Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities

At CU Denver, undergraduate students are building robots, creating documentary films, and developing new imaging techniques to detect cancer. You can be a part of this exciting world of discovery. Research opportunities exist in campus laboratories, studios, and beyond.

The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URCA) is your connection to the research opportunities that are out there just waiting for you. We are here to help you get the information needed to jump-start your research career. Connect your classroom learning to real-world research opportunities through grants, work-study, summer fellowships, and more. It's Education through Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities and we call it EURēCA! Discovered the possibilities!

The EURēCA! Program

The Education Through Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (EURēCA!) Program is your connection to the support you need to succeed in research activities at CU Denver | Anschutz. We help with grants, student research jobs, and fellowships, and feature student projects at our annual symposium.

We're here to help!

Don't know where to begin? The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities can answer your questions about research opportunities at CU Denver | Anschutz and beyond. Whether you are looking for your first research position or navigating graduate school applications - we're here to help.

Log on to our career resources platform, Handshake, to book an undergraduate research advising appointment, sign-up for the URCA newsletter, explore paid research opportunities, and whole lot more.

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