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Jan 11 • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mind The Gap: Identifying a Research Question
This workshop focuses on strategies and resources for turning a nascent interest or idea into a full-fledged research question. Research and creative projects develop in response to a question or problem, whether intellectual or practical, to which you would like to pursue a solution. These questions and problems, in turn, point to gaps in the ongoing intellectual conversation of your discipline—places where you can intervene and make your own contribution to the field. Learn how to situate your idea in the appropriate disciplinary context, review the extant literature to locate a gap, and articulate your question in order to start productive conversations with potential mentors and collaborators.
These workshops, jointly sponsored by the University Scholars Program and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, are open to all Northeastern University undergraduates. Students must attend “Minding the Gap,” “Finding Faculty Mentors,” and “From Problem to Proposal” in order to be eligible to apply for a 2017 Scholars Independent Research Fellowship or Summer Independent Research Fellowship (SIRF). Students whose SIRF projects will include the use of human subjects or vertebrate animals are also required to attend “Ethical Conduct of Research.”