Cultivating the next generation of research leaders

Queen’s hosted its second annual celebration to honour the accomplishments of participants in summer research programs.

Research plays an important role in Queen’s mission and over the past year several opportunities have been created to further integrate research into the undergraduate student experience. These initiatives, coupled with hands-on learning and mentorship, are shaping Queen’s University into a hub offering research opportunities for students. 
Queen’s is working to not only introduce research earlier into undergraduate education but to provide students with accelerated opportunities through these first-hand experiences to gain the translatable skills and training needed to pursue high-impact research.
Recently, Queen’s hosted its second annual celebration to honour the accomplishments of participants in summer research programs and to acknowledge the role of supervision from faculty. The event brought together recipients of the Queen’s Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships (USSRF) and the Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA), with a total of 167 students participating. The gathering highlighted the significance of these programs in supporting undergraduate research and fostering collaboration between students and faculty.
“This has been a remarkable year for undergraduate research at Queen’s. It is very rewarding to see the scale and diversity of research that is being done by our undergraduate students and the calibre of mentorship provided by our faculty,” says Nancy Ross, Vice-Principal (Research).
Many summer research projects have been compiled into a special edition of Queen’s Inquiry Journal, in partnership with Queen’s University Library, showcasing their research spanning topics from the impact of wildfires on structures to the isolation of novel antibiotics, and to barriers to healthcare access for Black communities.
“By integrating research in the undergraduate experience, students are applying their curiosity and passion, are developing transferable skills, and are considering the greater good,” says Klodiana Kolomitro, Special Advisor, Undergraduate Research. “We continue to expand on the different ways our students can gain valuable hands-on research experience, participate in professional development programming, and be recognized and celebrated for their research achievements.”
Learn more about Queen’s undergraduate research programming:
Expanding student exposure to research
With more than 1,400 undergraduate courses incorporating research processes and more than 400 research-intensive courses involving capstone projects, Queen’s is ensuring that students have ample opportunities within their programs of study to contribute to meaningful research with faculty or industry partners. For students looking to gain additional research opportunities or continue projects throughout the summer, the USSRF and USRA are two longstanding programs that provide funding and faculty mentorship.
USSRF offers 16 weeks of full-time research experience under the supervision of a faculty member, providing a stipend of $9,800, while students pursue a project of interest to them. Similarly, the USRA, supported by Canada’s federal research granting agencies, provides funding and hands-on research programming for students interested in nurturing research skills under the supervision of a faculty member. Both programs are designed to ignite students’ passion for research early in their education to hone critical skills and explore potential future research careers.
In recognizing the exceptional contributions of undergraduate researchers, Queen’s launched the Vice-Principal Research Undergraduate Prize with an award of $1,000 each. The inaugural recipients were Arianne Ettehadieh and Dominic Everitt for their research presentations at the annual Inquiry@Queen’s conference held in March.

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