Undergraduate Biology Research Opportunities

Curricular Opportunities

Research tutorials are courses enrolling six to eight upper-division students. These tutorial students work independently or in small groups to address questions within the scope of a faculty member’s research.

You can enroll in tutorials during the academic year and often continue your research through independent study courses in one or more subsequent semesters, earning one course credit for each experience.

You and your peers will present your research at the end of each semester in the departmental poster session where students and faculty discuss the results of their research over pizza.

Paid Research Positions

You may also apply for paid academic-year positions in research labs, in some cases as early as your first year! Each faculty member may obtain financial support for student wages from various sources, including the Colgate Research Council. These opportunities frequently stem from curricular research.

There are also opportunities for paid summer research positions. Each summer, about 80 science students remain on campus to conduct research. Summer research stipends are available from both internal and external sources. Awards are frequently based on the quality of a grant proposal written by a student in conjunction with a faculty sponsor. Individual faculty grants may also support summer research.

Learn more about student research at Colgate.