Skills

Learn a variety of skills that will impress future employers:

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

• Practice complex problem-solving

• Collaborate with others in diverse group settings

• Innovate and be creative

• Locate, organize, and evaluate information from multiple sources

• Expand upon specific skills from within your area of interest

• Increase your understanding of different situations and decisions in global context

• Work with numbers and understanding statistics

• Apply knowledge and skills to real-world settings through internships and hands-on experiences

Benefits

• Explore your area of interest

• Earn financial support in the form of stipends or funds for research-related expenses

• Meet others that share your passions and interests

• Develop professional networks with students, faculty, and staff

• Apply course ideas to real-life scenarios

• Increase your likelihood of acceptance into graduate programs

• Gain skills that you wouldn’t get the chance to in a traditional classroom setting

• Graduation rates of undergraduates participating in research are consistently higher than the overall campus graduation rates (UWW Institutional Research and Planning)

How Do I Join?

• If you are a Freshman or Sophomore, you can join our Research Apprenticeship Program during the Fall semester to get familiar with research in your field. Check out our "RAP" tab for more information!

• If you are ready to dive into your own research idea, take a look at all of the opportunities in the “Student & Mentor Programs” tab to see which program may suit you.

• It’s a great idea to talk with a potential mentor about your research idea and get those ideas flowing! You can also talk to the URP staff for assistance (urp@uww.edu).

For Mentors

• Build stronger working relationships with students

• Earn student staffing support for research tasks

• Earn financial support for research through stipends or funds for research related expenses

• Develop student talent for an educated, skilled workforce

• Enhance your communication and mentoring skills

• Engage in a teaching activity towards promotion and tenure

• Small projects with undergraduate students may lead to big research projects that are qualified to be funded on state or national levels