CoLA Undergrad Research Programs

Children’s Research Center | Undergraduate Research Assistantships

Department of Economics | Undergraduate Research in Economics Fellowship

Department of Government

• Pickle Undergraduate Research Program
• Undergraduate Research Internships

Department of Psychology

• Data Science Internship
• Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

Global Disinformation Lab | Student Research Opportunities

Innovations for Peace and Development Student Researcher Program:

• http://www.ipdutexas.org/
• IPD Student Researcher Application

Population Research Center | Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (REU)

Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

• Undergraduate Internships Program
• Barbara Harlow Internship in Human Rights & Social Justice

School of Undergraduate Studies | Mentored Research & Apprenticeship Program (RMAP)

Note: Many COLA departments offer for-credit courses for undergraduates to engage in research with faculty supervision; for example, PSY 357 in the Department of Psychology.  These courses generally are listed on the departments’ websites.  Students should contact the undergraduate advisor for the department of interest to inquire.

• Honors Thesis

  • An honors thesis is a thirty-to eighty-page research essay, usually completed in a student's senior year. Although it may take one or two semesters to complete, the thesis is commonly the culmination of a student's work and experiences throughout their college career.
  • Some departments require that students orally defend their thesis to qualify for honors.

• Research through Study Abroad

  • Studying abroad can offer unique opportunities that give students personal and meaningful access to people, places, and materials that would normally be too impractical for a research project. Students can start their study abroad opportunities with a developed research topic or they may choose to participate in an established program that is combined with research.

• Research through Internships

  • Internships allow students to gain practical insight to their research through hands-on work. Students can start their internships with a developed research topic or they may choose to participate in an established program that is combined with research.

• Community Service

  • Volunteering with a nonprofit, government agency, or community service organization can offer students an opportunity to access unique groups and information.
  • If applicable to their research, students may find that these organizations can provide immense support, guidance, and inspiration for research projects.

• Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP)

  • The Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program provides a structured opportunity for faculty to receive assistance with research projects while giving students exposure and experience conducting research in various disciplines within Liberal Arts.
  • Students are not expected to do their own research projects; rather, students will assist in ongoing faculty research projects. Students must have 60 or fewer hours to be eligible for this program.

• Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDPs)

  • The Bridging Disciplines Programs allow students to choose one of 11 different interdisciplinary concentrations in which they will take 19 credit hours of coursework from a panel of faculty members in, or related to, the specific discipline.
  • BDP students have the advantage of becoming involved in research projects and internships that complement their areas of study. Students can also get involved in research while studying abroad. 

• Texas IP

  • Created in 2005 for students in the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Natural Sciences, the Texas IP is a six-course interdisciplinary plan rooted in a critical thinking and writing foundation and crowned by a capstone project in the senior year.

    Four features make the Texas IP unique:

    • Students can articulate their own focus of study.
    • A two-course critical thinking and writing requirement forms the intellectual foundation for each student.
    • Students will produce a substantial scholarly work as undergraduates.
    • A generous endowment allows the IP to offer a variety of financial scholarships to students.

    • The program culminates with the senior-year Texas IP Capstone Seminar, which allows students to expand on what they've learned in their studies. With the help and guidance of their Capstone professor, students research their topic and present their results at the Capstone symposium.

• Summer Research Scholars Program

  • The University of Texas at Austin hosts a number of undergraduate research programs on campus each summer. These programs select academically talented and motivated undergraduates to participate in exciting research in a variety of disciplines.

• Intellectual Entrepreneurship

  • Want the freedom to explore academic and intellectual areas that you are interested in, but want a structured framework to work within? Consider Intellectual Entrepreneurship.

• Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF)

  • The MMUF doctoral preparatory program offers a concrete mentoring plan and financial support to junior and senior students pursuing academic research in Mellon-approved fields and committed to increasing historically marginalized or underrepresented perspectives in academia. To benefit from the support that MMUF provides, students must be fully invested in the program.
  • At present, the MMUF program is housed in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and is administered by the Latino Research Institute.

• Undergrad College | Research-MAP

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