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Supporting Student Research and Scholarship
Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research
The Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research (CUFR) provides GW undergraduates and alumni with information, guidance and support as they learn about and apply for research opportunities and national fellowship competitions.
School-Based Opportunities
Schools and departments across the university support undergraduate research and scholarship. The following links provide more information about undergraduate research opportunities and/or highlight areas of research within each school. OVPR encourages interested students to contact faculty mentors directly to discuss opportunities to get involved.
- Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
- School of Engineering and Applied Science
- School of Business
- Graduate School of Education and Human Development
- Elliott School of International Affairs
- GW Law
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- School of Nursing
- College of Professional Studies
- Milken Institute School of Public Health
Academic Commons
Academic Commons provides consultation and guidance for project-level work in statistics, econometrics, geographic information systems, programming, software development, and digital scholarship. Consultations are intended for academic, research, and personal projects.
University Writing Center
The University Writing Center offers members of the GW community opportunities to receive dedicated attention to their writing and research projects at all stages of the writing process. Trained writing consultants work with writers, including undergraduates and other trainees. The Writing Center works to help visitors strengthen their abilities as writers and to become stronger editors of their own work.
The center also links to a number of online writing resources, citation guides, grammar resources and helpful sites for student writers in engineering and the sciences.