Undergraduate Summer Collaborative Research Opportunities
What is the Summer Undergraduate Research program?
The SCUR program overview
- Runs 10 weeks: the first week of June through the first week of August
- Spend 20 hours per week researching and investigating an original project defined in collaboration with a faculty member in their field
- Together with fellow summer scholars, attend weekly seminars that foster an interdisciplinary community and provide an opportunity to share work-in-progress
Additional benefits
Hamline's Summer Undergraduate Research (SCUR) program has several perks in addition to building your knowledge, skills, and resume; those include:
- Receive a $3,000 stipend as an alternative to summer employment so that scholars can focus fully on their research
- Option to live, free of charge, on campus, for the 10 weeks of the program
- Receive 4 free credits toward graduation requirements (registration form required)
- Network with and learn from alumni about practical post-graduation applications of the program
Students apply via the application. All application materials are expected to be well-articulated, well-written, and edited. To that end, all candidates are advised to work closely with their faculty colleagues throughout the process of outlining, creating, and repeatedly revising the application. In addition, both program directors (Leif Hembre: lhembre@hamline.edu and Ryan Larson: rlarson21@hamline.edu) can provide feedback on application drafts up to a week prior to the submission deadline.
We are fortunate to receive support from a variety of sources. Learn more about SCUR's funding sources (Google Doc).
Summer collaborative research application process
Information about the application process for students and faculty is below. The application deadline for 2024 has now passed. Faculty collaborators should submit their letters of support to scur@hamline.edu. An interdisciplinary committee of faculty will convene to select grant recipients by the end of April.
In order to complete the application, you will need to upload the following four documents in PDF form:
- Proposal
- Student Resume
- Project Detail Budget
- Faculty Curriculum Vitae
SCUR news
Martinez-Vaz, Students Present at Tiny Earth Summer Symposium
Contact information
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Leif Hembre, professor, biology department chair, co-director of collaborative research
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Ryan Larson, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice, co-director of collaborative research
