Undergraduate Research at DeGroote
Experience what it is like to be a researcher at DeGroote. Explore topics that interest you and discover how you can contribute to research happening at DeGroote.
Students can:
- Engage in leading business-focused research projects
- Gain valuable work experience
- Develop transferable skills including analysis, communication, and research skills
- Receive mentorship from DeGroote researchers while learning about a key business area
Are you curious? Do you have an interest in a particular business field?
Students are important contributors to active research projects at DeGroote. They participate in hands-on research, are part of creating new knowledge, and learn how to share those insights.
Find out how DeGroote researchers solve problems and conduct research at McMaster. There are opportunities to participate in research and support work being done by faculty members across eight different academic areas.
What is an Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)?
Undergraduate Student Research Awards provide students with research-based employment. Successful USRA recipients will generally receive a minimum of $7,500 to cover their contribution to the research project.
As a student, USRAs allow you to:
- Obtain funding for meaningful research-based activities with a faculty member
- Explore career opportunities in a research environment
- Develop skills and gain experience
- Learn more about a specific area of interest
- Foster a positive working relationship with a faculty member, research team, and/or other professionals
Students engage with DeGroote researchers on projects that directly contribute to research. Often undergraduate projects also involve coordination with various other team members inclusive of graduate students and additional academic or research partner contributors. Students are supervised and mentored by a DeGroote faculty member.
DeGroote is committed to making research accessible to all students to both explore research career opportunities and/or to gain skills also valued outside of academia. There are a variety of student research funding options available that can support your participation in DeGroote led projects. Connect with a researcher directly to see what student research opportunities are available.
How to apply?
Students interested in pursuing an Undergraduate Student Research Award at DeGroote are encouraged to reach out directly to a professor in an academic area that interests you. Researchers will receive the opportunity to apply directly for USRA specific funding or they may ask you to join one of their existing projects.
This opportunity is open to undergraduate students, and you do not need a graduate degree to participate. Undergraduate Student Research Award positions are posted on OSCARplus in the early part of each year. In addition, DeGroote researchers will also have additional opportunities for you to join an existing project team.
Timing
- Fall: Begin discussions with DeGroote faculty members to learn about their plans for undergrad research assistants and how you can contribute to their research
- February-March: Specific roles are posted on OSCARplus
- April: Student interviews conducted, and roles filled
- May-August: Students employed in research roles with the potential for extension beyond the summer
Undergrad Student Research Projects
Understanding older adults’ susceptibility and coping behaviours for cyber-attacks
Supervisor: Milena Head
Corporate scandals and their consequences
Supervisor: Trevor Chamberlain (Principal Applicant), Anna Danielova (Co-Applicant), Hesam Shahriari (Collaborator)
Social Impact Hub (CONNECT Program) - Driving Collective Action: Bridging the Gap in Social Economy through Cross-Sector Collaboration
Supervisor: Brent McKnight, Paul Snowdon
Past Projects
Exploring A Research Problem With Passion And Creativity
BCom and eHealth student Bilal Khan shares learnings from conducting his own hands-on research at DeGroote as an undergrad student.
Undergraduate Workshop
Research Associate Workshop
July 30, 2024 | 9 a.m. -12 p.m. (followed by a light lunch)
DSB 505, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario
To RSVP, please email Kaitlin Wynia Baluk at wyniak@mcmaster.ca
Learn what it’s like to be a researcher at DeGroote, network and receive research training
Undergraduate and Graduate Research Associates are valued team members across all areas within the DeGroote School of Business. Please join us to learn more about the projects that students contributed to this past year and consider if you would like to be involved in research.
You will receive training led by Dr. Mahdi Abouei, a postdoctoral fellow, and Noel Karam, the Career Development & Relationship Manager at DeGroote.
Refreshments will be served.
PAST EVENTS
DeGroote Research Day
August 21, 2023
Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) recipients came together to share their learning experiences from working closely with DeGroote researchers. The undergraduate students discussed how gaining experience with hands-on research has allowed them to develop theoretical and applicable skills in several facets of research, in addition to the development of strong mentorship connections with their supervisors.
Read more about their experiences in this article.
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