Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) pairs students with leading academic researchers. Building on a strong tradition of undergraduate research at UWM, OUR helps undergraduate students participate first-hand in the University's research mission.
How to Apply- Complete the online application.
- Once we receive your application, you will be called for an interview.
- Based on your interests, you will then interview with potential faculty mentors.
- Once you have found a good match for your interests, you will register for a 1-3 credit UROP Apprenticeship with the faculty member. Freshmen and sophomores will also register for a 1 credit UROP Seminar, a weekly meeting with the other students in the program
Current Student Research Projects:
- Building the Tree of Life: Tracing the Evolution of Plants
- Call Repertoires in Frogs
- Diversity of Vibrios in the Gulf of Mexico
- Genetic Identification of Genes Essential to Plant Development
- Insights Into the Localization and Activation of Transcription Factor HAC1
- Molecular Genetic Analysis of Plant Development
- Plant Molecular Genetics and Signal Transduction
- Polygalacturonate-modulated Regulators for T3SS Gene Expression
- Requirements of PilJ periplasmic domain for regulation of twitching motility and
cAMP in P. aeruginosa - Revegetation of Small-scale Disturbances in Prairies and Oldfields at the Field
Station - Sexual Communication In Treehoppers
- Small Molecule Inhibitors of Type III Secretion in Erwinia amylovora
- Summer Research Opportunities in Tropical Ecology in Panama
- Survey of Insect Diversity at the UWM Field Station
- Teaching Evolution to Non-science Majors
- The Function of Bird Colors
- The Mechanisms Responsible for the Electricity Producing Biofilms Formed by
Shewanella oneidnsis - The Relative Roles of Competition and Facilitation In Structuring Plant
Communities