Undergraduate Research

Through Upper Level Honors, the University of North Florida Honors Program facilitates research experiences for undergraduates with UNF faculty members across the disciplines. The Honors Program assists students in planning for an undergraduate research experience, identifying faculty mentors and projects, defining research goals, and presenting and publishing research findings.

One of the greatest benefits of becoming involved in research as an undergraduate is the insight it will give you on how to learn, how new knowledge is created, and what you can accomplish when you become actively engaged in addressing your own research question.

Other benefits include:

Research opportunities which contribute to meaningful scholarly pursuits
Sharpen your critical and analytical skills
Work one–on–one with faculty mentors
Prepare for Graduate level study
Clarify your career goals and develop and improve skills that will prepare you for a career
Honors designation on your diploma and transcripts

A competitive grant process funds a maximum of $500 per year to undergraduates who wish to conduct independent, scholarly or creative' projects. Each grant recipient will have a faculty sponsor to guide the grant recipient's scholarly or creative project. Student grant recipients receive a minimum of three hours of directed individual study academic credit for undertaking their research projects.

Grant Application

Call for Abstracts - Spring 2009 Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium

Grant applications are accepted in the fall and spring of each year and grant recipients must submit their final projects prior to the annual symposium the following spring and before their graduation. Please go to Grant Application for additional information. In April of each year, the University of North Florida hosts a symposium in which the award recipients from the previous year present their finished projects. The Honors Program also publishes the Osprey Journal of Ideas and Inquiry that includes the finished projects of all of the previous year's award recipients. Click here to read Osprey Journal previous volumes.

Mentor of the Year Nominations

We are fortunate at the University of North Florida to have dedicated faculty willing to collaborate with undergraduate student scholars on research and creative projects. Their commitment to one on one learning experiences, epitomizes the university’s claim: No one like you. No place like this. We would therefore like to invite undergraduates who have been fortunate enough to collaborate with a faculty mentor on a project to nominate their faculty mentor for the Mentor of the Year Award. Simply click on the link below and submit your nomination today. The deadline for nominations is February 27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.