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OUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program provides undergraduate students with up to $1,500 towards their summer research projects.

Eligibility, Application Process, and Requirements

UNLV undergraduate students enrolled during the spring semester with a declared major who are working with a full-time NSHE faculty research mentor are eligible for consideration. At the time of award disbursement, the applicant must be a current undergraduate student at UNLV.

Students are required to submit the following as part of their application package:

  1. One-page personal statement detailing the applicant’s research project and activities they plan to undertake during the summer period. For instructions, please peruse OUR’s one-page personal statement sample.
  2. Curriculum Vitae (CV). For instructions, please view the following samples:

3. Institutional Review Board (IRB) / Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (if applicable)

UNLV faculty research mentors are required to submit a letter of support to our@unlv.edu.

Submit your application

Awardees are expected to meet the requirements listed below:

2024

  1. Addison Cobb
  2. Adriana Carrillo
  3. Alberto Alarcon
  4. Alice Lee
  5. Amal Berhan
  6. Ariana Khzarjyan
  7. Ashley Fitzpatrick
  8. Claudia Chavez
  9. Daniel Fisher
  10. Daniel Nicolas
  11. Eden Wolde
  12. Emilie Luong
  13. Frances Margarette Tibayan
  14. Fritz Vanderford
  15. Hanford Gonzales
  16. Isabella Thompson
  17. Jennifer Zheng
  18. Jeshua Evans
  19. Lateef Omidiji Jr.
  20. Liliko Watanabe
  21. Luke Cho
  22. Luv Patel
  23. Marissa Teng
  24. Melika Cummings
  25. Miguel Castano
  26. Monica Souza Sue
  27. Natalia Pravica
  28. Nathaniel Valentine
  29. Olivia Perez
  30. Rebecca Woods
  31. Rhynhardt Mudde
  32. Samia Hufane
  33. Stephanie Yang
  34. Summer Sekula
  35. Sara Cordero
  36. Tyrell Pratt
  37. Vidhani Goel
  38. William Campbell
  39. William Campbell
  40. Yong Qin Xu

2023

  1. Micaah Douglas
  2. Adriana Carrillo
  3. Amanda Carper
  4. Annie Vong
  5. Jorge Delgado Cervantes
  6. Tan Nguyen
  7. Braden Sio
  8. Yong Qin Xu
  9. Marian Molion
  10. Elizabeth Hildebrand
  11. Jeyan Lacson
  12. Yuan Rairata
  13. Kashmira Rodrigues
  14. Helen Tilahun
  15. Ryan Aponte
  16. Miguel Castano
  17. Melanie Garcia
  18. Rina Emini
  19. Nima Abkenar
  20. Nikki Neil Margarette Tibayan
  21. Liana Cortez
  22. Karissa McCurn
  23. Liahm Blank
  24. Kyle Suk
  25. Addison Cobb
  26. Areianna Lewis
  27. Maggie Louie
  28. Melika Cummings
  29. Mark Gatan
  30. Vergil Schreiber
  31. Ioana Bratu
  32. Lillian Shaw
  33. Emilia Dang
  34. Daniel Witoslawski
  35. Nicholas Pereira
  36. Marissa Teng
  37. Jhoana Rubio Morales
  38. George Koshkaryan
  39. Sandra Lu
  40. Emily (Lane) Sheehy
  41. Brendon Cha
  42. Vesper Evereux
  43. Safiyya Bintali
  44. Stephanie Yang
  45. Arelle (Rylee) Smith
  46. TigerLily Raichart
  47. Luis Cardenas
  48. Jonathan Moore
  49. Austin Tang
  50. Rejndi Hylviu

2022

  1. Alexandra Acosta
  2. Brandon Agcopra
  3. Parsa Azaei
  4. Ali Balooch
  5. Tristan Benally
  6. Isaac Berk
  7. Safiyya Bintalli
  8. Alireza Bolourian
  9. Vanessa Booth
  10. Sage Boss
  11. Madeline Carroll
  12. Rosalie Chaleunsouck
  13. Chinglan Chang
  14. Xu (Ethan) Chi
  15. Luke Cho
  16. Allison Cook
  17. Joan Cue Montes de Oca
  18. Melika Cummings
  19. Emily Cummins
  20. Nastasija Damjanovic
  21. Getiye Dubale
  22. Tiffany Familara
  23. Stephen Faussett
  24. Daniel Fisher
  25. Anayeli Flores-Garibay
  26. Ericka Marielle Garces
  27. Moonis Ghani
  28. Bernardo Gutierrez
  29. Efren Heredia
  30. Acacia Herndon
  31. Natalie Hsiao
  32. Emily Huerta
  33. Katlyn Hurley
  34. Jose Yani Itorralba
  35. Bryan Jacome
  36. Drake Joseph
  37. Willaine Kahano
  38. Nathan Kassai
  39. Nicolas Kosanovic
  40. Cali Larrison
  41. Jiaqi Li
  42. Nallely Lozoya
  43. Alexandra (Alex) Lungu
  44. Petar Matejic
  45. Ryan Murray
  46. Nader Nabeh
  47. Kevin Navarrete
  48. Matheu Nazareno
  49. Devon O'Sullivan
  50. Cierra Paaaina-Daquioag
  51. Alexis Rice
  52. Santiago Ricoy
  53. Isabella Romero Yusti
  54. Christina Saliba
  55. Vergil Schreiber
  56. Laura Seo
  57. Erick Serrano
  58. Kristi Sexton-Rodriguez
  59. Braden Sio
  60. Rylee Smith
  61. Ashlie Swainston
  62. Austin Tang
  63. Faria Tavacoli
  64. Nicole Torosian
  65. Son Tran
  66. Diego Valdivia
  67. Fritz Vanderford
  68. Jourdin Wilson
  69. Lydia Wolfe
  70. Heather Zepeda
  71. Kloey Zhang

2021

  1. Kendra Beach
  2. Macy Helm
  3. Estefany Merino Rojas
  4. Lauren Patterson
  5. Andrea Rangelova
  6. Chanelle Salomon
  7. Geovany Uranda

2020

  1. Mark Adriatico
  2. Carlos Ernesto Arias Cardona
  3. Mayra Arzate
  4. Kevin Ayala Pineda
  5. Ayla Babakitis
  6. Ann Beck
  7. Antonio Bernardino
  8. Mary Blankenship
  9. Vanessa Booth
  10. Emily Carter
  11. Aaron Cheng
  12. Bridgette Choi
  13. Kayla De Soto
  14. Kenny Do
  15. Zachary FitzHugh
  16. Jaimi Garlington
  17. Nabih Ghani
  18. Peter Grema
  19. Richard Gu
  20. Mey Mey Heng
  21. Raisa Kabir
  22. Robin Kee
  23. Cameron Kirk
  24. Nicholas Kolch
  25. Noor Kordi
  26. Victoria Limon
  27. Luke Maietta
  28. Yuria Mann
  29. Nathalie Martinez
  30. Brittny Mikhaiel
  31. Emmanuel Munoz
  32. Ryan Murray
  33. Amanda Perez
  34. Ava Platt
  35. Abdullah Sattar
  36. Kristen Tagaytayan
  37. Zykeya Webb
  38. David Zagaceta

Frequently Asked Questions

SURF applicants must be undergraduate students during the summer period in which they will receive funding.

Students graduating during the summer are eligible to apply for SURF.

To apply for SURF, you need to be enrolled in courses in the Spring semester and the upcoming Fall semester unless you are graduating in the summer in which case you have to be enrolled in the summer.

To apply for SURF, the applicant must have a declared major at the time of application.

To apply for SURF, the applicant must have a declared major at the time of application.

Yes. SURF does not require applicants to be enrolled in summer courses. However, the applicant must be enrolled as a UNLV undergraduate student with a declared major.

Since the SURF application requires a letter of recommendation from the applicant’s faculty research mentor, students who wish to apply to SURF must be working (or intend to work) with a faculty research mentor.

You can only apply for two SURFs. However, priority will be given to your first application.

Students can submit two applications but the second application won’t be prioritized and will only be considered after all applications have been reviewed.

Students can submit two applications but the second application won’t be prioritized and will only be considered after all applications have been reviewed.

If you are granted SURF funding, presenting at OUR’s undergraduate research symposium is a condition of accepting the funds. It is common for undergraduate researchers to present different research projects at OUR’s undergraduate research symposium. If you are currently working on the same research project that you have presented prior, it is also common for students to present on any progress made since.

Scholarships are disbursed by the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships through your student account.

Students will receive their funds, under the description “OUR SURF General Scholarship”, in their student account approximately 10-14 days from the date Financial Aid and Scholarships receives the funding request. View Financial Aid Disbursement information.

If after 14 days from notification you have not received your funds please contact us at our@unlv.edu or 702-895-4771.

Please visit their website or call 702-895-3424