Mizzou

Student Guide to Research, Fellowships and Graduate Study

Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
High School Students

Explore summer research Opportunities!

NSF-GRF Applications are due in mid-October!
Meet with your advisor or mentor and start planning!

Undergraduate Students

All Mizzou students can participate in research with a faculty mentor to begin building their research careers. The Office of Undergraduate Research can help you find and apply for undergraduate research opportunities. Contact us at 573-882-5979 or send us an email to make an appointment.

Steps

1 Consider undergraduate research 2 Get started in research 3 Find a faculty mentor 4 Contact the Office of Undergraduate Research for help with a research plan

Students with advanced research interests and established faculty mentors can begin creating a body of work to support applications for presentations, summer programs and prestigious awards and fellowships. Students interested in a research career should be working closely with a faculty mentor.

Steps

1 Present your research 2 Apply for NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 3 Find and apply for off-campus summer research programs 4 Apply for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Contact us for access to the NSFGRP Canvas site to find sample proposals and other resources. 5 Apply for other prestigious national fellowships and awards

It's never too early to start thinking about graduate school.

Steps

1 Find graduate programs to fit your goals 2 Prepare for standardized tests 3 Assemble your graduate school application 4 Apply for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Contact us for access to the NSFGRP Canvas site to find sample proposals and other resources. 5 Find and apply for external graduate fellowships

Graduate Students

Graduate students with a growing body of work should begin thinking about doctoral and postdoctoral work. All graduate students should build applications for prestigious and highly prestigious awards and fellowships to find funding for their education and advance their academic progress. Contact the graduate student adviser in your department or program or connect with an adviser in the graduate school to get started.

Steps

1 Why pursue doctoral studies 2 Find and apply for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships 3 Join the Grad Essentials Canvas site for sample proposals and fellowship and grant writing help

High School Students

Mizzou is a premier research institution — and our faculty and students work together every day to answer big questions that improve our world and how we live in it. And it’s more than just lab science — scholarship comes in all shapes and sizes and degree programs. Do you want to add to the body of human knowledge? Apply to the Honors College when you’ve been accepted to Mizzou!