ResearchGate
Research Opportunity Platform
A mobile app that acts as a central hub for researchers to create events and for students to discover and join research opportunities — bridging a 73% awareness gap.
Of surveyed college students were unaware of research opportunities available to them in high school.
Identified 4 core barriers: awareness, resources, platform access, and time — across researchers and students.
Only 29% of Gen Z students cite STEM careers as their first choice, despite 75% expressing interest in STEM fields.
Students — especially high schoolers — often lack awareness about research opportunities, creating an information gap between them and the research community. Researchers also struggle to reach younger audiences efficiently.
Create a service that spreads awareness about research opportunities and bridges the information gap between students and researchers at every level.
- Only 29% of Gen Z students cite STEM careers as their first choice despite 75% expressing interest in STEM fields.
- College research creates the foundation for major advances in health, medicine, communication, and national security.
- Adolescents ask insightful questions that differ from those of advanced researchers — valuable input often untapped.
- Universities can help keep STEM education engaging for younger students with early exposure.
- Researchers are motivated but lack time to organize outreach events.
- Researchers see strong potential in highly motivated college students.
- AI should act as a supplemental tool rather than replacing human interaction.
- Students need greater exposure to research opportunities early on.
Personalized research event recommendations based on student interests and university affiliations — filterable by field and time commitment.
Researchers use an AI helper to draft and publish events in minutes — reducing the friction of outreach for time-constrained faculty.
Students follow labs and researchers directly — building ongoing relationships beyond single events and enabling long-term engagement.
Completion badges and follow-up surveys surface student engagement data for institutions — making ROI visible for continued investment.
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Students lacked reasons to seek out research opportunities proactively.
Faculty wanted to engage students but lacked bandwidth to organize outreach.
Researchers were hesitant about onboarding students who weren't yet ready for lab environments.
Universities needed to justify investment in student-researcher matching infrastructure.
