{"id":46,"date":"2017-03-27T14:43:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redesign.ourdtlcmsqa.smca.ucf.edu\/\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:35:01","slug":"current","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"46\" class=\"elementor elementor-46\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1df9a0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1df9a0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-541dffde\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview &amp; Current Opportunities<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71ad412 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71ad412\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bc7418\" data-id=\"6bc7418\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Research Conference, Research Journals, and Honors in the Major<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/courses\/\">Programs with Course Credit<\/a>: Directed Independent Study and Honors Undergraduate Thesis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/summer-off-campus-research\/\">Summer Off Campus Research<\/a>: General information and resources for finding summer off campus opportunities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/current\/leadership-opportunities\/\">Leadership Opportunities<\/a>: Student Undergraduate Research Council, Summer Research Academy Peer Mentors, OUR Peer Mentors<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1659fe6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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