Research & Innovation

ESU offers undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research opportunities and a diverse array of creative activities that the campus community members originate, appreciate, and celebrate.

A strong current of creative research and innovation energy runs through ESU — from faculty, to graduate students, to undergraduate students. It’s so strong that it has brought in millions of dollars of grant funding to support that inquiry and with it, our students. 

Beyond the classroom, in every discipline, many students at ESU enhance their educational experience by participating in student-initiated research or creative activity and/or by assisting faculty in their research and creative projects.

To learn more about current research and creative activity initiatives at ESU or to seek support for your projects and programs that benefit the academic community, please contact the staff in the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research.

Centers and Institutes

In addition to traditional academic programs, ESU furthers its academic, business, and community-serving pursuits through its array of Centers and Institutes.

Research Centers and Institutes at ESU consolidate research and activity from a variety of disciplines to focus on an interdisciplinary area of study.

Bringing a more robust Center and Institute culture to ESU improves our relationship with our larger community for those who would like to use our services. 

Where else can I turn to learn about opportunities?

If you are still not sure whom to talk to, call the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research and we will be happy to talk to you and direct you to the right resources.

General Listings & Databases

• Webguru: Guide for Undergraduate Research
• Dartmouth College’s List of Undergraduate Grants
• Sigma Xi: Grant-in-Aid of Research
• AAMC’s List of Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• Institute for Broadening Participation – Pathways to science
• UCI Irvine: off campus research opportunities for undergraduates (all disciplines)
• U.C. Santa Cruz: Other Research Opportunities for Undergraduates

The National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program

Individual Listings

American Society of Plant Biologists Program
ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Discipline: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences
Deadline: February

Council on Undergraduate Research Program
CUR Biology Student Travel Awards Discipline: Biology Deadline: September and January

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Program
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Discipline: Physics, Astronomy, Applied and Material Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering Deadline: February

National institutes of Health (NIH) Program
Undergraduate Scholarship Program Discipline: Health-related Deadline: February