Online Undergraduate Research Scholars (OURS) program
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and EdPlus have developed the Online Undergraduate Research Scholars (OURS) program to address the pressing challenge of offering quality research opportunities to ASU Online students at scale.
The OURS program offers research experiences across a wide range of disciplines including natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. These types of experiential learning opportunities differentiate ASU from other institutions that offer online degree programs.
OURS program impact since 2022
436
online students served
37
group-based research experiences
55
faculty and staff mentors
37%
of student participants are racial/ethnic minorities
67%
of student participants are women
55%
of student participants are Pell Grant eligible
I want to use a GIS background and implement mapping designs to help progress the mining industry further and for land reclamation, to get the land back to the way it used to be or even better when handing it back to the Navajo Nation for better grazing.
Preston Toehe
OURS scholarship recipient
BS in geographic information science
I was first inspired to conduct research on my proposed topic, judicial trial by combat, after reading Eric Jager’s nonfiction book "The Last Duel." The book details an extraordinary real-life court case from 1386, in which a squire is accused of a grievous crime and challenged to a fight to the death. My purpose in examining such cases further is to trace the medieval roots of one question: When and why did judicial trial by combat cease common practice?
Paris Drake
OURS scholarship recipient
BA in history
My intention is to continue investigating neurological pathways, searching to connect seemingly unrelated systems back to the brain. I then hope to mass communicate the gained knowledge in creative ways that are understandable and interesting to the general public.
Carrie Holmes
OURS scholarship recipient
BA in biochemistry