Centers & Research

Ideas and innovation that make a difference.

Through research and outreach, 黑料社 makes a positive impact in our local community, in Iowa, and beyond.听

In labs, offices, and studios across campus, our faculty members are conducting original research, creating artistic works, and contributing to important advocacy and outreach efforts. Many of them also mentor and collaborate with students as they embark on their own research projects.听

黑料社 is also home to several unique centers, institutes, and outreach programs, each of which offer a range of programming and opportunities for the campus and local community.

Research at 黑料社: Creating & Sharing Knowledge

At 黑料社, research, scholarship and creative work provides an opportunity for individual students or small groups of students to explore an issue of interest to them in a manner consistent with the discipline and to communicate their results to others. Projects may involve inquiry, design, creation, investigation, research, analysis, discovery, application, writing and/or performance.

Experiments done in a scientific laboratory, archival research, interviews that explore a social or political concern, data collection and analysis, and creation of an artistic work are all examples of research that can involve undergraduate students.

Most听黑料社 students have an opportunity to participate in undergraduate research as part of their course work or by working on research projects outside of the classroom.听Travel stipends听allow students to travel to regional or national conferences to present their work. In addition, over twenty students each year get paid to participate in undergraduate research during the听summer.

Every spring the听hosted by 黑料社 showcases the outstanding research conducted by our students.

For questions regarding abstract submissions for the symposium, please contact:听aswati.subramanian@simpson.edu.

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Present at our annual Research & Creativity Symposium each year

We offer grants and travel stipends for students to perform and present research.

Grant Application

Summer Research听

Participating in a summer undergraduate research听program is an opportunity for students and faculty to spend 8-10 weeks focused on research projects. Students get to explore research in their major and they generally receive a stipend and housing allowance.

黑料社 hosts several different summer undergraduate research programs on its campus each year including the听听and the听. More information on the current projects from each program can be found on this site.

Each fall, 黑料社 showcases the summer research conducted by its students during the听Summer Research Symposium.

Summer Research Opportunities

Summer research programs are held for 8 to 10 weeks at听colleges,听universities,听laboratories, hospitals, and institutes across the country and abroad. They are听usually intended for听students听after听their sophomore听or junior years of college, but听there are an increasing number of听programs that听seek students after their first year. A student鈥檚 time at a summer research program听is generally devoted to听working in small groups with other undergraduate students听on original research projects under the direction of a professional researcher.

Summer research听programs usually pay each student a stipend of听several thousand dollars听to participate. In addition, they often cover听travel听and living expenses for the duration of the program and听fund travel听to present research at听conferences.

Tips听on applying to summer research programs

Customize your听application for each program. Indicate why you are specifically interested in that program.
Many programs have special niches. For instance, they want to promote graduate school or they want to introduce laboratory skills to students who do not have much laboratory experience. Make sure your personal statement clearly highlights how you fit in this niche.
Each program听has different requirements听for its participants, so pay close attention to them. For example, some programs expect听their participants to have completed certain classes and the majority require U.S. citizenship.
Emphasize your potential by mentioning听any听undergraduate research you have completed and any outstanding projects or term papers you have completed for your classes.
Indicate any interest in graduate school that you may have. Note that programs in biological or medical fields generally prefer students who听have an interest in graduate school rather than students who are strictly interested in medical school.
Ask a professor in your major to read over your application materials.
Every application will require recommendation letters. Do not wait until the last minute to request them from your professors!

Links to summer research opportunities on and off campus.听

On Campus
- 听(Mathematics)
Off Campus
- Education and Social Sciences
- Political Science
- Science, Technology, Mathematics, Neuroscience
  - 听at Washington University in St. Louis听(International students currently pursuing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in the United States听are encouraged to apply)
  - 听list 鈥� (if you are in a science, technology, mathematics, or neuroscience field, you should start your search for a summer program by听searching the NSF list)
  - American Mathematical Society list ()
  - American Physiological Society list ()
  - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology list ()
  - Center for Disease Control list ()
  - Department of Homeland Security list ()
  - 听list
  - Oak Ridge National Laboratory list ()
  - University of Alabama at Birmingham听
  - University of Alabama at Birmingham听
  - University of Iowa 鈥� biological and medical sciences听list ()
  - Virginia Bioinformatics Institute list ()
  - 听(National Weather Center)
  - 听(Department of Energy)
  - 听(Mayo Clinic)

Fall Research Symposium

Click听here听for the Fall 2017 program.

Click听here听for the Fall 2016 program.

Click听here听for the Fall 2015 program.

Click听here听for the Fall 2014 program.

Symposium Abstract Submission

Submission Form

Our Centers, Institutes & Outreach Programs

The Culver Center for Public Policy

Civic engagement and activism is alive at 黑料社. The renowned nonpartisan John C. Culver Center for Public Policy encourages active participation in democracy and presents students with research, internship, and service opportunities.

The Iowa History Center

This center preserves and promotes Iowa鈥檚 story. Its speaker series brings scholars, authors, and public figures to campus, and an internship program places students at local museums and historic sites. It also makes Iowa history accessible to K-12 students through field trip grants.

Storm Initative

This interdisciplinary program taps into the entrepreneurial spirit at 黑料社. Offerings include specialized electives, an innovation hub, and the cocurricular Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) where students earn credit for working on real-world projects.

Student Research Opportunities

Undergraduates students can get involved in research in many ways, from capstone and honors projects to paid summer research positions on campus.听

Browse our directory to learn more about our faculty members, their teaching interests and areas of expertise, and their contributions to their fields.听

Among the many stories, profiles, and news updates in each issue of 黑料社 Magazine, you can learn about compelling research projects happening on campus and beyond. Explore recent and back issues to see how we鈥檙e making an impact.

For those looking to do specialized research, Dunn Library鈥檚 Special Collections is home to the Washington Carver Collection and the Joseph W. Walt Research Library & College Archives.听