What's New

Five West Virginia University faculty members and one graduate student were recently named recipients of the Travis Stimeling Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research.

Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Office of the Provost, the award serves to recognize and reward faculty and graduate students who encourage and support undergraduates in making an original intellectual or creative contribution to their discipline.

The Office of Undergraduate Research to participate in Research Week 2025

Efforts from the West Virginia University Office of Undergraduate Research to connect undergraduate students with research opportunities and faculty mentors are being recognized nationally by the Council on Undergraduate Research with its Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments.

Announced on March 11, the award recognizes institutions with exemplary programs that provide high quality and collaborative research experiences for undergraduates.

Sixty-five West Virginia University students representing the Morgantown and Beckley campuses will participate in Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol from 8 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, in Charleston.

Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol provides students the opportunity to present their original scholarly works during a poster session and to talk with legislators about their findings. More than 115 student researchers from eight institutions will present in the areas of creative arts, education, health sciences, humanities, STEM and social and behavioral sciences.

The  9th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium is scheduled to take place  Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:30 pm at the WVU Mountainlair.

Undergraduate researchers will display posters in a variety of disciplines that showcase their research and creative work. This is a judged event. The approximate schedule of events is listed below.

On Saturday, December 7, the Office of Undergraduate Research hosted our Seventh Annual Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Mountainlair on the WVU Downtown Campus. A huge congratulations to our category winners and runners-up below, and an enormous thanks to all our presenters, mentors, judges, and attendees who made this symposium such a success!

WVU Student Editors Publish MURR, Vol 9, Fall 2024 Academic Year

A compilation of undergraduate research being conducted at WVU is now available in Volume 9 of Mountaineer Undergraduate Research Review. In this edition of WVU's student-led undergraduate research journal, you'll find the following papers:

December 7, 2024
Abstract submissions NOW OPEN!
Closing November 14th
ALL FIELDS WELCOME!

March 25, 2025, 9:00-11:00 am
Submissions NOW OPEN!
Closing November 22, 2024
ALL FIELDS WELCOME!