Research Opportunities at UW Oshkosh

Research opportunities for students.

Collaborative Research Grants

Undergraduate students can receive $3,000 plus up to $550 for supplies and expenses for collaborative research
Graduate students can receive $3,000 plus up to $500 for supplies and expenses for collaborative research

If you are an undergraduate or graduate student at UW Oshkosh, you can apply for a collaborative research grant that will provide a stipend or funds for research-related expenses for either the summer term or the academic year.

These grants are designed to support research projects and must provide you with a meaningful or significant research experience. You will assume the principal role for the research project, with a faculty adviser or teaching academic staff member serving as a mentor.

Here are samples of previous undergraduate and graduate collaborative grant proposals.

Find out more about and apply for an undergraduate collaborative research grant or a graduate collaborative research grant.

Undergraduate Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Small Grants

Small grants of up to $550 per award for undergraduate student/faculty collaborative research are available on a periodic basis, based on funding availability. Designed to stimulate increased undergraduate collaborative research projects, the small grants can be used for any research related expenses, excluding conferences. Any full-time undergraduate student in good academic standing and working on a research project collaboratively with a faculty or instructional academic staff member is eligible to apply for a small grant.

We are now accepting undergraduate student/faculty collaborative research small grant applications and funds must be used by June 30, 2013. The deadline for applications is April 5, 2013, by 4:30 p.m. Deliver your application form to Dempsey 214.

McNair Scholars Program

If you are on the path to a Ph.D., consider the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. This federally funded program provides 25 first-generation, low-income or underrepresented UW Oshkosh undergraduates each with $2,500. McNair Scholars are paired with a faculty mentor who assists the them in designing, implementing and completing a significant research project.

Read about Leviathan Whitfield, a December 2009 graduate of UW Oshkosh and McNair Scholar. Whitfield studied the effectiveness of partnerships between UW Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Public School System as his McNair research project is pursuing a master's degree in urban education from UW Milwaukee.

Additional services and seminars are offered to students throughout their tenure with the Ronald McNair program; these include research methodology, writing and oral presentation skills, academic and career development, GRE application and preparation, and graduate school site visits. In the summer following their junior year, McNair Scholars participate in an eight week, research-intensive program that leads to presentation or publication.

Find out more about and apply for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Computer Science: Exploring Open Source Software

REU in Computer Science students will receive a stipend of at least $4,000 for the eight-week summer program, plus travel, lodging and food.

Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Computer Science is a summer research program that focuses on the improvement of computer science instruction through the development of open source online learning systems. Students can either design and develop a project focused on new features for the Java-Hosted Algorithm Visualization Environment (JHAVE) and its integration with other open source projects such as Drupal and Moodle OR evaluate the efficacy of these development efforts on instruction in computer science.

Projects will incorporate interdisciplinary perspectives from computer science, software engineering and education. Students from the computing disciplines are encouraged to apply, but our research projects also offer opportunities for educational psychology and education majors with strong computing backgrounds, specifically at least two semesters of object-oriented programming in Java.

Find out more about and apply for the REU in Computer Science program.

Proteomics and Functional Genomics

REU in Proteomics and Functional Genomics students will receive a stipend of $4,500 for the 10-week summer program, plus travel, lodging and food.

Students of the Proteomics and Genomics Undergraduate Research Experience have a chance during the summer for a full-time research project with faculty mentors to investigate research questions relevant to a variety of biological disciplines, ranging from biochemistry to animal physiology through the lenses of proteomics and functional genomics.

Student researchers will receive training in and have full access to state-of-the-art instrumentation housed within the NSF / Robert E. Moore Proteomics and Functional Genomics Core Facility at UW Oshkosh.

Find out more about and apply for the REU in Proteomics and Functional Genomics program.

Proteomics and Functional Genomics (PFG) Scholars Program

This academic-year program will provide scholarship money equal to a student’s level of FAFSA "need," up to $10,000 per year.

The Proteomics and Functional Genomics (PFG) Scholars Program will prepare enthusiastic and dedicated students for careers in biology, chemistry or computer science. People with training in this combination of fields are in high demand because of the enormous amounts of information generated studying all proteins and all genes in a group of cells simultaneously. Students in this program are candidates in science research careers including stem cell research, neuroscience, cancer, physiology, bioremediation, biofuels and bioinformatics.

Find out more about the Proteomics and Functional Genomics Scholars Program.