Getting Started

This Website is a Resource

This website was created as a resource for undergraduates at the University of Rhode Island to use when searching for research opportunities. Viewers may look at the different kinds of research being conducted by professors at the College of Environmental and Life Sciences in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences building on campus.

Please click around and read the short descriptions of what each professor investigates. If you find a research lab that resonates with you, you should contact the professor of the lab via email to request to work in their lab.

Helpful Tips for Emailing Professors

Helpful tips for emailing research opportunity requests can be found at this website address: https://research.berkeley.edu/how-cold-email-professor This website walks you through how to email and respectfully ask a professor to work in their lab. It goes over how to introduce yourself, convey interest in the professor's research, and demonstrate willingness to gain experience in a lab setting.

URI Lists Summer Research Programs

If you're also thinking about what kind of research you may want to do for the summer, feel free to visit URI's website that has a large list of summer programs you can apply to: https://web.uri.edu/marbio/research-opportunities-internships/