Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
The Morehead State Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) program is designed to allow MSU's undergraduates to work as junior scholars with a faculty mentor. Our fellowship program is committed to fostering our students' academic, scholarly, and career aspirations.
Students must have a faculty mentor in order to participate in the URF. Students may work up to 20 hours per week during the academic year. Pay starts at $9 an hour. Students can be an undergraduate research fellow for up to four years.
FOR STUDENTS
There are several ways students can get involved in undergraduate research. The first and most effective way is to talk with your professors. Most opportunities come about when students discuss their interests and goals with their professors. However, we know that this can be intimidating. The Office of Undergraduate Research will gladly help students find faculty mentors. Our office is located on the ground floor of Camden-Carroll Library. Feel free to drop in and come talk about your interests and goals. Additionally, feel free to email us at ugresearch@moreheadstate.edu or fill out the form below to let us know that you are interested in pursuing a research opportunity.
Undergraduate Research Interest Form
If you have any questions, please check out our Undergraduate Research Fellowship rr contact your advisor, department chair, dean, or the coordinator of undergraduate research, at ugresearch@moreheadstate.edu.
FOR FACULTY
Applications will be sent to your chair/associate dean and the dean of your college for approval by the Coordinator of Undergraduate Research before a student is hired. You can find the applications listed below. If faculty are interested in taking on a research mentee but do not have a specific student in mind, they should email ugresearch@moreheadstate.edu. We will do our best to match you with an aspiring researcher.
If you have any questions, please check out our Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
URF Request Deadline:
- Spring - Feb. 15
- Fall - Sept. 15
Applications
Please make sure you are using the form for your college. If your student is a first-year honor student or grant-funded, please use the correct form.
- Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology
- Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education
- College of Science
- Honors – if the honors student has already completed their year of un-paid URF work, please use the college form
- Grant-Funded
Contact Us
Alexis Mathews
Coordinator of Undergraduate Research
Camden-Carroll Library
Morehead, KY 40351
EMAIL: armathews@moreheadstate.edu
EMAIL: ugresearch@moreheadstate.edu
PHONE: 606-783-2229
