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Find Your Research Focus
Start with your interests. What would you like to learn more about? Talk to your advisors, professors, and peers. Get suggestions for where to look for existing project opportunities, or brainstorm project ideas.
Learn more about Getting Started With Undergraduate Research: Options and Opportunities (recorded video link).
Develop Your Project

The first step in taking on any independent project is to reflect on your intellectual interests, questions, and goals.
Reflect on your interests
A good relationship with a faculty mentor is the cornerstone of all successful undergrad research and independent projects.
Develop a mentor relationship
Consider the time scale and resources you have to build a successful independent project.
Build your independent project