STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
calvin.edu/academics/opportunities
WHAT ARE CALVIN STUDENTS DOING IN THEIR RESEARCH? •M easuring the height and movement of sand dunes •E xamining patterns in white-collar crime •S tudying the malignant transformation of kidney cells
Are you a creative and innovative thinker? When you take on a research project at Calvin, those skills become valuable assets. Unique undergraduate opportunities allow you to investigate all things with world-class Christian faculty.
YOUR MENTORS
•T esting techniques to locate songbird nests
Calvin’s accomplished and supportive professors will be your guides. Working alongside them, you could co-author an academic article, present at a conference, or even make a breakthrough discovery.
•U sing machine learning to monitor social media
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES
•A ssessing how green infrastructure reduces water contamination
Calvin is big enough to have cutting-edge technology and millions of dollars in funding. And, Calvin is small enough that undergraduates are integral to every aspect of these hands-on experiences.
•A nalyzing cell mutations that result in rare disease
YOUR INTERESTS
Find other unique opportunities that ignite your curiosity.
Explore research projects in the sciences, health care, engineering, business, English, communications, history, the social sciences, political science, and more. No matter where your interests lie, there are ways to dig in.
THINK DEEPLY. ACT JUSTLY. LIVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
BY THE NUMBERS
135+
students engaged in faculty research each year
$4,200 stipend for Calvin student research fellowships
125+
publications resulting from student/faculty research annually