ABOUT O.R.B.I.T.
Founded at the University of Connecticut, O.R.B.I.T. is being built to help students understand research, develop real competency, find guidance, and participate in scholarship responsibly.
THE GAP
Research can feel inaccessible when its language, expectations, methods, and networks are never made explicit. O.R.B.I.T. aims to bridge that gap by making the path into research easier to understand without oversimplifying the work itself.
MISSION
O.R.B.I.T. exists to make undergraduate research education, mentorship, opportunities, and scholarly participation more accessible to students regardless of their previous research experience or institutional background.
We create pathways that can take students from initial curiosity to formal research education, mentorship, collaborative research participation, scholarly presentation, and potential publication.
VISION
We envision a future in which undergraduate research access is not determined by institutional prestige, personal connections, previous experience, or financial resources.
Where you attend college should not determine whether you have access to research.
CORE PRINCIPLES
INTERDISCIPLINARY BY DESIGN
O.R.B.I.T. welcomes research-minded students across biology, medicine, health sciences, psychology, neuroscience, public health, social sciences, engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, technology, education, policy, economics, business, humanities, communication, and other research-oriented disciplines.
