The Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS) is an annual student-coordinated research symposium that is a partnership between several Chicago area universities.

DePaul Discoveries provides a forum for sharing CSH undergraduate student original research in a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal. Share your research with the world and learn about the review and publication process! The deadline for submission is February 1. Before preparing a manuscript, please review the online author guidelines.

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) provides support and professional development opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and administrators. CUR’s publications and outreach activities are designed to share successful models and strategies for establishing, nurturing, and institutionalizing undergraduate research programs. CUR offers consulting, mentoring services, and program review services to individuals, academic departments, school/colleges, and entire campuses.

The DePaul University Library supports all phases of a research project, including preliminary literature searches, developing research questions and hypotheses, guiding search methodologies, managing and sharing citations, and identifying journals for publication. The library also offers the following:

• Assigned librarians for ongoing support to researchers on an individual, pair, or group basis, program presentations, or workshops.
• Subject and activity-focused Research Guides that provide convenient access to online databases, background information sources, research tips and more.
• Research guidance and assistance (live chat, texting, email, video tutorials, Zoom).
• Collaborative study and meeting spaces, computer workstations, printing/scanning, poster printing, and ‘green screen’ audio-visual/recording room.
• Mechanisms for requesting library materials to support specific research needs, including I-Share book requests, interlibrary loan, and suggestions for purchase.

The Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS) is an annual student-coordinated research symposium that is a partnership between several Chicago area universities.

The Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) of the College of Science and Health grants financial awards to undergraduate students in the support of summer research projects undertaken in collaboration with a faculty member.  The program offers a complement to the typical classroom experience by giving students an opportunity to design a project, develop a proposal for competitive review, work closely with a faculty mentor on the project, and prepare results for presentation at the annual CSH Undergraduate Research Showcase as well as DePaul Discoveries, the college's undergraduate research journal.

The application deadline is April 9. Funding is available for 15-30 hours per week over the summer ($2,430-$4,860).

• Download and read the application instructions.
• Fill out and submit the online student application.
• Ask your research mentor to complete and submit the online faculty recommendation.

For more information, please contact CSHResearch@depaul.edu or Dr. Susan D. McMahon, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs.

MUSE is a mentorship program designed to support both research learning opportunities for undergraduate students and original graduate student research, including thesis work. With a MUSE grant, CSH undergraduate students conduct research with the guidance of a Master's level CSH student or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student mentor. The mentor and mentee receive $1000 each (effective in the 2025 application cycle) to collaborate on a project of their choosing beginning in Spring quarter and lasting up to one year. MUSE especially aims to facilitate undergraduate support for students from diverse, underrepresented groups.

The application deadline for this year is March 15. Students must have a corresponding research partner and faculty sponsor prior to applying. Partners do not have to be from the same department, and inter-disciplinary collaboration is encouraged. Students who do not have a partner should reach out to CSHResearch@depaul.edu for matching support immediately and well before the application deadline. Please note that a match is not guaranteed, and students are encouraged to seek their own partnerships by sharing their research interests with faculty and students for successful matching.

To submit, please complete the following steps. All materials must be received by the deadline to be considered:

• Develop the project (can be thesis based) and discuss with your faculty sponsor.
• Meet and discuss the project with your research partner.
• Download and read the application instructions.
• Fill out and submit the MUSE student application. Mentees complete the Undergraduate form while mentors complete the Graduate form.
• Ask your faculty sponsor to complete and submit the online recommendation.

The Dean's Undergraduate Fellowship is a 10-week paid summer research internship program for undergraduate students in the College of Science and Health. Fellows selected for the program are placed at world-class institutions in the Chicago area.  Fellows participate in research projects onsite with a principal investigator during the summer. Internship applications are available on Handshake. Students can apply for multiple sites. For questions or help with your application, contact Sabah Nanlawala at snanlawa@depaul.edu or the Office of Advising and Student Services.

The application deadline is February 28. Funding is for up to 250 hours over the summer ($4,050). All applications will be made available on Handshake by the end of the fall quarter.

The Dean's Undergraduate Fellowship is funded exclusively by generous donors. Please consider supporting the Dean's Undergraduate Fellowship by clicking here. A partial list of recent research sites is shown below:

• Adler Planetarium, Far Horizons Program
• Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source
• Brookfield Zoo, Animal Nutrition
• Chicago Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Unit
• Field Museum, Lichenography
• Field Museum, Botanical Collections
• Lincoln Park Zoo, ZooMonitor Program
• Lincoln Park Zoo, Urban Wildlife Institute
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Butterfly Conservation
• Peptide Synthesis Core, Northwestern University's Lurie Children's Hospital
• Rush University Medical Center, Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment, and Services (AARTS) Center
• Shedd Aquarium, Horticultural Program

The DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) Summer Research Program is a paid summer biomedical sciences research program for undergraduates on the Rosalind Franklin campus in North Chicago. Students are matched with a faculty member at RFUMS and conduct research in areas such as virology, microbiology, physiology, and neuroscience.

The application deadline is February 21 and will be available on Handshake by the end of the fall quarter. Funding is for 35 hours per week over the 10-week summer term (total 350 hours; $5,670). For questions or help with your application, contact Sabah Nanlawala at snanlawa@depaul.edu or the Office of Advising and Student Services.