Students
Pack Research Experience Program
The Pack Research Experience Program (PREP) is a research award that directly benefits historically underrepresented and first-generation students with an academic standing of freshman or sophomore. Get paid to work on a research project or creative activity under the guidance of a faculty mentor!
Benefits of participating:
- Get paid while learning about research.
- Apply what you learn in the classroom to real issues.
- Develop skills and knowledge that can help you be a better student.
- Build a supportive community around you that includes faculty, staff and fellow students.
- Contribute to a team of researchers that are developing new knowledge.
- Build experience to apply for other undergraduate research opportunities, the McNair Scholars Program or even graduate school.
Mentors and projects for spring 2025
Applications for these projects are due on Monday, November 18, 2024 at 5 p.m. Visit the PREP student information page for details.
Tom Albright
Equitable traffic safety infrastructure
Elisa Baldrighi
Deepwater Horizon oil spill habitat impact evaluation
Ting Feng
Understanding the body's internal regulation through mice behavior
Sarah Haigh
The effects of uncomfortable visual environments
Melody Huslage
Evaluating gender-based violence and human trafficking
Inhwan Ko
Why not use renewable energy?
Anne Leonard
Climate change, floral nutrition and bees
Andrew Nuss
Exploring the inner workings of insects
Samuel Odoh
Investigating important clean energy molecules
Edward Schoolman
How did past societies deal with climate change?
Anna Petursdottir
Examining the effectiveness of virtual language-teaching procedures
Geoffrey Smith and Rochanne Downs
Develop a collections management program for anthropology curations
Floris van Breugel
Developing autonomous drones by understanding fly navigation