Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas. Read more.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus. Read more.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Recreating an ecological laboratory on the Vassar campus. Read more.
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Deploying “oobinators” to combat the emerald ash borer. Read more.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Preparing a protein sample for the atomic force microscope. Read more.
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Using lasers to analyze the physical properties of silicon wafers. Read more.
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Preparing soil samples for chemical analysis. Read more.
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Building robots to study evolution. Read more.
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Investigating the safety of “green” pesticides. Read more.
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Schedule Highlights

Jan 29, 2021
Faculty proposals due by 5pm
Mar 1, 2021
Student application opens. All full-time Vassar students are eligible to apply to the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute. Each summer, about 50 URSI Fellows are chosen from the pool of applicants.
Mar 12, 2021
Student application closes at 11:59pm
Apr 5, 2021
Faculty decisions due
Apr 6, 2021
Student offers sent by email
Apr 12, 2021
Student acceptance deadline by 5pm
May 1, 2021
Deadline for applying for on-campus housing and meal plan
Jun 9, 2021
URSI Kick Off Meeting (Some projects will begin work as early as Jun 7)
Jul 30, 2021
Last day of URSI
Sep 29, 2021
Symposium begins at 3pm