The program provides up to $5,000 to support undergraduate student(s) engaged in an intensive, faculty-mentored research experience over the summer.
Unit: Research and Sponsored Programs
2021 University Research Symposium open
The online University Research Symposium opens Friday, April 9, on ISU ReD. The Symposium is a university-wide showcase of research, scholarship, and creative activity.
Research and Honors, April 6, 2021
Honors and a performance from Illinois State University faculty.
Can uranium snowflakes explode a star?
Dr. Matt Caplan co-authored a new paper for Physical Review Letters that theorizes uranium snowflakes forming the core of white dwarfs could ignite a supernova explosion.
Art: The Ultimate Form of Human Expression
Shahrbanoo Hamzeh is a student at Illinois State Univeristy pursuing a M.F.A. in studio art. Throughout her art there is a constant theme of voicing the inequality she observed while living in her home country of Iran.
ISU scholars show how kids of underrepresented communities have unequal access and opportunities in school
Through their research, Assistant Professors of Elementary Education Dr. Shamaine Bertrand and Dr. Erin Quast; Assistant Psychology Professor Dr. Brea Banks ’10, Ph.D. ’15; and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences Dr. Charles Bell have shown that there is a chasm between the American dream and American reality.
Day in the life: Graduate student Julissa Navarrete pursues passion for animal science at University Farm
In February, University Marketing and Communications senior photographer Lyndsie Schlink followed Julissa Navarrete through a day in her life as an agriscience graduate student doing research at the University Farm at Lexington.
2020 Million Dollar Club inductees announced
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announced that fifteen new members have joined Illinois State University’s Million Dollar Club.
Research and Honors, March 23, 2021
Illinois State faculty and staff publications.
ISU Biologist Matthew Dugas explores early lives of poison dart frogs
Illinois State University Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Matthew Dugas and his students are studying the early lives of poison dart frogs to better understand which survive and thrive.