The University of Texas at Austin

The Freshman Research Initiative offers first year students the opportunity to initiate and engage in authentic research experiences in chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology, molecular biology, physics, astronomy and computer sciences while being supported and mentored by faculty and graduate students.

FRI Open House

The Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Freshmen Research Initiative  will be hosting this event on  Wednesday Nov. 2nd in the Union as an opportunity for invited industry and the community members to learn more about the FRI. For more information, please visit the Open House page. 

Stream Selection Form is Available

The Stream Selection Form is available. Please see the stream sort page for details. 

FRI Program Featured in the Alcalde

The success of the Freshman Research Initiative program in retaining students in the College of Natural Sciences was recently featured in The Alcalde, a Texas Exes publication. Read the full article here. 

FRI Astronomy Stream featured on StarDate

Freshman Research Initative students from the "Exploring the Universe with White Dwarf Stars" stream were featued on the radio program StarDate. Listen to the podcast from the radio program here. 

2012 Stream Booklet is Available

A PDF of the 2012 Stream handbook is available! Click here to view or print the booklet. More information about the streams and links to homepages can be found here. Once you've identified some streams of interest to you, visit the streams during Open House Hours.