{"id":3015,"date":"2019-06-19T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T18:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugresearch.utk.edu\/?page_id=3015"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:17:08","slug":"find-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There are many opportunities to participate in research both on and off campus. Check out the options below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: black;background: white\">You may also search and apply for a research assistant position on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.joinhandshake.com\/login\"><span style=\"color: black;background: white\">Handshake<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: black;background: white\">. After logging in to Handshake (you can set up an account for free) search under the keyword &#8220;Undergraduate Research Assistant.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: black;background: white\">For URF funded positions, go to \u201cEmployers\u201d (left side of screen) and search \u201cUniversity of Tennessee, Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships.\u201d You should see \u201cJobs at University of Tennessee, Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships\u201d on the right side of the screen. Check back frequently for updated opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" id=\"custom-tabs-0\"><li class=\"active\"  role=\"presentation\" ><a href=\"#custom-tab-0-30883bbd5a1619bbbcfea909de0762a3\"  role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\">On Campus<\/a><\/li><li  role=\"presentation\" ><a href=\"#custom-tab-0-6398b7f844fb7f474a50f2b7ddb76e53\"  role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Off Campus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tab-content\"><div id=\"custom-tab-0-30883bbd5a1619bbbcfea909de0762a3\" class=\"tab-pane active\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"table-striped\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 603px\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 443px\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;width: 38px\"><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;width: 57px\"><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;width: 65px\"><strong>Summer<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 443px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/aura\">Advanced Undergraduate Research Activity (AURA)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undergraduate students apply for funding to support their own research with the help of a UT faculty mentor.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 38px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 57px\">\u2714<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 65px\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 443px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/smart-internship-program\/\">SMaRT Internship Program<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Paid 10-week internship with a UT faculty member on ORNL-related research (at UT or Oak Ridge National Lab or both)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 38px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 57px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 65px\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 443px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/summer-research-scholars\/\">Summer Research Scholars Program<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>UT students conducting research during the summer are eligible to participate research-related activities and social events through Summer Research Scholars.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 38px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 57px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 65px\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 443px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/workstudy\/\">Federal Work Study Assistantships<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Students may use their federal work-study funds for positions as undergraduate research assistants for faculty at UT.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 38px\"><strong> \u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 57px\"><strong> \u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 65px\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"custom-tab-0-6398b7f844fb7f474a50f2b7ddb76e53\" class=\"tab-pane\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"table-striped\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 64%\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 12%;text-align: center\"><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 12%;text-align: center\"><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 12%;text-align: center\"><strong>Summer<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 64%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/ornl-internships\/\"><strong>Oak Ridge National Lab Internships (SULI, HERE)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPaid summer and semester internships in STEM fields (some non-STEM available, such as Communications).<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\">\u2714<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\">\u2714<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\">\u2714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 64%\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/com.utmck.edu\/students\/aacmsp.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UTGSM Advancing Access to Careers in Medicine Scholars Program (UTGSM AACMSP)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Summer research program designed to improve knowledge of and access to careers in medicine and\/or translational sciences among UT students.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 64%\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gsm.utmck.edu\/research\/main.cfm\">Additional Opportunities at the UT Graduate School of Medicine<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Opportunities for bench research in basic\/translational labs as well as clinical research at UT Medical Center.\u00a0 Applications submitted through the UTMC web portal.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 64%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/nsf-reu\/\"><strong>National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REUs)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPaid summer research experience at various universities and institutions around the country in STEM fields.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\">\u2714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 64%\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ugresearch.utk.edu\/students\/find-opportunities\/additional-summer-opportunities\/\">Other Opportunities<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Additional opportunities that are offered off-campus<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12%\">\u2714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many opportunities to participate in research both on and off campus. Check out the options below. You may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2993,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3015","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Find Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Find Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are many opportunities to participate in research both on and off campus. Check out the options below. You may [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T17:17:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/getting-started\\\/find-opportunities\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/getting-started\\\/find-opportunities\\\/\",\"name\":\"Find Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-19T18:17:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T17:17:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/getting-started\\\/find-opportunities\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/getting-started\\\/find-opportunities\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/getting-started\\\/find-opportunities\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Getting Started\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/getting-started\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Find Opportunities\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/\",\"name\":\"Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships\",\"description\":\"University of Tennessee, Knoxville\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\\\/urf\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Find Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Find Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships","og_description":"There are many opportunities to participate in research both on and off campus. Check out the options below. You may [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/","og_site_name":"Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships","article_modified_time":"2026-03-18T17:17:08+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/","url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/","name":"Find Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-06-19T18:17:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-18T17:17:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/find-opportunities\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Getting Started","item":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/getting-started\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Find Opportunities"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/#website","url":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/","name":"Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Fellowships","description":"University of Tennessee, Knoxville","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3015\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}