FUNDING

Academic Year Programs

Academic Year Undergraduate Research Grants

Academic Year URGs provide up to $1,000 to pay for your research expenses to do an independent academic or creative project, in all fields of study, under faculty supervision. The project must be connected to an independent study or thesis seminar for at least one quarter during the academic year. Independent research grants center around a research question the student seeks to answer through the proposed methodology; the student is involved in multiple aspects of the research process including data collection, analysis, and synthesis of results (regardless of what methodology is used to answer the proposed question).

Academic Year URG Advanced

Academic Year URG Advanced are for students who have already received an Academic Year URG from the Office of Undergraduate Research.  This program mirrors the AYURG program, and simply provides you with an additional funding opportunity.

Undergraduate Research Assistant Program

The Undergraduate Research Assistant Program pairs inexperienced students with faculty who are in need of assistance on their own research projects. In doing so, students who do not have sufficient research experience to design and carry out their own URG project gain first-hand mentored knowledge of research practices in their discipline, while faculty who would not otherwise be able to hire Research Assistants (RAs) get help with their own projects. Faculty can apply with a particular student(s) in mind, or the Office of Undergraduate Research can assist in finding a student for them by running a search. All positions pay $16.00/hour.

Summer Programs

Summer Undergraduate Research Grants

Summer URGs provide a $4,000 stipend to cover living expenses for eight weeks of full-time research on an independent academic or creative project, in all fields of study, under faculty supervision. Independent research grants center around a research question the student seeks to answer through the proposed methodology; the student is involved in multiple aspects of the research process including data collection, analysis, and synthesis of results (regardless of what methodology is used to answer the proposed question). 

Summer URG Advanced

Summer URG Advanced are for students who have already received an Summer URG from the Office of Undergraduate Research.  This program mirrors the Summer URG program, and simply provides you with an additional funding opportunity.

Undergraduate Language Grants

ULGs provide up to $5,000 towards the cost of intensive summer language study either in the US or abroad. The program’s goal is to fund students for whom this language training is central to the achievement of specific academic or professional goals.

Circumnavigators Travel-Study Grant

A once-in-a-lifetime $9,500 grant to spend the summer travelling the world, researching a topic of your choice. Only juniors are eligible for this grant.

Hybrid Programs

Conference Travel Grants

CTGs fund 50% of your expenses (up to $500) to present your research or original creative work at a conference. CTG applications are accepted on a rolling basis until June 1st.

 

Emerging Scholars Program

Our most recent grant program focused specifically on serving first year students who identify as first generation, lower income, people of color, and/or marginalized.  This grant focuses on providing opportunities for students to get started in research and/or creative activities in the arts, humanities, journalism, and social sciences – basically, research that doesn’t take place in a lab environment.  The Emerging Scholars Program will provide you with stipend (living expense money) funding for 15 months, starting the summer after your first year and stretching through your sophomore year and summer. There will be personal and professional development workshops throughout the program as well as time to meet and network with faculty and administrators.