MCLA
News & Events  |  Contact Us  |  Visit MCLA  |  People Finder  |  Search   

Undergraduate Research Program

The Undergraduate Research Program encompasses independent scholarly activity by students in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Driven by the many opportunities for interaction between students and faculty, undergraduate research at MCLA has expanded dramatically in recent years. The program supports students with independent study opportunities in many disciplines, small research/travel grants, and a dynamic campus-wide conference for presenting their work.

Beyond the campus, MCLA is a proud member of COPLAC, the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. In October 2011, MCLA students joined with peers from other schools in the Northeast to present at the regional COPLAC Undergraduate Research Conference

In addition to these opportunities, MCLA students also participate in the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, held each year in Amherst, and the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research; in 2012, NCUR will be hosted in Ogden, Utah.

For more information, click on the links on this page or contact Maria Bartini , Director of the Undergraduate Research Program.

2012 Undergraduate Research Conference Information


Information on research/travel grants

Registry of Undergraduate Researchers

2011-12 Undergraduate Research Advisory Board

"One of the great attributes of MCLA is the opportunity it  provides to work directly with professors, allowing students to gain hands-on experience running the gamut of scientific inquiry from research design to presenting findings at national conferences."

Brendan Gaesser '07,
Ph.D. Student at Harvard University

Sidebar