Undergraduate Research
The Department of Romance Studies offers a gateway to do research in Humanities, including Romance Studies, and opportunities for Undergraduates to engage in research activities, including internships, writing Honors Theses, getting summer funding for research or presenting their papers at conferences.
Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Romance Studies
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Department of Romance Studies
- Write an Honor’s Thesis with one of our Faculty Advisors
- Submit an abstract to the Carolina Conference for Romance Studies: http://ccrs.unc.edu
- Talk to individual faculty about research internships and collaborative projects; e.g. Lucia Binotti’s Digital Humanities projects: lbinotti@email.com and Rosa Perelmuter’s MURAP program: murap@unc.edu
SURF (Summer UG Research Fellowship)
- Students work with ROMS faculty mentor during summer – 9 weeks for 20 hrs per week, sponsored by the Office for UG Research
- Typical award: $3,000
- Application deadline in February
Celebration of UG Research
- A pan-university UG research conference sponsored by the Office the UG Research
- Students can present at poster and panel sessions
- Takes place in April
JOURney UNC Journal of UG Research
- Students submit articles for publication in new peer-reviewed UG journal, sponsored by the Office for UG Research
- First issues came out in Sp 2018
Undergraduate Opportunities and Resources for Research & Academic Enhancement include:
- The Frances L. Phillips Travel Scholarship
- The Burch Fellows Program
- The Thomas Wilson Award for Undergraduate Summer Spanish Research Abroad
- Grants for Honors Thesis Research
- The Office of Undergraduate Research