What's New

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!

April 7-9, 2025
Abstract submissions NOW OPEN!
Closing December 6, 2024

For more information contact us at undergradresearch@mail.wvu.edu

Congratulations to the category winners and runners-up from West Virginia University's 8^th Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium held on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Thank you to all of our presenters for sharing your research and scholarship from this past spring semester!

Applications are now open for mentors/RAs for the 2022 Governor’s STEM Institute at WVU to occur over the summer. Application deadline is May 10th, 2022. 

Mentors/RAs are responsible for supervising the middle school-age students at GSI. During the day, mentors will be paired with a faculty member to assist with classroom and research projects and after class time will be required to supervise daily and evening activities. Mentors act as chaperones on field trips and as resident assistants in the evenings.

The Society for Standards Professionals established in 2017 a Scholarship Program to support students who study standards in their academic curriculum. We know that each new generation of students holds the potential for helping us achieve our mission to increase awareness and the use of standards. 

Students may be interested in applying for the 2022 SES Student Scholarship. This award is for up to $1,000 for students who study standards in their undergraduate or graduate programs. Applications for the 2022 SES Student Scholarship are open through April 24th, 2022.

The Bioproducts Research Scholars program offers paid summer research opportunities to undergraduate students. Students need to be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program at university in the U.S. and plan continuing their education in the fall of 2022As a cohort of five students you will engage in research related to biomass and bioproducts development and get the chance to learn about the state and future of this industry. Students will also have opportunities to visit other research sites and biomass facilities in the area.

Project descriptions, contacts and applications available online at: https://masbio.wvu.edu/education