Undergraduate Research
Explore your field
Undergraduate research is the exploration of a specific issue within a field that makes a contribution to the discipline.
Why participate in undeRgraduate research?
Future Career
Define your career goals and solidify your choice of major.
Skills
Improve critical thinking skills and that stand out on a résumé.
Networking
Build your network through mentorship.
Graduate Studies
Prepare for continuing, graduate or professional school.
How to get started
First, determine your interest.
What do you want to do and learn through research? Your research interests can be related to your major or overlap with another College of Agriculture department or school.
Next, find a faculty mentor.
Check out the research our faculty mentors are conducting. Identify four or five faculty whose research interests you, and reach out them about your interest in research. View our list of undergraduate research faculty advisors.
Secure funding for your project.
Your faculty mentor will help you refine a research question, and write a grant proposal to apply for funding. LSU and College of Agriculture have many opportunities for funding and guided research projects.
Funding Opportunities
There are many competitive undergraduate research grant opportunities available to students in the College of Agriculture. Once you have your research topic defined and your faculty selected, discuss funding opportunities with them.
Previous Projects
Animal sciences mets biological engineering through Ashton Dalton’s undergraduate research project.
Katie Miranda, natural ecology and management major, is working with populations of wood duck ducklings.
Heidi Marshall is a natural resource ecology and management wildlife major studying drought tolerance in bottomland forests by measuring cuticular conductance in 20 different plant species.
For more information, contact
LSU College of Agriculture
agri@lsu.edu