opportunities, and supports faculty research and creative activity through the Student Research Assistantship program and with supplemental student funding for Faculty Sponsored Research.

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Watch this video to learn more about the Undergraduate Research Center’s flagship program: the annual Summer Research Program.

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Calendar of important dates and deadlines (2024-25):

September 9 Fall Student Research Assistantship Program (SRAP) Deadline
September 24 ASP Fall Projects Deadline for Priority Funding
October 1 Science Scholars Fellowship Application Opens
October 22 ASP Fall Projects Final Deadline
October 24 ASP Research Travel Deadline for Winter Break Projects
November 15 Science Scholars Fellowship Deadline
December 2 Winter Break Student Research Assistantship Program (SRAP) Deadline
December 10 ASP Spring Projects Deadline for Priority Funding
January 13 Fall 2024 ASP Deadlines for Final Report
January 21 ASP Research Travel Deadline for Spring Break Projects
January 21 Spring Student Research Assistantship Program Deadline
January 28 Summer Research Program Fellowships Deadline
February 11 ASP Spring Projects Deadline
March 14 Faculty Sponsored Research Supplemental Funding Deadline
March 14 Deadline for Identification of Faculty-Sponsored SRP Participants
March 20 Research Early Access Program (REAP) Applications Due
March 24 ASP Research Travel Deadline for Summer Break Projects
April 14 ASP Conference Travel Deadline for 2024-25 AY requests
May 9 Spring 2025 ASP Deadlines for Final Report
All URC funding applications are due by 5:00 PM local time on the specified due date.
Contact Undergraduate Research Center
Library

2nd floor, Old Wing, Room 253A