UIC Undergraduate Research

09/22/2026

SparkFest 2026 was a success! Meeting the community interested in UIC and spreading the word of the Undergraduate Research Hub resources put the ✨Spark✨ in our step!

09/22/2026

SparkFest 2026 was a success! Meeting the community interested in UIC and spreading the word about the Undergraduate Research Hub resources kept us ✨Sparky✨all weekend! 🔥

09/11/2026

📚 Ready to build your research skills or start thinking about what comes after graduation? The UIC Undergraduate Research Hub has a full lineup of FREE Fall 2026 workshops for undergraduate students! 🍂
🔬 Research Workshops
Build practical skills for your research journey, from literature reviews and citation management to networking, personal statements, summer research opportunities, and creative ways to share your work.
🎓 Grad School Prep Workshops
Thinking about graduate or professional school? Join us for sessions on goal setting, applications, personal statements and CVs, gap years, and medical/MSTP admissions.
👉 Swipe to see the full workshop schedules.
📍 Locations vary by workshop
💡 Open to UIC students
🌯Free food! 🔗 Learn more through the Undergraduate Research Hub
Save this post so you have the dates handy, and share it with someone who might want to join you! ❤️ uicflames🔥

08/26/2026

🔬 WAIT… YOU CAN GET PAID TO DO RESEARCH AT UIC?

Yes! 👀

If you’re new to UIC, you might hear people talking about CURA and wonder what it is.
CURA = Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Award

CURA helps eligible UIC undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need get paid to work on research with a faculty mentor. 💵

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And “research” might be much bigger than you think. It can happen in a lab, library, community organization, archive, studio, computer, clinic, or out in the field.

You don’t have to already know how to be a researcher. Undergraduate research is a chance to learn, explore what interests you, build new skills, and work alongside people asking questions that matter.

✨ Interested in CURA?

Talk with your faculty mentor about CURA and whether your research position may be eligible.

📩 Questions? [email protected]

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis while program funds remain available.

08/25/2026

🔥 New semester. New possibilities.

Maybe you have heard “undergraduate research” and wondered whether you are supposed to already know how it works. You are not. 😉

You do not need prior research experience, a perfectly defined topic, or a particular major to begin exploring. Research at UIC can take many forms, and URH is here to help you find your way into it. 🔎

Come speak with us and follow along this year for tools, opportunities, student stories, and answers to questions you may have thought everyone else already knew. 💡

You belong in the conversation. 🔥

# URHUB

07/24/2026

SROP at UIC-a Chitown summer like never before! Celebrating 40 years at UIC! Thank you scholars, mentors, and facilitators. 💙♥️💛

04/21/2026