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Explore Opportunities
Our campus hosts many programs that provide support and funding to students interested in research, creative work, internships and more. Students will also find opportunities beyond the Boulder campus.
Present Your Work
The Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE) provides funding for CU Boulder undergraduates to present, perform or exhibit their research and creative work at conferences and exhibitions.
Publish Your Work
We invite you to explore the diverse selections of art and scholarship showcased in our campus journals—and encourage students to submit work for future issues.
Apply for Top Scholarships
The Office of Top Scholarships helps students prepare thoughtful applications to some of the most prestigious, nationally competitive scholarships offered.
Share on BuffsCreate
With BuffsCreate, you can cultivate a digital identity that represents you and your ongoing goals. You might also create a portfolio of creative work, share project outcomes and more.
Refine Your Resume with MySkills
These workshops are designed to help you identify the skills you've built in your UROP, or other undergraduate research, experience and showcase them on your resume.
Connect with UROP on LinkedIn
Join the community in UROP's LinkedIn group to expand your network and discover new opportunities while advancing your personal and professional goals!
Explore CUR's Student Resources
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) provides a wide range of resources curated for undergraduates engaged in research and creative activities.
Campus Student Publications
Honors Journal
The Honors Journal is an interdisciplinary, student-run journal that presents a collection of works that reflect the talent, diligence, and creativity among undergraduate students at CU Boulder.
Meridian
Meridian seeks to foster a community of passionate people who encourage creativity in each other. We have been publishing the prose, poetry and art of CU Boulder undergraduates since 1973.
Hindsight
Hindsight, formerly Journal 2020, is a student run creative nonfiction journal at CU Boulder, publishing undergraduate personal essays, new journalism, memoirs, portraits, artwork, and more.
Changing Skies
In an effort to bring awareness to the dramatic effects of climate change, HINDSIGHT presents CHANGING SKIES. Along with student writing and art from CU Boulder, we take submissions from beyond our literary and artistic postage stamp.
Top Scholarships
Top Scholarships helps you prepare thoughtful, compelling applications to some of the most prestigious scholarships offered. As a student involved in research and creative work, you are well-positioned for these awards.
Benefits of Engagement
- Engagement in your field (major) shows your academic potential—and highlights your enthusiasm and commitment.
- Building relationships with mentors provides recommendation letters from people who can speak to your talents, skills, character, creativity, etc.
Why Apply?
- Engage in self-discovery
- Assess what really matters to you
- Develop or refine a plan for your future
- Learn to write a personal statement
- Gain interviewing skills and strategies
Benefits of Linking Undergraduate Research and an Application for a Prestigious National Scholarship
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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering
By providing scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, the Goldwater Foundation helps ensure that the U.S. produces highly-qualified professionals in these critical fields.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Careers in Government and Public Service
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation awards scholarships to students who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service. Truman Scholars receive funding for graduate or professional school, participate in leadership development activities, and more.
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship
Environment, Tribal Public Policy, or Native American Health Care
The Udall Foundation seeks sophomores and juniors who are committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.
Also check out Udall's Native American Congressional Internship.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
All Fields of Study
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, program participants pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.
Marshall Scholarship
All Fields of Study
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
All Fields of Study
The Gates Cambridge offers full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
Rhodes Scholarship
All Fields of Study
The Rhodes Scholarship supports graduate study at the University of Oxford in the U.K. Extraordinary intellectual distinction is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for election to a Rhodes Scholarship. Selection committees seek excellence in qualities of mind and in qualities of person.