UROC Opportunities

Interested in spending a semester in Washington D.C.?

The Washington Program (UCDC) offers eligible undergraduate students an exciting opportunity to combine coursework, exciting field research, and unparalleled internship experience during a semester's residence in our nation's capital. This experience allows UC Merced students a chance to supplement their undergraduate education with real-world exposure and hands-on participation through internships. Learn more to apply for a future Fall or Spring semester.

UC Center Sacramento (UCCS) educates California’s future leaders in the craft of politics and policymaking while making the expertise of faculty of the nation’s leading university available to decision-makers in the legislative and executive branches of government.

UCCS academic internship program participants earn UC credit, maintain their financial aid eligibility, and gain valuable work experience while interning in Sacramento. Internships are available for almost any major! Participants take classes with students from all UC campuses, which provides an intellectual and social community throughout the Fall, Spring, or Summer.

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The CV PATH Research Experience is a collaborative summer research opportunity for students from Bakersfield College, and CSU Bakersfield to conduct faculty-mentored research.

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JGI is a 9-week program that allows students the opportunity to experience research with a national laboratory through two opportunities. A few students will have the opportunity to conduct research on-site at the Berkeley Lab and others will conduct remote data science research at UC Merced in collaboration with JGI scientists and UC Merced faculty mentors. The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) is managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) to produce high-throughput DNA sequencing and analysis in support of its missions in alternative energy, global carbon cycling, and biogeochemistry.

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The Spring Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program provides funding for UC Merced undergraduate majoring under the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA). This fellowship offers undergraduates the opportunity to work alongside faculty and graduate student mentors and provides graduate school preparation. This program is funded directly through the UCM Division of Undergraduate Education.

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The University of California Leadership Excellence Through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) Scholars Program is a two-year research and leadership training program designed to prepare UC Merced students for advanced education in STEM and careers in research, academia, government, and public service.

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