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Why should I do research?
- 做本科生研究项目有很多好处:
- 通过新的和独特的分析和发现创造新的知识
- 与教师、学生和社区成员建立联系
- 帮助塑造或完善你的学术和/或职业兴趣
- 培养在未来工作和研究生项目中使用的技能
- 参加地方、州、国家和国际会议
- Getting paid for your research
要了解更多澳门官方老葡京本科生研究的信息,请访问以下网站:
- Council on Undergrad Research
- 你所在学科的本科期刊(比如这个例子) political science)
- ScholarWorks (希利图书馆网站,我们发布荣誉学生的论文)
What are the different types of research?
研究有很多类型,比如下面的例子:
Lab Research: Timothy Musoke
Timothy探索了在动物发育过程中被称为β -阻滞蛋白的蛋白质在调节细胞间通讯和信号传导中的作用, using fruit flies as a model.
Policy Research: Angelika Katsinis
安吉丽卡探讨了马萨诸塞州和美国的立法.S. 能够帮助那些不知道阿片类药物成瘾危险的人吗, and those already facing addiction.
Creative Research: Lili Koen
莉莉的论文是澳门官方老葡京自画像摄影是否天生赋予女性权力的探索, 或者它是否会使对女性的压迫观念永久化.
Qualitative Research: Sarah Bolden
莎拉探讨了媒体中图像处理和编辑实践的政治意义, through frameworks of authenticity, consumerism, spectacle, and apology.
Computational Research: Carla Aravena
卡拉把学生的研究对象放在虚拟教室里, 并收集了学生如何利用老师的动作寻找机会在课堂考试中作弊的数据.
Organizational Research: Dawn DeRossette
Dawn研究了退伍军人健康管理局(VHA)内行政文化与卫生保健质量之间的联系。.
Historical Research: Bryce Celotto
布莱斯追溯了华盛顿学校种族隔离的根源.C. and analyzed the U.S. Supreme Court Case Bolling v. 夏普终止了华盛顿公立学校在法律上的种族隔离.
Education Research: Corrie Locke-Hardy
科里的研究重点是儿童早期课堂中的性别刻板印象. 通过不强化刻板印象,孩子们有更多的自由选择如何表达自己.
See ScholarWorks to read about this esearch.
How do I find a research opportunity?
在寻求研究机会时,我们鼓励您考虑:
1) Speaking with individual professors
- 许多本科生开始在课堂上做研究, such as capstone courses, research methods courses, and internship courses. If you would like to build upon these experiences, 在课堂之外进行研究;
- Meet with the Undergrad Program Director, or Thesis Seminar instructor, or the chair for your department
- Look through the faculty listing for your department, 阅读每位教员的研究摘要, to see whose research might interest you the most
- 问问你上过课的教授,他们的研究重点是什么
2) Taking part in formal research programs
科学领域的研究和实习机会
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biology
- UMass Boston CatCH (Caregiver, 儿童和社区健康澳门新葡新京官方计划(护理人员研究实习), child and community health)
- Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (为来自代表性不足群体的本科生提供在科学和数学相关领域取得优异成绩的机会, work toward doctoral degrees, and undertake careers as college teachers)
- 澳门新葡新京官方-达纳·法伯/哈佛癌症中心研究伙伴关系
- The Initiative for Maximizing Student Development
- 通往学士学位课程的桥梁(为有兴趣从事生物医学研究的社区大学生提供职业发展机会)
文科研究和实习机会
本科生研究作品集鼓励你参与研究,并成为澳门新葡新京官方分析和创造性活动的一部分. 本科研究作品集通过帮助您了解和参与您所在领域的研究,为您提供高质量的教师/学生知识交流的机会. Visit the College of Liberal Arts for more information.
How can I apply for funding?
申请本科生研究基金有两种途径:
- Funding for summer experiences
Beacon Student Success Fellowship (BSSF)
- Funding for the academic year
Undergraduate Research Funds (URFs)
What research awards and fellowships can I apply to?
Graduating with Honors
- 本科学生可以通过他们的专业或荣誉学院以优异成绩毕业
- For honors in your major, 见本科项目主任或论文研讨会导师, in your major department.
- For the Honors College visit them at www.honors.syzks.net.
Fellowships
奖学金资助学生在进行研究时的旅行和生活费用, teaching, 或者在本科和研究生期间服务. Some awards are targeted towards specific fields, 但也有人资助任何学科的经验.
要查看可用的奖学金,请访问奖学金页面http://covid19.syzks.net/academics/fellowships/what_are_fellowships.
Awards
金斯顿-曼本科学生研究奖卓越多样性/包容性奖学金
该奖项旨在表彰本科生的工作,他们的研究为多样性和包容性的奖学金做出了贡献. 该奖励计划旨在鼓励学生发现他们作为研究人员的潜力. 其中包括来自新英格兰的八所学院和大学. For information about the award, selections from past award-winning essays, and application forms, please visit covid19.syzks.net/kmawards.
College and Department Specific Awards
许多学院和院系都有专门针对这些学院学生的奖项. 有关这些奖项的列表,请向您所在部门查询. 举个例子,以下是与政治学相关的奖项列表.
Where can I present or publish my research?
We encourage you to present your research:
- In your capstone & research methods course
- At your department Research Day
- At your college Research Day
- At the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference (each April, in Amherst MA)
- At the annual conference for the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
- 在当地,地区和国家会议上与你的研究学科
We encourage you to publish your research:
- On the UMass Boston ScholarWorks website
- 发表在与你的研究领域相关的专业期刊上
- 在与你的研究学科相关的本科期刊中,比如这个例子 political science
- Our UMass Boston non-fiction magazine Writ Large 包含个人散文,经常激发灵感,为未来的研究项目