OCTO Hybrid Research Fair

In-person: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | Eshleman Hall 5th Floor | 10 am - 5 pm

Online: Join us Live on Zoom. You can also scroll below to learn more and connect directly with our attendees



The Office of the Chief Technology (OCTO) of the Associated Students of the University of California is excited to announce our first annual Research Fair to connect undergraduate students looking to expand their professional and academic experiences to UC Berkeley’s preeminent research opportunities.

This event offers a unique chance to talk face-to-face with our campus researchers and scholarship providers, and drop off resumes for future connections. If you also have research idea and are looking for funding, we have scholarship and fellowship providers joining us. Get reminder to the event at the Google Form here. See you at the Research Fair!

If you have any questions, feel free to email us.




Let's Connect with Researchers & Scholarship Providers

Scholarship Providers

OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIPS



OURS is UC Berkeley’s hub for undergraduate research and prestigious national scholarships that aims to integrate undergraduates into research, offer workshops, partnerships and scholarships.




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JUDITH LEE STRONACH BACCALAUREATE PRIZE




The Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize supports intellectual and creative pursuits that contribute to public good and rewards impactful social engagement projects.





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FIREBAUGH SCHOLARS PROGRAM





The Marco Antonio Firebaugh Scholars Program is a collaboration across disciplines that allows undergraduate students to design and complete an independent faculty-sponsored research project over the course of one academic year.


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Public Health & MCB & Psychology

NIH MAXIMIZING ACCESS TO RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS (MARC)



MARC provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical research training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise.

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OTHERING AND BELONGING INSTITUTE





The Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley advances groundbreaking approaches to transforming structural marginalization and inequality, and are committed to building a world where all people belong.



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BERKELEY INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON CLIMATE, HEALTH AND ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/ EQUITY (BIRCHE3) LAB



Ajay Pillarisetti’s research in this area focuses on measuring and modeling the health, climate, and economic impact of air pollution with a focus on household energy use.




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INNOVATION FOR YOUTH (I4Y)



I4Y works closely and learns from practitioners, policymakers and young people themselves on issues such as youth violence, homelessness, reproductive health and education inequality.





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WALLACE CENTER FOR MATERNAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH



The Wallace Center aims to advance the health of parents, adolescents and children with technology, innovation and community engagement.







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SOCIAL ORIGINS LAB





The Social Origins lab explores how social and cognitive abilities arise and interact with one another in human development and across species and cultures, especially the study of human cognition and behavior from an evolutionary perspective.


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Public Policy & Social Welfare & Psychology

RISK RESILIENCE RESEARCH LAB



The Risk Resilience Research Lab aims to improve justice, safety and well-being for people and communities at risk, through policy-relevant research by partnering with the government and non profit stakeholders.


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CLINICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH





Prof. Joyner's research focuses on providing a comprehensive account of the etiology of alcohol and other drug addiction in humans to bolster early identification and prevention efforts.


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PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH



Prof. Johnson's work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances and focuses on such topics as the long-run impacts of school desegregation, Head Start, impacts of school spending via school finance reforms.





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Geography & International Studies

GEOGRAPHY UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING PROGRAM



The Geography Undergraduate Mentoring Program seeks to support undergraduate students in Geography with mentoring from Geography graduate students and faculty, to turn their passion into purpose.

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DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES





The department of south and southeast asia specialties in all periods from the classical to the modern, in the fields of literature, history and religious studies and conducts research in India, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.



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Computer Science & Data

DATA SCIENCE DISCOVERY RESEARCH PROGRAM



The Data Science Discovery Program connects academic researchers, government agencies, non profits, industry partners within the field of data science to UC Berkeley students with an array of unique research opportunities.

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DATA SCIENCE DISCOVERY PROGRAM





The Data Science Discovery Program incubates cutting edge data science projects with academic researchers, government agencies, non-profits, and industry partners across the world by connecting them to the world class talent at UC Berkeley.



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Information Technology & Quantum Information Science

HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION AND INFORMATION VISUALIZATION



The School of Information is committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability and credibility whilst preserving securing and privacy.

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QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS LAB





The Quantum Nanoelectronics lab explores quantum information science using superconducting qubits including design, fabrication and measurement of superconducting quantum processes.



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Energy & Nuclear Engineering & Biotechnology & Physics

RENEW­ABLE AND APPRO­PRI­ATE ENERGY LAB­O­RA­TORY



RAEL focuses on design­ing, test­ing, and dis­sem­i­nat­ing renew­able and appro­pri­ate energy sys­tems to help these tech­nolo­gies real­ize their full poten­tial and con­tribute to envi­ron­men­tally sus­tain­able devel­op­ment in both indus­tri­al­ized and devel­op­ing nations.

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TI LAB





Ti Lab designs and fabricates devices with atomic precision by combining the strengths of rational top-down engineering and bottom-up biomolecular assembly and seeks to hybridize these two approaches.



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GARCIA LAB





Garcia Lab focuses on developing new experimental and computational tools to measure and manipulate the flow of information along the central dogma in single cells of living, developing embryos using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a case study.



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Study Abroad

BERKELEY STUDY ABROAD



BSA strives to inspire students to think creatively and globally and to challenge themselves intellectually and personally by venturing beyond their cultural and linguistic zones of comfort through study abroad.

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Who will be joining us

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Why a Research Fair?

    2. The absence of in-person communication on the existing scholarship platforms makes it incredibly difficult for students to find what they are looking for and for scholarship providers and researchers to find the right students who meet their specifications. This is precisely the exigency. At the fair, you will be able to talk to potential candidates, gather their resumes, and publicise your program to hundreds of students who could have missed your amazing opportunity and the chance to gain invaluable research experience.

  2. Who are eligible to participate?

    3. All undergraduate students are welcome to come!

  3. Is there any registration fee or RSVP?

    4. No. Just come by us at Eshleman Hall 5th Floor on Monday, November 14th, and discover your passion!