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Overview: Connect

Find a Mentor

Using CU Experts

Connect with Faculty

Explore Methods & Plan

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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!

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.

Meet with a Peer Advisor

The BSI Scholar Ambassadors are a team of undergraduates currently involved with research and are available to meet for one-on-one advice.

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

Next Step: Using CU Experts

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UROP's Curiosity Lab

Reflect

Consider your curiosities, career path and the change you want to make.

Consider the Opportunity to Engage

Curiosity in Context

The Netflix Dilemma

Your Intersectional Lens

Student to Scholar

Inform Your Thinking

Recommended Reading

Connect

Build relationships with peers and faculty in your campus communities.

Find a Mentor

Using CU Experts

Connect with Faculty

Explore Methods and Plan

Lightbulb Moment Stories

 

Engage

Pursue an internship or apply for funding to support your work with faculty.

Campus Area Programs

Community Engagement

Beyond Boulder: STEM

Beyond Boulder: Arts and Humanities

UROP's Open Opportunities

UROP's Student Grants

Curiosity Lab: Home

"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."

Zora Neale Hurston

"Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar."

Nnamdi Azikiwe

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Undergraduate Enrichment Programs (UEP)

Our programs enhance student participation and learning through two scholarship support programs and two grant-funding programs. We provide resources, guidance, courses, mentoring and other support. Explore what our programs can offer you!

  • Boettcher & Norlin Scholars
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunitues Program (UROP)
  • Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE)

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