The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an UMSL-wide event organized annually by a committee of dedicated students, faculty and staff members representing many academic units and disciplines.
A distributed model of funding support is employed, such that departments, schools, colleges, outside donors, and others, contribute towards event costs, including scholarship awards and other prizes to winning students.
The UMSL Chapter of Golden Key, an International Honor Society, served as lead sponsor for the URS from 2002 - 2017.