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Applications are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA) Program. The URA program encourages outstanding juniors and seniors to pursue graduate study by offering them hands-on experience in a formal research environment. Participation in the URA Program assists students in making career decisions and in attaining information about graduate education and fellowships. In its thirty-fifth year, the URA program continues to help students develop technical and specialized skills
as well as foster originality, imagination, judgment, and patience — the traits of an independent scholar.

Faculty members of Iowa State also benefit from working closely with talented undergraduates and work-study funding subsidizes the student’s payroll. Submitting an application does not guarantee a URA.

To qualify for the URA Program, students must:

• Be classified as juniors or seniors by the beginning of the term employed as a URA
• File the 2023-2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and be eligible for work-study funding (be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen)
• Maintain an ISU cumulative GPA of at least 3.25
• Complete URA application

Faculty procedures for the URA Program:

• Complete URA Faculty application
• Interview student(s) and make offers of employment
• Complete Letter of Intent

Applications and the guidelines and procedures are available on-line at:

https://studentjobs.iastate.edu/types-of-employment/ura/

For further information contact Julie Arnold at (515) 294-0103 or jaarnol@iastate.edu.