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Research Resources for Undergraduates

Opportunities to Present Research

Students of Microbiology are encouraged to share their research findings and professional meetings. Venues that Miami students frequently present their research include the following:

Check with your research mentor for other more specialized venues

Research Compliance and Training Certifications

Specialized research can require government-mandated training beyond the scope of one's mentor. Specifically, experimentation involving human or animal subjects, recombinant DNA, pathogenic agents, and/or radioisotopes require training certification or institutional approval. Listed below are resources for obtaining the training and/or approval required for such research.

Research and Sponsored Programs Funding

The Office of Research and Innovation maintains a listing of a wide range of scholarships, fellowships, and other funding opportunities that are available to Miami students.

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Undergraduate Grant Opportunities

Undergraduate Research Award Program (URA)

This program supports full-time undergraduate students in designing and conducting independent research or creative projects in any discipline under the mentorship of a faculty member. Students submit a proposal for funding, carry out their projects, and are encouraged to present their findings at the annual Undergraduate Research Forum, with applications available through the Office of Research for Undergraduates and deadlines typically occurring mid-semester.

Doctoral-Undergraduate Opportunities for Scholarship (DUOS)

The DUOS program promotes collaboration between undergraduate and doctoral students by supporting joint research projects supervised by a faculty member in a Ph.D.-granting department. Open to all undergraduates and post-master’s doctoral students, the program requires the undergraduate student to serve as the primary author, with applications available through the Office of Research for Undergraduates and deadlines typically falling the Monday after Fall mid-term break.

ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship

The URF allows students to conduct research in the summer with an American Society for Microbiology (ASM) member faculty mentor at their home institution and present the results at the ASM General Meeting the following year. The fellowship requires a joint application from both the student and faculty mentor. Applications for URF are available online, and the deadline for submission is usually February 1 each year.

Undergraduate Summer Scholars Program (USS)

A nine-week summer program, USS enables sophomores and juniors to do research or other creative activities in the summer with the supervision of an individual faculty mentor. USS guidelines are available from the Office of Research for Undergraduates (ORU), and application deadlines are in January of each year.

Howard Hughes Summer Internships (HHSI)

These 10-week science-focused internships, administered by the Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Microbiology, provide an extended summer research opportunity under the supervision of an individual faculty mentor. Students that apply for the USS are automatically considered for Hughes internships.

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Department of Biology

Students in undergraduate and graduate programs learn biological concepts taught by dedicated faculty and gain hands-on research experiences in the laboratory and field using first-class equipment, centers, and facilities. Our graduates pursue a wide variety of career paths in health, biotechnology, the environment, and plant science.