JMU’s First-Year and Transfer Student Research Experience (FYRE) introduces students to faculty-mentored research or creative inquiry early in college. Participants join a faculty project, build research skills and connect academic questions to real-world challenges. The semester experience involves about five hours of work each week, or 80 hours total. Students and faculty are paid for their work and mentorship. In 2024–25, 75 students from diverse academic backgrounds took part in FYRE.
Research Starts in Year One
FYRE pairs first-year and transfer students with faculty mentors for paid research or creative inquiry early in their JMU experience.
- students participated in 2024–25.
- 75students participated in 2024–25.
- hours of work over a semester, with students and faculty compensated for their work and mentorship.
- 80 hours of work over a semester, with students and faculty compensated for their work and mentorship.