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What We Do


The Science Research Initiative (SRI) program offers College of Science students the opportunity to participate in discovery-based scientific research starting your first day on campus, with no prior research experience required.

You will gain research skills that will help you in science classes, learn with College of Science peers, and connect with faculty across the University. The SRI will jumpstart your path of academic success, and give you needed skills to prepare for an internship or a career - whether that's in a research lab, an office, or one of the many other opportunities open to our graduates.

How to get Involved


SRI Program
The SRI program offers College of Science students the opportunity to participate in discovery-based scientific research starting on your first day on campus, with no prior research experience required.
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SRI CAP
The SRI-CAP program is designed to be a bridge for College of Science students to establish and translate the skills learned in the SRI program into STEM careers.
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Faculty
Inspire the next generation. Faculty can lead a stream of SRI scholars in their lab on a project of their choosing.
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SRI Stories

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SRI Stories

After a full-body experience with nature, he couldn’t look away

SRI Stories

From a passion for paleontology to anthropology and climate science

SRI Sister Program ‘Caps’ Undergrad Research Experience

SRI-CAP a bridge for students to establish and translate newfound research skills in STEM careers

SRI Streams in Museum Research

Curious U undergraduates found in the Natural Museum of Utah

SRI Stories: Tiny Subjects, Mitey Impacts

Plant-herbivore biologist Richard Clark studies minuscule creatures with a big impact

SRI Stories: Mentoring Through Microbes

Beyond the theoretical: research reflects pathogens causing real-world infections today

SRI Stories: Of Balloons & Pinatas

'There's no wrong choice. There's just the best choice that you make.'

SRI Stories: Dance of Discovery

Proprioception: when your body knows where your limbs are in three dimensional space

From Stars to Stories: Making Science Accessible

The undergraduate journey of physics and astronomy major Ethan Hood

SRI Stories: Environment for Evolution

Research journey that led to the study of the advent of multicellular life