Basics of doing a research project as an undergraduate

A first research project teaches you how knowledge is created.

• Choose a small question that you can answer in a few months.
• Read a few recent papers and summarise them.
• Plan your method and your data collection before you start.
• Keep a lab or project notebook with dates and observations.
• Write the results honestly, including the failures.

Ask a faculty member to guide you and give regular feedback.