Current Student Opportunities

Empowering Creativity, Celebrating Achievement

Welcome students! The Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network is dedicated to bringing you more opportunities to create and showcase amazing scholarly work. Check back often to learn about exciting programs, courses and other opportunities.

Drop-In Hours for Psychology Undergraduates

Feb 13, March 10, April 9
Logan Hall, Room 125

We are Psychology DO (Diversity Organization), a group made up of graduate psychology students in the clinical psych Ph.D. program here at UNM (including members from the clinical program, evolution and society program, and cognition brain and behavior program). Drop-in hours are an opportunity for undergraduates in psychology to meet with graduate students to ask questions about the major, the field, applying to graduate school, or how to get connected with research (and so much more!) The format is very casual (drop-in for 10 mins or stay for an hour!) and if we cannot answer your questions, we can usually connect you with someone who can! We always have snacks!

2026 National Research Conference at Brown University

Start Date: Applications due February 21, 2026 (early consideration due January 21)

The second annual National Undergraduate Research Conference at Brown University isscheduled for April 4th, 2026! We are inviting projects from any STEM field, such as but not limited to those in biology, chemistry, physics, public health, engineering, clinical research, behavioral sciences, and computational applications.

The conference will be hosted on Brown University's campus in Providence, RI, bringing together 200 talented students from across the nation. This conference will serve as an opportunity to secure yourself a conference poster or oral presentation to demonstrate your research excellence, which is critical in your applications to medical school, graduate school, and beyond. This year's keynote will feature Dr. Harvey Alter, the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Abstracts will be reviewed on a rolling basis with limited spots available (200 poster presentations and 20-30 oral presentations). Submit your application by 1/21 for early consideration or 2/21 here.

UROC Intend to Present Form

Due online by February 23, 2026

Are you interested in presenting a research project you have been involved in or a class project at this year's UROC on 4/17/26? Please plan to submit your Intend to Present form by 2/23 so you can have a presentation spot secured. Visit UROC's website to submit today and mark your calendars that abstracts will be due on 3/9.

Globally-Engaged Research Award

Nominations due March 6, 2026

If you are an undergraduate student engaged in research (inclusive of scholarship and creative works) that has direct impacts outside of the U.S. and its territories, you should nominate yourself for the undergraduate globally-engaged award, the Deborah Rifenbary Memorial Undergraduate Student Award, cash prize $1000. Nominations are due on March 6, visit this site to apply.

QU-REACH (Quantum Undergraduate Research Experience at CHTM)

Applications due March 7, 2026

The QU-REACH Program at the University of New Mexico is a ten-week paid summer undergraduate research program run by the Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) and academic departments on UNM’s Main Albuquerque campus. The 6th annual QU-REACH program will be held May 26 - July 31, 2026. No specific background is required. We expect most students will have completed between one and three years of undergraduate coursework in a physics, chemistry, or engineering major by the time they start the program. It is helpful if you have taken the general physics and calculus series as well as a few more advanced courses in your discipline (e.g. modern physics, electromagnetics, instrumentation, physical chemistry, etc.), but no specific prerequisites are required. If you are unsure if you have the right background, we encourage you to apply anyway. Visit their website to apply by March 7.

Share Your Library Story

Best Consideration Date, March 13, 2026

Are you interested in talking about how a library has factored into your life? Do you have a library memory you'd like to share? If so, please consider being interviewed by UNM librarians who are studying the role of libraries in students' lives. You must be 18 years or older and taking at least one undergraduate course at UNM during the spring 2026 semester. If you're interested, please fill out the interest form. Questions? Reach out to Adrienne Warner