Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations

January 20, 2021 Deadlines for Grants and Fellowships

• Greenberg Scholar Grant Program: Scholarship for politics majors who are writing a senior thesis, especially those who plan to accrue research-related expenses to support the production of high-quality original work

• Jane Kahn '77 Undergraduate Research Fellowship: Fellowship for current Brandeis undergraduates whose research examines current and emerging issues in criminal justice reform and the rights of individuals with mental illness, disability, and socio-psychological factors frequently associated with incarceration

• Provost Undergraduate Research Fund (academic year and senior thesis funding): Funding open to current Brandeis undergraduates from all disciplines with a strong faculty mentor to oversee their research project, including senior theses, academic-year research, summer work, or conference presentations (including remote ones)

Other January Deadlines for Grants and Fellowships

• The Davis Projects for Peace (January 14, 2021): Grants to support projects designed by undergraduates related to peace
• Mortimer Hayes-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship (January 31, 2021): Fellowship supports students in the visual and fine arts, including art history, conservation, studio art and photography, for travel and living expenses outside the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii.

February 18, 2021 Deadlines for Grants and Fellowships

• HBI Undergraduate Grant in Jewish Gender Studies: Up to $500 will be given each fall and spring to a Brandeis undergraduate to support a research project in the field of Jewish gender studies.
• Brenda Meehan Social Justice-in-Action Grants: Grant for research/project supplies to create an event to bring together academic and activist perspectives on public policy issues, such as healthcare, immigration, harassment, criminal justice reform, and climate change

March 2 Deadlines for Grants and Fellowships

• Brandeis-India Fellows Program: Support for students conducting research in India and/or interning with an Indian organization, including travel, research, lectureships, events, scholarships and fellowships

• Crown Center Travel & Study Grants: Grants to support first-years, sophomores, and juniors pursuing independent research projects or language study related to the Middle East, funding travel and research expenses

• Division of Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURFs): Fellowships to support undergraduate research in Brandeis science laboratories during the summer months, including projects in any Division of Science department allocated through a single application

• Eugene C. Black Internship Prize: Stipend for declared history majors and minors who are conducting a summer history-related internship

• The Eunice M. Lebowitz Cohen Fellowship in Classical Studies: Fellowship for the upcoming academic year allowing any classics major (and in some cases minors) to create their own research or project in conjunction with a classics studies professor

• Greenberg Scholar Grant Program: Scholarship for politics majors who are writing a senior thesis, especially those who plan to accrue research-related expenses to support the production of high-quality original work

• Ilene Gordon Wittels Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship in Social Psychology: Stipend to work in a social psychology lab, supporting rising Brandeis sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are already working in the lab to continue their work during the summer

• Jane's Travel Grant: Grant to support any Brandeis student (although LALS majors/minors receive priority) conducting research or a project related in Latin America or related to Latinx studies, with funding for research expenses (travel, room, board, photocopying, etc.) and certain service programs

• Jerome A. Schiff Undergraduate Fellowships: Funding to sophomores, juniors or seniors together with a faculty sponsor to perform an innovative research or pedagogical project primarily during the upcoming academic year, although projects can start in the summer

• Lurie Undergraduate Fellowship for Disability Policy: Program open to sophomores, junior, and seniors with a strong interest in disability policy

• Provost Undergraduate Research Fund (summer funding): Funding open to students from all disciplines with a strong faculty mentor to oversee their research project, including senior theses, academic-year research, summer work, or conference presentations (including remote ones)

• Rapaporte Foundation Summer Internship Grants: Grants of $4000 to support an otherwise unpaid summer internship in an organization or project that is directly connected to the academic goals of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, for students who will be returning to Brandeis the following year and who are under financial necessity to earn summer income

• Summer Materials Undergraduate Research Fellowships: Program for Brandeis rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors doing materials research with a commitment from a Brandeis MRSEC faculty member to serve as a mentor in the summer (although no prior lab experience is required)

• Frances Taylor Eizenstat '65 Undergraduate Israel Travel Grant (March 1, 2021): Grants of $2,500 each awarded to undergraduates from any Brandeis department pursuing academic or career interests in Israel
• The Tauber Institute Undergraduate Research Awards: (March 15, 2021) Grants up to $2000 to rising seniors planning to conduct thesis research in any discipline related to Jewish studies, to support travel expenses (such as visits to archives), purchase of materials (such as microfilm), and costs of data collection and processing

April 2021 Deadlines for Grants and Fellowships

• World of Work Fellowships (April 13, 2021): Fellowships to financially support rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have secured unpaid internships over the summer
• Gilda Slifka Internship Program (April 15, 2021): An eight-week paid summer program for undergraduate students with an interest in the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute’s mission of Jews and gender

• SPROUT (Spring TBD): Funding for research that has the potential for commercialization, open to collaborations among Brandeis students, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or staff

Limited-Time Offerings

• Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice: Fund to support any Brandeis student conducting research or involved in an internship related to social justice

Rolling Deadlines for Grants and Fellowships

• Anne Carter Economics Honors Research Fund: Fund to assist economics majors in their research for the Economics Senior Honors Thesis Program, to help offset data, travel, and other eligible expenses

• Micro-Grants for Social Justice (Begins July 22 of each year): Rolling grants for all Brandeis students to support academic research, creative projects, and education initiatives to promote meaningful conversations, engagement, and critical explorations of race, Black-Jewish relations, Jews of color, and other relevant topics. Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis as long as funding is available.

• Provost Undergraduate Research Fund (Conference Funding, Reviewed Monthly): Funding open to students from all disciplines with a strong faculty mentor to oversee their research project, including senior theses, academic-year research, summer work, or conference presentations (including remote ones)

• BIPOC Microgrants (Reviewed every two weeks): Arts Engagement BIPOC microgrants support Brandeis undergraduates whose creative work amplifies the voices of BIPOC people. The grants of up to $250 may be used for resources such as equipment, materials, studio time, lessons, workshops and so forth for creative arts disciplines such as (but not limited to) music, photography, curating, filmmaking, design, poetry, spoken word, etc. 

Deadlines to Be Determined

• Max Kade Travel Grants (paused pending COVID-19 restrictions in the spring): Grants to support all currently enrolled Brandeis students to support travel and research in Germany
• Remis Summer Study Grants in Fine Art and Music (May TBD): Fund for summer research and project supplies for first-year, sophomore, and junior students with an interest in or commitment to the fine arts, including students not majoring in those fields
• Rena J. Olshansky Grant to Support Research on Jewish Family Life (Spring TBD): Grant to support students interested in an otherwise unpaid summer internship in an organization or project that serves the interests of women, girls or gender equity.

• Student-Scholar Partnership Program: On-campus paid hourly research assistantship allowing any undergraduate student who shares interest in a project a current Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) scholar is conducting can work side-by-side the scholar as a research partner; these opportunities now posted to Workday (search for “womens studies research ctr” under student job opportunities)

• HBI Student Research Assistant Program: Provides research assistance to a Hadassah-Brandeis Institute scholar-in-residence; openings are posted on the Brandeis Student Employment website

• Greenberg Scholar Grant Program: Scholarship for politics majors who are writing a senior thesis, especially those who plan to accrue research-related expenses to support the production of high-quality original work

• Maurice J. and Fay B. Karpf and Ari Hahn Peace Awards: Funding to support projects designed by any Brandeis student as part of work toward peace, conflict resolution, and coexistence, including travel funding and project expenses

• Provost Undergraduate Research Fund (academic year and senior thesis funding): Funding open to students from all disciplines with a strong faculty mentor to oversee their research project, including senior theses, academic-year research, summer work, or conference presentations (including remote ones)

• Rena J. Olshansky Grant to Support Research on Jewish Family Life: Research grant of $500 for the student project deemed best able to contribute new knowledge or understanding of any aspect of Jewish family life past or present (including in fields as diverse as sociology, history, anthropology, religion, education, American studies, Israel or middle eastern studies, biblical studies, literature, or the arts)

• Richard Saber Undergraduate Research Grant: Grant of $500 to support undergraduates in all years who are conducting projects, including senior theses, related to women and/or gender, although they do not have to be enrolled in the women’s gender, and sexuality studies program

• Crown Center Travel & Study Grants: Grants to support first-years, sophomores, and juniors pursuing independent research projects or language study related to the Middle East, funding, travel, and research expenses

• Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship: Community service fellowship to support any Brandeis students needing funding for research/project supplies to be used in the spring term

• Eli J. & Phyllis N. Segal Citizen Leadership Program (November 1, 2020): Program for Brandeis rising junior and seniors from any academic discipline and Heller students to support travel, food, lodging, and bills related to summer work in citizen leadership
• Jane's Travel Grant (November 1, 2020): Grant to support any Brandeis student (although LALS majors/minors receive priority) conducting research or a project related in Latin America or related to Latinx studies, with funding for research expenses (travel, room, board, photocopying, etc.) and certain service programs
• HBI Undergraduate Grant in Jewish Gender Studies (November 5, 2020): Up to $500 will be given each fall to a Brandeis undergraduate to support a research project in the field of Jewish gender studies
• SPARK (December 1, 2020): Pilot funding for innovative projects that involve the environment, education, computer science, healthcare, economic solutions, or social needs, designed by collaborations among Brandeis students, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or staff