Student Research
Undergraduate and graduate students partner with faculty and staff in the research process, which provides them with critical thinking and communication skills. The School of Public Service supports faculty incorporating research into courses, and encourages them to write students into their grants. At Boise State, structures like Vertically Integrated Projects allow students to receive credit and faculty to balance their workloads to integrate students in their research.
Preparing the next generation of researchers
Research doesn’t just occur in a lab, in the School of Public Service it happens everywhere. The community is our classroom, and student research is at the forefront of our experiential learning opportunities.
Innovation
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIPs) allow students and faculty to work together at all course levels on long term projects.
Collaboration
Our SPS faculty are constantly working on groundbreaking research projects that they often involve students in. Faculty grants typically include students as support and thought partners. Visit our faculty research page to learn more.
Practical Skills
SPS students learn research skills in our core courses, like SPS 240 Data in Public Service.
Our graduates agree
My classes helped me understand how public policy influences people’s lives and understand the world in a broader sense, which informed my research project.
Julián Arreguín Vega, Political Science ’24