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Finding Research Opportunities

Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
(CURF)

CURF's website offers an extensive listing of undergraduate research opportunities. Interested students should review the listings and make an appointment to speak with a CURF advisor at 215.746.6488.

This database includes programs administered by national and international granting agencies as well as programs sponsored by Penn.

Penn Summer Research Internships

The College sponsors 20 summer research internships at area cultural, historical and educational organizations.

CUREJ
(College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal)

This repository holds examples of undergraduate research exploring a wide range of academic interests from the natural sciences through the social sciences and humanities, including music, painting and more.

The Weigle Information Commons

Located in Van Pelt library, the Commons supports study groups and collaborative learning and offers training, equipment and support for digital media. Support is also available for students to improve their effectiveness in writing, speaking and research.

College 99

Research with faculty outside the School of Arts and Sciences.
Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program

The program is created to provide undergraduates with a substantial research experience under the guidance and direction of a faculty mentor.

 

Departmental Websites

Anthropology
Biological Basis of Behavior
Biology
Earth & Environmental Science
• English

Health and Societies

History
International Relations
Jewish Studies
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Physics and Astronomy
Psychology

Publications Highlighting Undergraduate Research

Several departments and programs have publications which profile undergraduate research. Browse their web sites for information about contributing to or receiving their publication.

Various science departments contribute to PennScience: Journal of Undergraduate Research

Department of History, Penn History Review: Journal of Undergraduate Historians

Critical Writing Program, res: a journal of undergraduate research

Department of Political Science, Sound Politicks

Department of Psychology, Perspectives in Psychology: The Undergraduate Psychology Journal of the University of Pennsylvania

Emerging Scholars Talks

Communication Within the Curriculum (CWiC) honors students with both strong research projects and superior speaking abilities by providing those students with a public forum in which to talk about their academic work.

SASFrontiers Video articles about research and scholarship in the School of Arts and Sciences.

For Pilot Curriculum Students

Information for students in the College's Pilot Curriculum regarding the Pilot research requirement: how to identify a topic, find a research advisor, and complete the requirement for certification.