The Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program provides opportunities for selected undergraduates to develop research skills by offering them monetary and scholarly support and significant apprenticeships with senior faculty. Such support and experience will enhance students' opportunities in college and beyond.

Faculty prepare intellectually engaging and academically enriching ways for undergraduates to participate in research, and they work closely with these students as mentors and research guides.

Faculty members may receive a grant from the college for research expenses supporting their student-assisted project. Students who are selected receive a stipend and the opportunity to be involved in first hand research.

The grants serve as an incentive for faculty in each department to extend their research designs to include an undergraduate apprentice.

The collegewide program:

• Creates and expands opportunities for undergraduates and faculty to collaborate in the search for knowledge and involves students in the creation of the knowledge.
• Gives students opportunities to participate in the intellectual community of the college and university.
• Creates a better understanding of what faculty do and why they do it.
• Fosters student's critical thinking and active learning skills in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
• Increases the synergy between teaching and scholarship.