Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations

Brandeis Funding Opportunities

Undergraduates with a research or creative project in all academic disciplines can apply for a URCC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Read below for important application and eligibility requirements.
 
Key Application components
  • Student and Faculty Mentor information
  • Research Proposal (2,000 words or fewer)
  • Mentoring and Communication Plan
  • Personal Statement
  • Letter of Recommendation from the Faculty Mentor
Key eligibility requirements

  • Students must be current Brandeis undergraduates in good academic standing who will continue as undergraduate students in Fall 2025.
  • Current first-year, sophomore, and junior undergraduates can apply, as well as seniors who will graduate in December 2025.
  • Students are expected to prioritize their research project work during the summer fellowship funding period. In other words, the student's major time commitment must be the URCC-funded research or creative project.  All other obligations (jobs, internships, courses) are to be half-time or less in total (at Brandeis 17.5 hrs/wk is half-time) during the research project's duration. Students are not permitted to accept both a URCC Summer Research Fellowship and another internal or external summer fellowship, internship, or job for a different project requiring more than a half-time commitment. 
  • If a student receives another offer of funding for the same project as the one they submitted for funding by the URCC, the student is required to contact the URCC Director, Margaret Lynch, immediately.  
    Undergraduate Research at Brandeis
    Find Research Funding, Research Assistant Jobs, and Faculty Mentors with our searchable database! Brandeis undergraduates can search for fellowships and grants to support research and creative projects, find paid research assistant jobs, and message potential faculty mentors using the Brandeis ForagerOne platform.

In these pages, you can find out more about funding opportunities, including the Provost's Undergraduate Research Funds and Schiff Undergraduate Fellows Program. 

A different option: Students can work as a paid hourly research assistant. Students can search for open student research assistant jobs opportunities in Workday. Students can apply to these positions as soon as they are posted, and jobs are posted throughout the year.