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Visit the Summer Employment website for forms and deadlines for students and faculty collaborating on research.

There are many opportunities for students to engage in Research, Scholarship, Creativity, and Dialogue (RSCD) opportunities in the summer. Student-faculty collaborations involve in-depth, faculty-sponsored inquiry projects in any discipline. Summer projects may take different forms:

• research assistantship [e.g. working in a faculty member's lab or on a faculty-driven research project]
• independently-conceived student project with a faculty member as a mentor
• equal partnership between a faculty member and a student

In summer 2020, 47 Â鶹ÊÓƵ students conducted research in collaboration with Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty. These students were mentored by 23 Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty, from 12 different departments and programs, including: Theatre & Dance, Scandinavian Studies, Political Science, Physics, Mathematics, Geology, Environmental Studies, English, Communication Studies, Chemistry, Biology, and Art.

Summer opportunities at Â鶹ÊÓƵ include:

• First-Year Research Experience (FYRE)
• Second-Year Experience at Research (SEAR)
• Presidential Faculty-Student Collaboration Grants
• Externally funded faculty research projects (e.g. National Science Foundation grant)
• Faculty research projects funded by Â鶹ÊÓƵ endowed funds
• Johnson and Peterson Summer Research Fellowships