{"id":4151,"date":"2026-04-22T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/?page_id=4151"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:47:57","slug":"research-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/research-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"water sampling 061\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/files\/2026\/04\/water-sampling-061-1600x1068.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-6a6361478b2fa {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-6a6361478b2fa\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 25px; line-height: 0.8;\">We aim to promote and facilitate undergraduate research in all its forms by supporting students and faculty with various research opportunities during both the summer and the academic year. Discover all the options to pursue your research and inquiry.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/about\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">About CURI<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/guidelines\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Information For Faculty<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/conduct\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Responsible Conduct<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center site-section__title--sm\" id=\"curi-research-program\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">CURI RESEARCH PROGRAM<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f6c167; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #242121; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 600; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 25px; border-radius: 10px;\">SUMMER RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0DURATION\/WHEN \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Late May &#8211; Early August (typically 10 weeks).<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0APPLICATION TIMELINE \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Applications due in February; Rank order form due March 10 by 8am; Offers sent mid-March.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0FUNDING \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">$13.50\/hour (many projects full-time: 40 hrs\/week \u00d7 10 weeks).<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #fa8d29; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0ELIGIBILITY \u2713<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">All St. Olaf students;<br \/>\nAll faculties (FA, HUM, IGS, NSM, SS).<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Free on-campus dorm housing for full-time researchers<br \/>\nMust reside in Minnesota during the program<br \/>\nPart-time researchers eligible for subsidized housing<br \/>\nCannot hold other on-campus jobs if full-time<br \/>\nOEP credit available (\u226550 hrs, \u226510 hrs mentoring, Fall Showcase)<br \/>\nFaculty across all disciplines recruit students they may not yet know.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"btn btn--xs\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLICATION CLOSED<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f6c167; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #242121; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 600; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 25px; border-radius: 10px;\">ACADEMIC YEAR RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0DURATION\/TIME \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Fall or Spring Semester (up to 10 hrs\/week).<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0APPLICATION TIMELINE \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Fall projects: hired in spring or September. Spring projects: hired in December or February (applications open November). Each project has its own timeline \u2014 contact faculty directly.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0FUNDING \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Hourly pay (varies by project).<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #fa8d29; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\"> ELIGIBILITY \u2713<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">All St. Olaf Students.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Multiple disciplines participate<br \/>\nUp to 10 hours per week during the semester<br \/>\nProjects can involve one or more students<br \/>\nApply through Oracle HR system<br \/>\nFaculty may hire students they don&#8217;t already know<br \/>\nTimelines vary \u2014 apply early and contact faculty supervisors<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"btn btn--xs\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Applications closed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center site-section__title--sm\" id=\"fellowships\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">FELLOWSHIPS<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #e0dad6; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #242121; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 600; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #53585a; color: #ffffff; font-size: 25px; border-radius: 10px;\">STEEN FELLOWSHIP<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0DURATION\/WHEN \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Summer (8\u201310 weeks, beginning June 1 or later).<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Independent Summer Research<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0APPLICATION TIMELINE \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Application due mid-February via Google Form; 3\u20135 fellowships awarded annually.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #a3d65c; color: #242121; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0FUNDING \u2713\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\">Up to $5,000 total (up to $3,000 as stipend if \u2265225 hours worked; 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font-weight: 800; color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0.8;\">CURI SUMMER PROGRAM<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 800; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #b11556; color: #ffffff; font-size: 30px; border-radius: 10px;\">SUMMER PROJECTS 2026<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #242421; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #242421; font-size: 20px; line-height: 0.8;\">Explore the projects that faculty are preparing for this upcoming summer. 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