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The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (OURS) is a division of the University Honors College. It is devoted to undergraduate accomplishment through inquiry, discovery and creativity across all disciplines and within a global community of scholars. Fostering inspired teaching and active student learning, OURS advances the involvement of UAA students in research and creative activities—whether they be independent or with UAA faculty. OURS supports a wide variety of opportunities, including eleven campus-wide award programs. 

OURS Events

2012 Undergraduate Research & Discovery Symposium

Keynote Addresses: TBA

Friday April 13th, 2011
Undergraduate Research Presentations:
9:00am – 2:00pm Gorsuch Commons 106 & 107
Student Poster Session and Reception:
2:00 – 3:00pm Gorsuch Commons
Undergraduate Research & Discovery Awards Ceremony:
3:00 – 5:00pm Gorsuch Commons 107

Upcoming Deadlines

Grants

• February 10, 2012
• Global Change Student Research Grant Competition
• Research Internship in Ecology & Physiological Ecology Award
• February 21, 2012
• Fran Ulmer Transformative Research Award
• Alaska Heart Institute Biomedical Research Fellowships
• February 28, 2011
• Undergraduate Research Grants (NEW!  This year there are two independent grant review cycles per semester.  The deadline for the second cycle is April 24)
• UAA Undergraduate Research in the Community Award (NEW!  This year there are two independent grant review cycles per semester.  The deadline for the second cycle is April 24
• March 13, 2012
• ISER Policy Research Award
• Brian & Amy Meissner Creativity Award in the Visual Arts
• Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA)
• March 19, 2012
• UAA Consortium Library Prize
• Year round
• Discovery Grants

Scholarships 

• September 8, 2011
• • Marshall Scholarship
  • Rhodes Scholarship
• September 23, 2011
• • Fulbright Program
• November 17, 2011
• • Boren Scholarships for International Study

To explore current and past undergraduate research projects at UAA, visit the Undergraduate Research Database.