Undergrad­uate Research Scholarship Scheme

Your Research Project

Our Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme (URSS) gives all second-year students the chance to take part in a funded and supported research project. It is an opportunity to develop new knowledge and skills and to focus in-depth on an area of personal research interest. Students work directly with academic staff and have the opportunity to become more familiar with established research projects. To date, more than 300 students have benefited from the scheme, producing over 200 projects.

The titles of projects funded over the last two years include:

• Using butterflies and bees to determine the biodiversity of churchyards
• Assessing the viability and sustainability impact of mass-scale neural network implementation
• An analysis of specific batting demands in the men’s “The Hundred” cricket competition
• Validation of a therapy dog intervention for reducing maths anxiety
• Examining if artificial intelligence should be granted inventorship
• Using oral history to foster a better understanding of Irish communities and identities
• Exploring nature connectedness in the university curriculum

Applications for 2025 have now closed.

For more information, please contact urss@derby.ac.uk.