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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:

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, the applicant must be an enrolled UNLV undergraduate student.

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.

All applicants will be considered for both the general SURF fellowship or college-specific SURF fellowships. However, applicants will only be awarded one fellowship per proposed project.

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