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Find a Mentor

CU Boulder is a public research institution where the faculty teaching your classes are engaged in a very high level of research activity.

We encourage you to start conversations with the people around you and consider finding a mentor working in an area of interest to you.  You can also check out our guide to connecting with faculty for advice about making contact.

  • Think about your academic and creative interests—and what makes you curious.
  • Consider what you care about and the change you want to make in your communities.
  • Connect with the people in your communities by checking out your department website and other places listed here.

Identifying an Undergraduate Research Mentor

Finding a Faculty Mentor

How to Find & Keep a Good Mentor!

More Advice


  • CU Denver's "Tips to Find a Quality Research Mentor"

Where to Look

CU Experts

CU Experts is a research and expertise database that is searchable by department, research areas, international activities, etc.

Using CU Experts

Department Websites

Department & Program Websites have a directory of faculty on their websites with information about each individual's research expertise and current activities.

First Generation Directory

Check out CU Boulder's First Generation Directory for a list of faculty who identify as first-generation and allies who can help.

Career Services

Career Development Advisors are happy to meet with you to discuss your interests, identify your strengths, explore majors, and provide advice about connecting with a potential faculty mentors.

CU Boulder Library

The CU Boulder Library offers personal research consultations to help you focus research topics, develop search strategies and identify sources for academic projects and more.

UROP Grant Directory

UROP Grant Directory lists recently-awarded UROP student grants to identify faculty with experience mentoring projects.

CU Scholar Database

Browse thousands of Honors projects completed by CU Boulder students in a wide range of majors, and check out the advisors for potential mentors.

Colorado PROFILES

PROFILES is a research networking tool for the University of Colorado community that shows how researchers are connected to each other.

Resources

CU Boulder Faculty Titles

Guide to Academic Ranks

News from Across the Disciplinary Spectrum

Arts and Humanities

An English author’s Nordic sources
Writing a new chapter on a very old play
At Culture Crawl, the artist is you
Read more at CU Boulder Today

Business and Entrepreneurship

The appeal of an almighty ‘super app’ to rule your phone
The NFL’s ‘take a knee’ movement and its impact on workplace protest
CU Boulder and CSU: Rivals on the field, partners in innovation
Read more at CU Boulder Today

Education and Outreach

CU SPUR hosts community college students for STEM research opportunities
NSF grants CU Boulder nearly $2M for climate communication by, for kids
Museum gives a hand to kids who can’t hear
Read more at CU Boulder Today

Bio/Health Sciences

Small but not simple, bacteria compute without thinking
News flash: Opposites don't actually attract
Building a nest in The Giving Tree
Read more at CU Boulder Today

Science and Technology

CU Boulder offers new graduate program in robotics
Interview with a hacker
Pioneering physics center gets $25M
Read more at CU Boulder Today

Society, Law and Politics

How silencing a gene-silencer could lead to new cancer drugs
What the latest DACA ruling means for the program and its Dreamers
Ralphie explained: How this bison became a buffalo
Read more at CU Boulder Today

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Find a Mentor Connect with Faculty Using CU Experts

Build empowering and inspiring relationships by connecting with peers, staff and faculty in your campus communities—and beyond.

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Consider the Opportunity to Engage
Curiosity in Context
Your Intersectional Lens
Lightbulb Moment Stories

Inform

Inform Your Thinking
Explore Methods and Plan
Recommended Reading

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Campus Area Programs
Beyond Boulder: STEM
Beyond Boulder: Arts and Humanities

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UROP is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST, Monday through Friday, excluding official holidays, and staff might be working remotely.

Email: urop@colorado.edu
Office: S436 Norlin Library

 

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