Undergraduate Research

Academic discovery and creative inquiry are crucial to student success and preparation to enter the workforce — and not only at the graduate level. K-State offers many opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research.

• The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry maintains an Undergraduate Research Clearinghouse and administers a number of programs to help students identify research opportunities.

• Many of the university's colleges and departments offer undergraduate research opportunities.

• The Office of Research Development produces a weekly Funding Connection that includes student opportunities.

• The Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research Program awards grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering, up to $5,000 for astronomy research, and $2,500 for vision-related research.

• The Kansas Academy of Science offers student research grants. The organization welcomes student-authored articles in the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science and student participation in its annual meeting.

• Summer research programs are an excellent way for students to strengthen research foundations and make connections for the future.

• The Chapman Center for Rural Studies offers undergraduate research opportunities in history and the humanities.

• Crossing Borders: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship offers undergraduates from all disciplines an opportunity to publish their work.