<p>I haven’t ever done any researh so i don’t really know. I would assume the professor would have to be researching already because I don’t think they’d start up a new project just for that. Yes, they are projects. For example, I know someone who is doing research with his professor trying to learn more about some disease (forgot what it was). Someone else will probably be a lot more help than me because I have never been involved in it.</p>