OUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

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.

The application deadline for the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship is Monday, May 26th (Memorial Day)!

Students are required to submit the following as part of their application package:

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.
Curriculum Vitae (CV). For instructions, please view the following samples:

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHS) CV sample
Health and Natural Sciences and Engineering (HNSE) CV sample

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.

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Awardees are expected to meet the requirements listed below:

Attend 4 OUR Research Skills Academy Webinars.
Present at OUR’s Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Submit a final research summary document to our@unlv.edu prior to October 1 of the SURF-awarded year.
Awardees in the advanced stages of their research are strongly encouraged to submit a manuscript to Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal.

2022

Alexandra Acosta
Brandon Agcopra
Parsa Azaei
Ali Balooch
Tristan Benally
Isaac Berk
Safiyya Bintalli
Alireza Bolourian
Vanessa Booth
Sage Boss
Madeline Carroll
Rosalie Chaleunsouck
Chinglan Chang
Xu (Ethan) Chi
Luke Cho
Allison Cook
Joan Cue Montes de Oca
Melika Cummings
Emily Cummins
Nastasija Damjanovic
Getiye Dubale
Tiffany Familara
Stephen Faussett
Daniel Fisher
Anayeli Flores-Garibay
Ericka Marielle Garces
Moonis Ghani
Bernardo Gutierrez
Efren Heredia
Acacia Herndon
Natalie Hsiao
Emily Huerta
Katlyn Hurley
Jose Yani Itorralba
Bryan Jacome
Drake Joseph
Willaine Kahano
Nathan Kassai
Nicolas Kosanovic
Cali Larrison
Jiaqi Li
Nallely Lozoya
Alexandra (Alex) Lungu
Petar Matejic
Ryan Murray
Nader Nabeh
Kevin Navarrete
Matheu Nazareno
Devon O'Sullivan
Cierra Paaaina-Daquioag
Alexis Rice
Santiago Ricoy
Isabella Romero Yusti
Christina Saliba
Vergil Schreiber
Laura Seo
Erick Serrano
Kristi Sexton-Rodriguez
Braden Sio
Rylee Smith
Ashlie Swainston
Austin Tang
Faria Tavacoli
Nicole Torosian
Son Tran
Diego Valdivia
Fritz Vanderford
Jourdin Wilson
Lydia Wolfe
Heather Zepeda
Kloey Zhang

2021

Kendra Beach
Macy Helm
Estefany Merino Rojas
Lauren Patterson
Andrea Rangelova
Chanelle Salomon
Geovany Uranda

2020

Mark Adriatico
Carlos Ernesto Arias Cardona
Mayra Arzate
Kevin Ayala Pineda
Ayla Babakitis
Ann Beck
Antonio Bernardino
Mary Blankenship
Vanessa Booth
Emily Carter
Aaron Cheng
Bridgette Choi
Kayla De Soto
Kenny Do
Zachary FitzHugh
Jaimi Garlington
Nabih Ghani
Peter Grema
Richard Gu
Mey Mey Heng
Raisa Kabir
Robin Kee
Cameron Kirk
Nicholas Kolch
Noor Kordi
Victoria Limon
Luke Maietta
Yuria Mann
Nathalie Martinez
Brittny Mikhaiel
Emmanuel Munoz
Ryan Murray
Amanda Perez
Ava Platt
Abdullah Sattar
Kristen Tagaytayan
Zykeya Webb
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.

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.

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

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