Whether your intellectual curiosity brings you into the library or the laboratory, across town or across the ocean, the Undergraduate Research Center (URC) at Occidental College provides resources to support your research, scholarship, and creative work.
Undergraduate research is a hallmark of an Occidental education. The URC supports equitable and inclusive programs that foster students’ intellectual curiosity, autonomy, and responsibility; and facilitate close faculty-student mentoring relationships.
Student Resources
- Project and Travel Funding is available across the College to support student research projects, including both travel to academic conferences and travel to research sites.
- Oxy Research Fellowships support sustained independent research mentored by Oxy faculty, including for Oxy’s nationally recognized Summer Research Program.
Students interested in off-campus research fellowships and opportunities should consult the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Student Resource Center, the National Science Foundation’s search for an REU Site, and contact urc@oxy.edu.
Faculty Resources
The URC also supports faculty mentoring through professional development opportunities, and supports faculty research and creative activity through the Student Research Assistantship program and with supplemental student funding for Faculty Sponsored Research.
Watch this video to learn more about the Undergraduate Research Center’s flagship program: the annual Summer Research Program.
Calendar of important dates and deadlines (2024-25)
| September 9 | Fall Student Research Assistantship Program (SRAP) Deadline |
|---|---|
| September 24 | ASP Fall Projects Deadline for Priority Funding |
| October 1 | Science Scholars Fellowship Application Opens |
| October 22 | ASP Fall Projects Final Deadline |
| October 24 | ASP Research Travel Deadline for Winter Break Projects |
| November 15 | Science Scholars Fellowship Deadline |
| December 2 | Winter Break Student Research Assistantship Program (SRAP) Deadline |
| December 10 | ASP Spring Projects Deadline for Priority Funding |
| January 13 | Fall 2024 ASP Deadlines for Final Report |
| January 21 | ASP Research Travel Deadline for Spring Break Projects |
| January 21 | Spring Student Research Assistantship Program Deadline |
| January 28 | Summer Research Program Fellowships Deadline |
| February 11 | ASP Spring Projects Deadline |
| March 7 | Notifications for SRP 2025 sent via email at 5 p.m. |
| March 14 | Deadline for Identification of Faculty-Sponsored SRP Participants |
| March 19 | Research Early Access Program (REAP) Applications Due |
| March 24 | ASP Research Travel Deadline for Summer Break Projects |
| April 14 | ASP Conference Travel Deadline for 2024-25 AY requests |
| May 9 | Spring 2025 ASP Deadlines for Final Report |
