Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Offers Enrichment Opportunities for UCSB Students

The College of Letters and Science Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Office coordinates the following programs and activities for undergraduates:

• Faculty Research Assistance Program (FRAP)
• Grants for Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects
• Grant Proposal Workshops
• UC Washington Center Program (UCDC)
• UC Center in Sacramento Program (UCCS)
• Campus Office for National Scholarships and Fellowships
• Annual Colloquium to Celebrate Undergraduate Research at UCSB

Refer to the URCA website, http://www.LTSC.ucsb.edu/urca, for details on the above programs and activities. Or stop by the URCA Office, North Hall 2105, to meet with an URCA staff member.

Also located at North Hall 2105 are the UCDC peer advisors. Please stop by to meet the 2007-08 peer advisors, Jenni Schultz and Lindsay Burns. They are ready to answer your UCDC questions. Office hours are posted on the appropriate program page on the UCDC website: http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/urca/ucdc.php

Campus-wide Undergraduate Research Colloquium

The 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium, sponsored by the College of Letters and Science and the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Office, is scheduled for Thursday, May 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Corwin Pavilion. A reception will follow at Lagoon Plaza.  This year’s colloquium will feature poster presentations by students who have done undergraduate research.  The deadline to submit a Colloquium entry request and abstract is Wednesday, April 9.  For further information, contact the URCA office at urca@ltsc.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-2319. Website: http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/urca/colloquium.php

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Summer 2008 Grant Program

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Office is excited to announce the availability of funding to support an ongoing or one-time summer research project during Summer 2008. All continuing Letters and Science undergraduates (returning Fall 2008) are eligible to apply for research funding. Award limitations are $500 for individual and $1,000 for group projects. The application deadline is Friday, May 23, 2008. The application guidelines and materials are available on the URCA web site, www.advising.ltsc.ucsb.edu/urca, or stop by the URCA Office, North Hall 2105, to speak with an URCA representative regarding the application process.

URCA Announces Scholarships Deadlines

The UCSB campus application deadline for the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, and Churchill scholarships for graduate study in the British Isles is September 8, 2008.  Interested students should check the URCA web site, www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/urca, for details on these and other scholarship opportunities.

The UC Center in Sacramento Program

Are you looking for a way to gain valuable professional experience and, at the same time, receive full academic credit at UCSB? Do you want an opportunity to observe public policy processes firsthand and to gain a wide variety of cultural experiences?  Then consider joining students from other UC campuses at the University of California Center in Sacramento (UCCS) Intern Program.  This program, offered by the UC Office of the President, provides undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable professional experience and, at the same time, receive full academic credit. This one-quarter program features:

• A for-credit internship opportunity based on your interests
• Special housing close to the Capitol building
• Co-curricular activities and events in Sacramento
• The opportunity to live and work with undergraduates from other UC campuses

Upcoming deadline:
Fall 2008 program – Rolling admissions through May 30, 2008

Program information and application material are available from the UCCS web site, http://uccs.universityofcalifornia.edu/ or from the URCA Office, 2105 North Hall.  For more information contact the URCA Office, urca@ltsc.ucsb.edu. 

Note: Health Professions advising is no longer part of URCA. Advising for health professions is now located in the main Letters and Science office at Cheadle 1117. Please stop by to meet the 2007-08 peer advisors, Daria Thompson and Matthew Dailey. They are ready to answer your health professions questions. Their office hours are posted on the appropriate program page on the Health Professions website: http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/health/

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