Undergraduate Research Opportunities

AOES provides incredible opportunities for research and professional experience to

George Mason Undergraduates
High School Students and College Freshmen.

George Mason Undergraduates

Research Courses

George Mason students can get academic credit for research or an internship through courses such as

CLIM 408 Senior Research
CLIM 409 Research Internship
GEOL 411 Geological Research
GEOL 480 Internship
See the Mason Catalog for details

OSCAR

Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research (OSCAR) helps George Mason students get involved in research and scholarship in AOES and off campus. The Undergraduate Research Scholars Program gives students a research experience under the guidance of a mentor, who can be an AOES faculty member. The OSCAR Federal Work-Study Research Assistantships allows students with demonstrated financial need to be paid to work on a research project with faculty.

Learn About Past Undergraduate Projects

High School Seniors, Undergraduate Freshmen

Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP)

ASSIP offers summer research internship opportunities for high school seniors and undergraduate freshmen. Acceptance is determined on a competitive basis. Learn more at http://assip.cos.gmu.edu/.

Past ASSIP Interns

2019: Catherine Liang, William Wang, Isha Vohra, Parth Vakil, Anusha Dasgupta, Isabella Dressel
2018: Serena Xia, Jared Nirenberg, Samuel Thomas
2017: Michael Stepniczka, Ryan Chon
2016: Zachary Strasberg, Matthew Gross, Kyle Turner, Varun Saraswathula