Boldly Explore. Tackle research challenges in the real world as a thinker, doer and innovator. Help underprivileged kids, examine literacy in a rural community or push aesthetic boundaries by composing a musical score. Inquire, investigate and immerse yourself in your field of study. Innovative research and critical thinking are integral to the dynamic culture at UNH, home to one of the nation’s largest and most diverse research conferences and among the top 125 research universities in the country. In the College of Liberal Arts, you’ll collaborate with our renowned faculty on groundbreaking research in the social sciences, education, the humanities, and the fine and performing arts. Do enterprising, original work. Raise the bar.
Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research
As a major research university, UNH provides all students with the unique and valuable opportunity to conduct research during their undergraduate years.
UNH's Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research provides the resources and financial support for the research, scholarly and creative projects of UNH students. Whether it's investigating moose habitat, examining the effects of the European monetary union, or composing music for a dance concert, each year students from all fields of study receive grants to embark on their own explorations.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), students may apply for
The Hamel Center also administers the International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP), INCO 590 & INCO 790, and Research Presentation Grants.
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