Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Are you interested in working with a team to make your own scientific discoveries?
Our lab offers opportunities for highly motivated undergraduates to help perform original research on a wide variety of topics. Preferably, undergraduates would join the lab as volunteers (minimum 9 hours per week) starting their freshman or sophomore year.
Students who demonstrate sincere interest will be invited to continue participating in different research projects throughout their college career, eventually culminating in an independent honors thesis project. Research can be conducted for credit during the fall and spring semesters. To apply, please send a resume and your interests to jonps [at] utexas [dot] edu.
Research funding opportunities for undergraduates
https://exl.cns.utexas.edu/do-research/fellowships-scholarships
Community support at UT
https://cns.utexas.edu/about-the-college/values-and-impact/welcoming-connections
Mentorship for women in science/neuroscience
“[This] program presents an opportunity for the volunteers to experience a paradigm shift in their perspective, prompting a newfound understanding to help them better work with their future patients or clients. ”
– Emily Engelbart
“Innovative Program Gives Students with Disabilities University Experience”
College of Natural Sciences Press
In 2009, Dr. Jon Pierce started reverse inclusion courses for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). UT students can volunteer to learn alongside adults with Down syndrome, autism, and other IDDs.
More information can be found HERE!
Because we are offering some of our courses via ZOOM, no matter where you live, you are welcome to volunteer with us! As a volunteer, you will help adults with IDDs learn valuable life skills and sophisticated academic topics in our online courses via ZOOM. Each course consists of six, once-per-week, 2-hour classes offered at a convenient range of times and dates for busy students. Expertise in the course topic is discouraged because we want you to be learning alongside the adults with IDDs. All new volunteers that haven’t previously volunteered with LLwF (in-person or online) must attend an orientation, as well as complete a very short pre-course survey.