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Fall 2022 Research-Related Resources
Research Peer Leader Drop-in Hours, Find a Mentor Workshops, and More
Guide to Undergraduate Research
A guide for undergraduates who want to engage in research on campus and need help navigating the process.
Finding a Mentor
A resource with tips to help guide you in your process of finding a mentor.
Funding for Undergraduate Research
Tips on how to find funding for your undergraduate research.
Share Your Research
Becoming part of the scientific community involves not only conducting research but also communicating about it effectively. Writing about research, talking about it, summarizing it, and creating posters and other visual presentations about it are …
Creating a Mentoring Contract
It’s important that you and your mentor have a common understanding of what the research experience will be. Meet with your mentor to discuss what each of you expects. Consider using a mentor-mentee contract to …
Pause, Breathe, Reflect and Reset
As this challenging academic year winds down, it can be especially valuable for grad students to take the time to consider where they’re headed, writes Steve Lee and WISCIENCE faculty director Janet Branchaw.
New Zine Reveals the Wonderful World of Microbes
The Wonderful World of Microbes – a fascinating and beautifully illustrated zine about the widespread influence of tiny organisms we usually can’t see.
Entering Research Learning Assessment (ERLA)
The Entering Research Learning Assessment (ERLA) is a set of parallel research trainee and mentor surveys that assess trainee learning gains in the seven areas of research trainee development articulated in the Entering Research conceptual framework. Items to assess trainee gains in equity and inclusion awareness and skills expand upon the scope of previously available multidimensional research trainee assessment tools and the parallel survey results can be compared to measure the degree of alignment between research trainees’ and mentors’ assessments of trainee learning gains.