URI funds opportunities for URI undergraduate students to engage in faculty-led research.

The Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works (OURS) provides grant support to colleges for undergraduate research, creative, and artistic projects. The program funds undergraduate students who participate in research or creative or artistic projects and/or faculty-led research. Undergraduate research projects require supervision by a faculty sponsor.

Each college manages undergraduate research funding opportunities. To inquire about how to apply for funding in your college or for more information, please reach out to the college contact listed below.

College	Contact/Title/Email
College of Arts & Sciences	Jason Dwyer Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies jason_dwyer@uri.edu
College of Business	Dave Kale Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education dkale@uri.edu
Feinstein College of Education	Annemarie Vaccaro Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs avaccaro@uri.edu
College of Engineering	Mayrai Gindy Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs mayraig@uri.edu
College of the Environment and Life Sciences	Christopher Lane Associate Dean of Research clane@uri.edu
College of Health Sciences	Shayna Kessel Senior Advisor shayna.kessel@uri.edu
College of Nursing	Patricia Cioe Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship patricia.cioe@uri.edu
College of Pharmacy	Niall Howlett Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education nhowlett@uri.edu
Graduate School of Oceanography	Colleen Mouw Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs cmouw@uri.edu