Psychology Undergraduate Research Opportunites

If you are interested in earning academic (Psych 499) credit for working in a lab, follow these steps:

  1. Photo of 499 boardLocate a project. Check opportunities listed here or in the hallway outside of the Psychology Advising Office (119 Guthrie Hall), or check a faculty list to find someone whose interests match yours.
  2. Contact the researcher(s) you've identified. Discuss the project and the work you would be doing, and decide how many credits you would like to receive (3 credits = 9 hours/week, 2 credits = 6 hours/week, 1 credit = 3 hours/week).
  3. Get a registration permission card from the Main Office (Guthrie 119) and have the faculty person sign the card and give you a copy of the syllabus.
  4. Take the signed card and project syllabus to the Main Office (Guthrie 119) and exchange it for your entry code.
  5. Register for your 499, for the proper amount of credits.

Current Research Opportunities

Interested in working with a faculty member or graduate student on a research project? The following projects are recruiting undergraduates to help out in their labs.

If you are a Psychology graduate student, staff or faculty member and you would like to update your Psych 499 posting or add a new Psych 499 opportunity, please contact Vicky Burke in Psychology Undergraduate Advising at 206-543-2698 or at burkev@u.washington.edu.

 

Project
Area
Coming to America: Immigrant Psychology and Health Adult Clinical
Daily Health Assessment Project Adult Clinical
Event-Specific Prevention (ESP) Adult Clinical
Extended Family Study of Autism Adult Clinical
Fragmentation and PTSD Adult Clinical
Gambling Projects: Basic Research & Clinical Interventions Adult Clinical
Have you scene that? Exploring emotion & memory using film Adult Clinical
Health Psychology (HIV and LGBT issues) Adult Clinical
Housing First Adult Clinical
iCHAMP: Individualized Choices for Health, Alcohol, and Marijuana Project Adult Clinical
Intervention with Pregnant Substance Abusers: The Power of Relationship Adult Clinical
MC2: Motivating Campus Change Adult Clinical
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Adult Clinical
Opinion Masculina Adult Clinical
Program Evaluation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy at Harborview Mental Health Services Adult Clinical
Project AIMS (Alcohol Interventions for Mandated Students) Adult Clinical
Project DASH (Daily Assessment of Student Health) Adult Clinical
Project REACH: Research & Education on Alcohol & College Health Adult Clinical
Psychophysiology and PTSD Adult Clinical
Relationship Coaching Study Adult Clinical
Social Norms and Alcohol Prevention (SNAP) Adult Clinical
Stress and Coping Model of Alcohol Use among Treatment-seeking Asian American Adults Adult Clinical
Studies on Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviors and Drug Abuse Adult Clinical
Studies on Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviors and Substance Dependence Adult Clinical
Study and Travel Abroad Research Project Adult Clinical
Trial of a ‘Next-Day Appointment’ Outpatient Treatment for Suicidal Patients Adult Clinical
UW BASICS Project Adult Clinical
Behavioral Welfare Observations at Woodland Park Zoo Animal Behavior
Environmental Enrichment of Laboratory Monkeys Animal Behavior
Hybridization in Manacus manakins Animal Behavior
Predation and Nesting Behavior in an Endangered Bird Animal Behavior
Song learning, communication and mating behavior in song sparrows Animal Behavior
Hormones, Cognition, Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease Behavioral Neuroscience
Insulin, Blood Sugar Regulation, and Alzheimer's Disease Behavioral Neuroscience
Social learning in the development of communication and echolocation calls in the big brown bat Behavioral Neuroscience
Adolescent Stress, Health and Behavior Project Child Clinical
Biology of preschool ADHD Child Clinical
CAST Middle School Study Child Clinical
Child & Adolescent Adjustment Project (CAAP) Child Clinical
Domestic Violence Parenting Program for Moms & Kids Child Clinical
Early Connections Study Child Clinical
Early Steps Study Child Clinical
Emotion Coaching Parenting Intervention Child Clinical
Imitation, Empathy, and the Mirror Neuron System, at the UW Autism Center Child Clinical
Infant Brain Imaging Study Child Clinical
Learning to Connect Child Clinical
Middle School Coping Study Child Clinical
Ongoing Street Youth Studies (Projects SHARE & MARS) Child Clinical
Parent Toddler Project Child Clinical
Personal Risks and Resources of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Child Clinical
Preschool Emotion/Self-regulation Coding Project : Project 1, 2, 3, Go! Child Clinical
Preschoolers’ Physiology Project: Project 1, 2, 3, Go! Child Clinical
Project 1, 2, 3, Go! (Research on the development of self control in preschool- age children) Child Clinical
Simons Foundation Autism Project Child Clinical
Smoking Acquisition and Cessation Studies Child Clinical
Validation and Emotion Regulation Child Clinical
Effects of Attention in Marketing and Video Games Cognition and Perception
Human Color Vision Cognition and Perception
Perception and Memory Cognition and Perception
Reality Biases in Children Cognition and Perception
UW Autism Center Lab: Autism and Visual Processing Cognition and Perception
COUPLES IN CONFLICT: Creating Healthy Relationships Project Developmental
Developmental Pathways Project Developmental
Early Childhood Cognition Lab Developmental
Early Social-Emotional Development Developmental
Early Steps Study: Improving identification and treatment for children with early signs of autism Developmental
Growth & Behavioral Development in Macaque Monkeys Developmental
Infant Social Cognition Developmental
Infant Studies Developmental
Prevention in Foster Care Project Developmental
The Adolescent Development Developmental
The Infant Learning Project Developmental
The Plagiocephaly Outcomes Project (POP) Developmental
UW Autism Center Lab: Eye Processing in Fragile X and Autism Developmental
Brian Flaherty's Lab Quantitative Psychology
Are Japanese Inscrutable: Faces, Feelings & Culture Social and Personality
BEHAVE project: Shoda Lab Social and Personality
I-LABS Research Social and Personality
Identity and Stereotyping Social and Personality
Multiple and Mistaken Identities Social and Personality
Multiracial Perception Social and Personality
Project FRESH Social and Personality
Project MAST Social and Personality
RADAR project: Stereotypes, Identity and Belonging Lab (SIBL) Social and Personality
Self Control in Undergraduates Social and Personality
Social Cognition Social and Personality
Social Games Social and Personality
Social Identity Lab Social and Personality
Social Justice Implications of the Model Minority Stereotype Social and Personality
Social Status & Prejudice Social and Personality
Stereotypes, Identity, and Belonging Lab (SIBL) Social and Personality
Stress and Coping Social and Personality
Stress Vulnerability Social and Personality
Virtual Reality, Imagination and Real Social Experiences Social and Personality