Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)

In 2010, Â鶹ɫÇéƬ launched the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE): a paid summer research program for undergraduate students. This program offers all student majors in all research disciplines the chance to work with faculty mentors to conduct scholarly research projects. Over the past decade, students have conducted research projects in areas such as psychology, history, literature, education, healthcare, literacy, international studies, math, and the natural sciences.

2025 Applications

There are two paths to participation:

1. Apply through a professor. Students can read though mentor project descriptions and get in touch with the mentor to propose applying together. (Student and faculty applications are submitted as a unit). Review the . Applications are due Monday, March 3.
   
2. Students can propose their own projects using the SURE eClass site and attempt to recruit a mentor to their project.  to post your idea to the Student-Generated Research Project Ideas forum. Student Project Descriptions are due February 24.

For more information about applying, visit the . Applications are due Monday, March 3.

This enriching program has sparked some of the most original and interesting research Mount students have ever conducted, including:

• "A Comparative Analysis of Microplastics in South Korean and American Seaweed," researched by Aleksandra Belugin with faculty mentor Dr. Lynn Maelia

• "Evaluating the Immune Response in Mice Following Intravenous Exposure to the Artificial Oxygen Carrier OxyVita®," researched by Alina Mendelowski with faculty mentor Dr. James Moran

• "UNO: Make It Ocho," researched by Thomas McGuire with faculty mentors Dr. Christina Alvey and Dr. Mike Daven

• "Testing the Antiproliferative Effect of the Phytochemical Cinnamaldehyde on Human Cancer Cells in Culture," researched by Victoria Maffetone with faculty mentor Dr. Suparna Bhalla

• "Who Am I? Cognitive Development of the Self-Concept," researched by Nicole Juzefyk, Inayah Khan, Aaron Mendez, Eliza Siade-Cox, and Michelle Tingson-Pregno with faculty mentor Dr. Rebecca Berry

• "Patients Perceptions of AI in Medical Decision Making," researched by Autumn Tyler with faculty mentor Dr. Anne-Marie Uebbing