{"id":1643,"date":"2023-05-22T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/exl\/?page_id=1643"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:26:39","slug":"soar-surf-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/exl\/soar-surf-board\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAR-SURF-SHURE Research Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Students seeking research experience may proceed as follows:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/usc.joinhandshake.com\/login\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Handshake <\/span><\/a><\/strong>for faculty seeking research assistants.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Additional websites to explore:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.usc.edu\/centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Research Centers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wise.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WiSE<\/a>: Women in Science and Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Dornsife Faculty\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/search.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/flp\/home\/programs-and-resources\/summer-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Problems Without Passports<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>some<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/flp\/maymester\/\">Maymester<\/a> research courses are eligible for SURF\/SHURE and SOAR funding (respectively)<\/li>\n<li>Additional\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/undergrad.usc.edu\/experience\/research\/\">resources for undergraduates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Request<\/strong>\u00a0an appointment (during their office hours) to discuss securing a research position.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">After a collaboration has been set between you and your faculty member,\u00a0<strong>submit your SOAR\/SURF\/SHURE application<\/strong>\u00a0to request funding.\u00a0<em>Note: not all research projects are eligible for funding. Please visit our dedicated web pages to learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/soar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOAR<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/surf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SURF\/SHURE<\/a>\u00a0funding requirements and deadlines.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dornsife faculty interested in posting their research should sign up as employers on <a href=\"https:\/\/usc.joinhandshake.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handshake.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/usc.joinhandshake.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Students &amp; Faculty: Access Handshake Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>For Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>Dornsife faculty interested in posting their research should sign up as employers on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usc.joinhandshake.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handshake.<\/a>\u00a0 Please add the following sentence in\u00a0the position description:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>If you are a Dornsife undergraduate student, you may able to apply for SOAR, SURF, or SHURE funding from USC Dornsife if you work with an eligible Dornsife faculty mentor on their research project.\u00a0 Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/soar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOAR<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/surf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SURF\/SHURE<\/a>\u00a0for more information<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that not all research projects are automatically eligible for SOAR and SURF funding. To be eligible for funding, the research must be a faculty-led project conducted through USC. Please do not recommend independent student projects or research that is not affiliated with USC. In addition, faculty mentors must meet one of the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tenured or Tenure-Track faculty within Dornsife<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Non-Tenure Track faculty within Dornsife with a research profile<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Professional School faculty member with a joint appointment in\u00a0Dornsife<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you have questions or issues with Handshake, please contact Caroline Fraissinet (<a href=\"mailto:fraissin@usc.edu\">fraissin@usc.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>USC Dornsife Admission and Student Success<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>3607 Trousdale Parkway, MHP 106, Los Angeles, CA 90089<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:soar@dornsife.usc.edu\">soar@dornsife.usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n              \n              \n              \n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n        \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1643","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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