A selection of opportunities for students to get involved in research are listed below. 

Master's student opportunities

Research at the School of Information covers a broad spectrum characterized by highly collaborative projects. The diversity of faculty research projects is a great match for the many interests our MSI, MHI, and MADS students bring to UMSI. Learn about each of the faculty’s research interests to see if there is a match with your own research interests.

Library as Research Lab Project

The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded Library as Research Lab Project. The project enables master’s students, academic librarians and information science faculty to engage in a series of mentored research activities. The library research lab environments foster research on practice while enabling students to develop and hone research skills and enabling all lab members to use evidence-based practices. The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) and the U-M Library have co-created three interconnected research labs through which UMSI faculty, librarians and students collaboratively perform empirical research. Each research lab focuses on one of the three research themes: assessing the library’s role in student learning; its impact on research and scholarship; or redesigning library services to accommodate changes in higher education. The Library as Research Lab Program offers a two-semester research fellowship for currently enrolled MSI students. 

Undergraduate student opportunities 

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) creates research partnerships between first- and second-year students and University of Michigan faculty and research scientists. All schools and colleges of the University of Michigan are active participants in UROP, thereby providing a wealth of research topics from which a student can choose.

Summer Research Opportunity Program

The University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) offers outstanding undergraduates underrepresented in their field of study the opportunity to conduct intensive research across a variety of disciplines. The goal is to prepare students for advanced studies in a PhD program at U-M.