Student research is an important component of the University of New Haven experiential education experience. Opportunities for students to engage in research, service learning, and international studies abound.  Below are a few links to get you started.

International and Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning expresses the breadth of our mission: in and out of the classroom; formal and informal learning; sometimes for academic credit and sometimes not; mentored by our faculty or initiated by our students themselves. All university undergraduates complete either: academic service-learning, study abroad, an internship, or faculty-mentored research. 

FMUR – Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research

One element of the University focus on experiential learning is faculty-mentored undergraduate research. Research is any serious, significant inquiry or investigation that makes an original, intellectual, or creative contribution to a branch of learning. This can include scientific, scholarly, or artistic activities. Research is expected to be a major undertaking of time and effort by both student and faculty mentor, can extend over several semesters. For a list of faculty mentors and their areas of expertise, click here.

SURF – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program enables students to conduct in-depth, hands-on research, working in collaboration with a faculty mentor. Since the inception of the program in 2007, more than 240 students have been selected to participate. Students selected for SURF will submit a research proposal, conduct their research over the summer, submit a final abstract and present their findings at a campus research symposium.

Office of Student Fellowships and Research

Prestigious grants and fellowships include a wide range of external financial awards for outstanding students.  Such awards may be used for study abroad, graduate school, independent research, public service, internships, or teaching experiences in the U.S. or abroad. These awards may be funded by government grants or private foundations, and are generally quite competitive, although the profile of an ideal candidate varies depending on the award.  Some are more narrow and specialized within a disciplinary area, and others are much more holistic, seeking well-rounded individuals who can demonstrate talents and experiences well beyond college transcripts and letters of reference.

Visit the web page for  information about the types of grants and fellowships that are available to The University of New Haven students, suggested strategies for competitive applicants, and details needed to begin the application process. 

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Resources for Student Research

CITI Program Training:  CITI Program is dedicated to promoting the public’s trust in the research enterprise by providing high quality, peer-reviewed, web-based educational courses in research, ethics, regulatory oversight, responsible conduct in research, and research administration. A description of the Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) Basic Course Modules can be found here.

The University has partnered with the CITI Training Program to offer on-line research ethics and compliance education. Instructions on how to access this may be found here.  This program is available to all University faculty, staff, and students. Students should select Group 6: Undergraduate Students – Basic Course.

Human Subjects Research – Institutional Review Board: The University of New Haven’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversees the use of human participants in research. The IRB’s purpose is to enable University faculty, staff and  students to conduct ethical human research  while ensuring that the rights and welfare of participants are upheld in accordance to the United States Department of Health and  Human Services (HHS) regulations (45 CFR 46). Click here for a slide presentation on research with human subjects.

All use of human participants in research must be approved in advance by the IRB. Click here for the IRB forms. For additional information, please e-mail: irb@newhaven.edu

Animal Subjects Research: The University of New Haven maintains an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee  (IACUC) in order to ensure the ethical and humane treatment and housing of vertebrate animals and to ensure that research and teaching activities utilizing these animals conform to the guidelines and standards established by the United States Office of Lab Animal  Welfare and the United States Department of Agriculture.

All use of non-human vertebrate animals for research and teaching purposes must be   approved in advance by the IACUC. Documents and Animal Use Protocol application  forms are available to faculty, staff, and students on the “Institutional Animal Care and Use  Committee Information” site on Blackboard. For additional information, please email: IACUC@newhaven.edu

Publishing Your Research: The Undergraduate Research Commons is a curated collection of faculty-mentored research, student journals, presentations and peer-reviewed scholarship from hundreds of undergraduate institutions around the world. Search their list of publications open for submissions.

ICPSR Data Sets: The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research is an international consortium of nearly 800 institutions. The site provides free access to hundreds of large-scale data sets that students can use to write articles, papers or theses using real research data, conduct secondary research to support findings or current research, or conduct empirical studies to generate new findings. ICPSR offers annual awards for outstanding research conducted using the ICPSR data sets. The University of New Haven is a member of ICPSR. For additional information, contact   LibraryHelp@newhaven.edu.