Opportunities for research at Northern Arizona University
Each of Northern Arizona University's individual colleges
offers several opportunities for undergraduates to conduct research. These
opportunities are available in many forms, including:
- research courses
- laboratories
- field programs
- grants
- scholarships
- study sites
Northern Arizona University/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Grant Intern program
The Undergraduate Research Internship (UGRI) program
sponsored by the Arizona Space Grant Consortium provides paid research opportunities
with a mentor for full-time Northern Arizona University undergraduate students
in all majors to work. This Shoot for the Stars story has more information about the Space Grant program.
Ecological Restoration Institute
The Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) hires students from majors across campus to
serve as research assistants on public lands throughout the Colorado Plateau.
Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics
The Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics (MGGen) is a state-of-the-art research
facility that includes undergraduates on the research teams to study a number
of disease-causing bacteria.
Colorado Plateau Analytical labs
The Sedimentary Records of Environmental Change
Laboratory invites undergraduate science majors to pursue paid research
projects aimed at interpreting past environmental changes by analyzing the
stratigraphic changes in various physical and biological properties of lake
sediment sampled in cores from Alaskan lakes. Information about the laboratory
and examples of research projects is at https://nau.edu/cefns/natsci/seses/research/labs-collections/sedimentary-records/
The Amino Acid Geochronology Laboratory invites
undergraduate science majors to pursue paid research projects aimed at
determining the ages of fossils by analyzing their amino acid content. The
technique is used to solve a variety of research questions that require
information about the age of prehistoric materials. Information about the
laboratory and examples of research projects is at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~dsk5/AAGL/
Read more about both of the laboratories in
the Winter 2013 Research Outcomes
newsletter.
Contact: Dr. Darrell Kaufman 928-523-7192Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
Read more about the IGERT program whose graduate students may need your assistance on a project related to the theme of "genes to environment."
WREP provides
student research in all fields related to environmental biology and resource
management in the watersheds, riparian areas, streams, and rivers of northern
Arizona.
Find your college
Opportunities for undergraduate students by college include: