Building research partnerships

DePaul University’s Student Urban Research Corps (SURC) is housed in The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and is made up of graduate and undergraduate student researchers. Corps members work on urban and community-based studies and projects as part of the multidisciplinary Urban Collaborative. SURC members participate in data collection, management, and analysis, including the creation of data visualizations.

SURC students can provide technical and analytical skills to support your community organization or municipality. For the student, collaboration on your project will provide real-world experience and professional development with the support and guidance of DePaul faculty and staff. In return, you will receive work that advances your organizational goals.

SURC members contribute to projects brought to the Urban Collaborative by community organizations and municipalities. Such projects might include demographic and neighborhood analyses, program evaluation, or mapping. As a member of the Corps, DePaul students will work on these requests, producing deliverables to share with and present to those making the request.

To make a request for work for your organization to be completed by DePaul’s SURC, please complete the Application Form​.