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!

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.

Submit Your UROC Abstracts

Due March 9, 2026

If you are an undergraduate pursuing a research project, we want you to present at UROC! Visit our website, uresearch.unm.edu for the full details on submitting your abstract (max length 1800 characters, approx 250 words) by the deadline of March 9th and mark your calendars for the day of UROC on Fri, April 17. Reach out to uresearch@unm.edu with any questions.

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