Involvement

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Ways to be involved with OSCAR

OSCAR supports students by:

 

 

OSCAR supports faculty through:

  • Finding and helping recruiting students to assist with research

  • Funding for scholarly work with undergraduates

  • Recognizing outstanding mentorship

  • Free membership to the Council on Undergraduate Research

  • Helping with writing, recruitment, and services offered by OSCAR for extramural grant proposals including undergraduates

Open to:

Undergraduate students on any campus in any major any year! Any socioeconomic status, race or ethnicity, immigration status, sexual orientation, or gender identity!

  • Enrolled as an undergraduate at one of the Mason campuses

  • In good standing (no minimum GPA but students should be in good academic standing)

  • Any major

    • The project does not have to match your major (i.e., a Physics student wrote a musical, a Biology Student did a sociology project, etc.)

    • Find a project that interests you, even if it’s not what you plan to do for the rest of your life

Benefits of Student Involvement:

  • Opportunity to know something or create something totally new

  • Career readiness-skills employers are looking for, for example, communication skills, teamwork, problem-solving, etc.

  • Chance to have deeper, richer relationships with faculty and student colleagues

  • Required for many graduate and professional programs

  • Active learning in your chosen profession

  • Fun!