Undergraduate Research

Research

Undergraduate research can take place in any discipline and can occur on campus, in the field, abroad, or at another institution.

Undergraduate research experience and culminating projects must be overseen by a Vanderbilt University faculty member. Advisers in the EL&IV can help students with a plan to find research mentors and decide what kind of undergraduate research they may want to pursue.
Students who conduct undergraduate research present at one of the Vanderbilt University Undergraduate Research Fairs.

Please note: shadowing or other primarily observatory practices may not qualify as an immersive experience.

Dr. Tiffiny Tung discusses forensic analysis of skeletons in genocide cases with her Immersion class (Forensics, Genocide, and Human Rights) in the Osteology Lab.

Students: Are you conducting research with the Vanderbilt School of Medicine?

Important Institutional Review Board (IRB) Resources for Students

Students should contact their Immersion Vanderbilt faculty adviser to learn more about the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and whether they may need approval for their proposed research. The following links direct to Vanderbilt's Human Research Protection website, as well as additional information regarding Human Subject Research:

Student Stories

Jared Wheatley, '23

College of Arts and Science