About Us
UNLV’s Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) seeks to elevate the status of undergraduate research at UNLV. OUR strives to increase direct undergraduate student participation in research and to enhance research education and learning experiences.
OUR Core Values and Principles
- Since undergraduate research (OUR) is a high-impact, mentored activity that manifests itself in vastly different forms in a multitude of academic disciplines.
- OUR is a student-centered, faculty-driven, and institutionally-supported enterprise. Hence, we promote a highly collaborative approach to connect UNLV students, faculty, and administration.
- At OUR, we subscribe to the ideal that OUR plays a key role in students’ personal and professional development; it is not co-curricular or optional. Thus, we aim to ensure that each UNLV student experiences experiential/active/discovery learning.
- As OUR is a process and a long journey, we place the emphasis on the process of undergraduate student research involvement rather than end-products or deliverables.
Services
We provide students with ample opportunities to develop as scholars. All of these experiences serve as a real-world proxy to prepare students for graduate school, professional workforce, and life beyond college.
The specific programs and services we offer include:
- Individualized research advising
- Research programs and award opportunities
- Research Skills Academy (RSA) with professional development and career training opportunities
- Triannual research symposia: fall, spring, and summer
- Newsletter and research communications to highlight UNLV research news and opportunities for undergraduate researchers
- Research-oriented instructional support for faculty through classroom presentations
- A unique opportunity for undergraduate students to publish their research in Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal
- An open access outlet and service dedicated to capturing, curating, reporting, and disseminating high-quality and mentored research conducted at the undergraduate level through OUR's Digital Undergraduate Research Repository (DUREP)