Who Can Apply

Who can apply to participate in RURS and what is research?

Any Rice undergraduate currently conducting or who has conducted undergraduate independent or group research is eligible to participate. This includes, but is not limited to: Senior Design projects; Honors Theses; supervised research; independent research; research abroad or from the summer; research conducted off campus; and Architecture, Humanities, and Music projects.
Any project submitted to RURS will be considered.

The definition of research according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary:

From Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary)
Pronunciation: ri-'s&rch, 'rE-"
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French recerche, from recerchier to investigate thoroughly, from Old French, from re- + cerchier to search
Date: 1577

1. careful or diligent search
2. studious inquiry or examination; especially : investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws
3. the collecting of information about a particular subject