The Undergrad Research Directory is your go-to place for discovering new research projects taking place on campus. Professors can submit projects on a rolling basis to have their listing hosted on the directory. Although the Directory is categorized by department, don't allow that to limit you. Many projects in the directory look for students from across the disciplines, so feel free to explore your interests and skills outside of your major or minor and get involved in interdisciplinary research.
How to Share Research Opportunities with the Directory
The Undergraduate Research Directory is UCSB's centralized way for students to find research opportunities at UCSB, and for faculty and staff to reach students.
We have added several new search and filter functions that we hope will make it easier for students to identify the right opportunities. Anyone with a SSO can now submit, edit, and hide their own posts.
Posting to the Undergraduate Research Directory
1. Visit the Directory page.
2. Login with your university SSO in the top right corner.
3. Select "Submit a New Post"
4. Fill out and submit the form.
5. URCA staff will review and post your submission.
Editing Your Posts
This option is only available if you submitted the post using this service starting in September, 2024. See below for instructions to edit legacy posts.
1. Visit the Directory page.
2. Login with your university SSO in the top right corner.
3. Select "Manage My Posts"
4. In this menu you can select the post you want to edit. You can make modifications to various fields, you can also check the box for "Hidden from Directory." This is useful when you are not currently accepting applications but want to save all of the information for a future application cycle.
Editing Legacy Posts
If you shared your Directory item by going through the URCA Office before September 2024, please follow these steps to get editing privileges.
1. Follow the first two steps in the sections above to visit the Directory page and use your SSO to sign in. Logging in with your credentials automatically activates an account on your behalf. You can close the window after successful sign-on.
2. Email urca@ltsc.ucsb.edu to let us know that you have signed in and activated your account. URCA staff will log in and change the "owner" of the post to your newly activated account for you to make changes.