Student Opportunities

Society of Physics Students (SPS) Scholarships - Leadership and scholarship grants for Physics Majors - https://www.spsnational.org/awards/scholarships Deadline : March 2022

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Funding research with a microbiologist in your institution ($4,000) https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship . Deadline: Feb 2022.

National Science Foundation - Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) List of REU Summer Research Opportunities https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp (Deadlines in January, a few through March/April)

NASA Internships and Fellowships https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/ (March 2022)

NIH National Institute of Health Summer Internship Program (SIP) for Biomedical Sciencehttps://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip (Deadline: March 1)

William Randolph Hearst Minority Fellowship Summer Program https://aspeninstitute.wufoo.com/forms/2017-william-randolph-hearst-endowed-fellowship/ (Deadline: March 2022)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program (NSFGRFP)- open to undergraduates intending to pursue graduate school in an NSF-sponsored STEM field. https://www.nsfgrfp.org/ NSF Deadlines: Oct - Nov (depending on field)

Cambridge - Gates Fellowship https://www.gatescambridge.org/ Oct 2022

Barry Goldwater Scholarships https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/ (Contact Dr. Ramos, Goldwater Representative) Last Friday in January

American Chemical Society Grants (Various Deadlines) https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants.html

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Undergraduate Summer Research Grants ($1000) http://www.asbmb.org/education/studentchapters/awards/ugresearch/ Deadline: March 2022

Some of SJU's academic departments have internal mechanisms for funding undergraduate research. These include externally funded research grants and endowments. In the future, the CUR will list information about these opportunities on this page. In the meantime, students are encouraged to ask faculty and department chairs about existing opportunities in their respective disciplines.

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Autism Foundation Summer Research Grants:

https://autismsciencefoundation.org/what-we-fund/apply-for-an-undergraduate-summer-research-grant/

• Psi Chi Grants, including Travel and Conference Grants (International Honor Society in Psychology) : https://www.psichi.org/page/1_undergrad_main#.W_A1zOhKg2w

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Summer Research Scholarship is a competitive funding opportunity that supports 8 weeks of summer research with a Biological Sciences Faculty. The funds provides a stipend of $4500 and $500-1000 funds towards research supplies. Call for applications are usually in January via department email. It is highly recommended for students who are enrolled in research to apply for these funds. It is required that the students receiving these scholarships present at USciences Research Day and at the Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) Festival. Contact the Biological Sciences Department.

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Students can contact faculty they are interested in working with as well as Ms. Vanessa Jones (215.596.8839) to get more information about available funding through faculty grants, workstudy funds and departmental support.

The Chemistry/Biochemistry Program recommends the following sources of undergraduate research funding:

• NIST Summer Undergraduate Research: https://www.nist.gov/surf

• EPA GRO Undergraduate Fellowship: https://www.epa.gov/research-fellowships/greater-research-opportunities-gro-undergraduate-fellowships

• News at CUR chemistry: https://curchem.wordpress.com/

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Internal Sources:

A lot of undergrad research in Pharmaceutical Sciences are supported through the department budget. Limited funds are allocated to each faculty member to support their research . Students should directly contact faculty members.

MATH, PHYSICS AND STATISTICS

Students should directly contact faculty members to determine if research funding is available. In the area of materials science, funding exists through grants from the National Science Foundation and the Kaufman Foundation (Contact Dr. Ramos).

• The Society of Physics Students offers undergraduate student research grants up to $2000, conference travel or reporter grants up to $200, as well as SPS leadership scholarships, and internships.

• The Department of Energy has Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) with a deadline typically in January of each year. Successful applicants get stipends of $500 per week.

• NASA Summer Internships are available with deadlines typically in April of each year.