Alexandra Navrotsky has been fascinated with science since an early age, when she lived with her mother and immigrant maternal grandparents in New York City.
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Undergraduate research
Research is experiential education and a complement to your classroom experience at ASU. As an undergraduate, you can work with faculty, graduate students and other undergraduates to transform your knowledge into actual practice — whether it is developing alternative energy from sunlight, next-generation nanoelectronics or creating your own entrepreneurial experience to launch a business.
Research programs
Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI)
Enhance your engineering and technical undergraduate curriculum by providing hands-on lab experience, independent and thesis-based research.
New College Undergraduate Inquiry and Research Experiences (NCUIRE)
Engage in meaningful research partnerships with faculty and other undergraduates. Gain experience that may make you more competitive when you apply for jobs.
School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research (SOLUR)
Work with mentors who are experts in their fields. Establish relationships and professional connections that may last a lifetime.
Sustainability Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
The SURE program offers a tiered approach to research opportunities for undergraduate students in the School of Sustainability.
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions Undergraduate Research Program
This program provides undergraduate students with research, presentation and publication experience, including partnering with hundreds of nonprofit and government agencies to make a difference in the community.
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Summer Research Internships (SURI)
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University offers paid summer research internships for qualified U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and volunteer positions for international students.
More research and internships opportunities
Research
National Science Foundation
Barrett, The Honors College
College of Health Solutions
- Department of Speech and Hearing Science: research opportunities (login required)
- Pre-health: research and internships
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Undergraduate Research Scholarships
- Department of Psychology: Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- School of Earth and Space Exploration: Undergraduate research opportunities
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies: Undergraduate Research Experience
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change: Undergraduate research opportunities
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- School of Molecular Sciences: Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- School of Social Transformation: Undergraduate research
- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics: Undergraduate Research Opportunities
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
School of the Future of Innovation in Society
School of Sustainability
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
- Undergraduate research program
- Public Service Connect: Undergraduate research program
Internships
College of Health Solutions
- Pre-health: research and internships
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Politics and Global Studies internships: internships
- Pre-Law: internships and forms
- School of Life Sciences: internships
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- ASU Art Museum: internships
- The Design School: internships
- School of Art: internships
- School of Arts, Media and Engineering: internships
- School of Film, Dance and Theatre: internship application
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
W. P. Carey School of Business
- Internship and externship program
- Economics: internships
- Marketing: internships
- Management: internship program
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
Undergraduate research news
February 2, 2023
The establishment of Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences in 2015 was an important step in that it was the first public declaration by any department of chemistry or biochemistry in the U.S.
January 11, 2023
Taking your first class in a new subject can be daunting. For a group of students getting their initial introduction to psychology this past semester, they traveled the journey with peers to guide them.