The University of California, Riverside wants its undergraduate students to be more involved in campus research, and recently established a program to do just that.  Announced earlier this month, the new Chancellor’s Research Fellowship (CRF) will support undergraduate student engagement in faculty mentored research and creative activity projects.

The Chancellor’s Research Fellowship is great opportunity for undergraduate students interested in pursuing graduate or professional school to gain relevant experience and stand out from the crowd. All applicants must create a research project proposal, including a description of their methodological approach.

The competition for the Chancellor’s Research Fellowship is currently open. Current UC Riverside sophomores and juniors in any academic discipline who are maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above are eligible to apply. The program will award up to 12 fellowships to undergraduate students in amounts as much as $5,000 for the 2012-13 academic year. Applications are due on April 13, 2012. If you’re interested in learning more about UC Riverside’s Chancellor’s Research Fellowship and how to apply, please click here.

There are a number of fellowships supporting graduate research on disasters and natural disasters. One is the Gilbert F. White Graduate Research Fellowship in Natural Hazards Mitigation at the University of Colorado. The Fellow will serve as a Research Assistant at Colorado’s Natural Hazards Center and is open to any graduate student in a relevant social science discipline.

Once you finish your PhD, you could be eligible for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Earth, Environmental and Ocean Sciences at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. This Fellow joins researchers at the Observatory working to understand the dynamics of the earth’s chemical, physical and biological systems, including natural hazards and disasters. The 21-month fellowship includes a $5,000 research allowance on top of an annual stipend of $52,000.