UROC Opportunities | Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) (2024)

Interested in spending a semester in Washington D.C.?

The Washington Program (UCDC) offers eligible undergraduate students an exciting opportunity to combine coursework, exciting field research, and unparalleled internship experience during a semester's residence in our nation's capital. This experience allows UC Merced students a chance to supplement their undergraduate education with real-world exposure and hands-on participation through internships. Learn more to apply for a future Fall or Spring semester.

UC Center Sacramento (UCCS)educates California’s future leaders in the craft of politics and policymakingwhile making the expertise of faculty of the nation’s leading university available to decision-makers in the legislative and executive branches of government.

UCCS academic internship program participants earn UC credit, maintain their financial aid eligibility, and gain valuable work experience while interning in Sacramento. Internships are available for almost any major! Participants take classes with students from all UC campuses, which provides an intellectual and social community throughout the Fall, Spring, or Summer.

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The CV PATH Research Experience is a collaborative summer research opportunity for students from Las Positas College, Bakersfield College, and CSU Bakersfield to conduct faculty-mentored research.

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JGI is a 9-week program that allows students the opportunity to experience research with a national laboratory through two opportunities. A few students will have the opportunity to conduct researchon-site at the Berkeley Lab and others will conductremote data science research at UC Merced in collaboration with JGI scientists and UC Merced faculty mentors. The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) is managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) to produce high-throughput DNA sequencing and analysis in support of its missions in alternative energy, global carbon cycling, and biogeochemistry.

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Interested in getting paid to conduct research during theacademic year?

The Learning Aligned Employment Program (LAEP) is funded by the California Student Aid Commission to support students with financial need. LAEP provides funds to participating public postsecondary educational institutions to offer eligible students opportunities to earn money to help pay their educational costs while gaining career-related experience in their fields of study.

You will be hired as a UROC RA – Research Assistant - and will be paid to conduct research with faculty at UC Merced. Click here for more information about the LAEP program!

The Summer Opportunity for Advanced Research (SOAR) program provides funding for UC Merced undergraduates with prior research experience to continuetheir projects at UC Merced. Qualified students with an interest in pursuing graduate school are especially encouraged to apply.

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The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is our newest research program offered to all undergraduate students in any discipline.This 9-week summer fellowship offers undergraduates the opportunity to work alongside faculty and graduate student mentors and provides graduate school preparation.

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The University of California Leadership Excellence Through Advanced Degrees (UCLEADS) Scholars Program is a two-year researchand leadership training program designed to prepareUC Merced students for advanced educationin STEM and careers in research, academia, government, and public service.

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