{"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":"2026-08-11T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:51:14","slug":"research-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/research-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Fellowships"},"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-6a7df5fcc887d {\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-6a7df5fcc887d\" 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;\">Full program runs late May &#8211; Early August (10 weeks); projects vary in length<\/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 via Google Form due in February; 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;\">$14.50\/hour (projects run up to 40hrs\/wk for up to 10wks)<\/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 returning 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;\">Faculty-initiated and faculty-mentored<br \/>\nOn-campus housing support<br \/>\nMust reside in Minnesota during the program<br \/>\nCannot hold other on-campus jobs if working 40 hours\/week<br \/>\nStudents expected to present their work at the CURI Fall Showcase<br \/>\nOEP credit available to most participants<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=\"https:\/\/digital.stolaf.edu\/curi\/\" 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%; 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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: apply through Oracle in May or September.<br \/>\nSpring projects: apply through Oracle in December or February.<\/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;\">$14.50 per hour<\/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 on-campus 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;\">Faculty-initiated and faculty-mentored<br \/>\nUp to 10 hours per week depending on project<br \/>\nProjects can involve one or more students<br \/>\nApply through Oracle HR system<br \/>\nStudents invited to present their work at either the CURI Fall or Spring 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=\"https:\/\/digital.stolaf.edu\/curi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Applications for Fall<\/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 (up to 10 weeks, beginning June 1 or later).<\/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;\">Proposals due early-February via Google Form; offers extended late-February<\/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 and up to $2000 in support, depending on project)<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; 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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;\">MAGNUs THE GOOD<\/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;\">Flexible: summer, fall, J-term, spring, or any combination \u2014 June 1 to May 31 of the following year.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; 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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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