Undergraduate Opportunities

There are many opportunies available for undergraduate students to apply for funding for research, travel, and academic opportunities while in college. At the website of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URAF)  you can browse opportunities by categories such as opportunitity type and your academic year. URAF also provides class year guides, which can give you guidance specific to your academic year. Please reach out to any of the fellowship tutors for help finding and applying to these opportunities. 

Below we highlight a few of the most popular fellowships for undergraduate research:

Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) provides funding for independent research projects that are done under the supervision of a faculty member. HCRP provides funding for both summer opportunies and term-time work. 

Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village Program (HSURV) is a 10-week, on-campus program where students work on a research project under supervision of a Harvard faculty mentor during the summer. To participate, students apply directly to research area specific programs that participate in the HSURV. The programs include: Summer Undergraduate Research in Global Health (SURGH), Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE), Build Learning through Inquiry in the Social Sciences (BLISS), Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program (SHARP), Summer Program for Undergraduates in Data Science (SPUDS), and Program for Research in Markets and Organizations (PRIMO). These programs have application deadlines around early February. Students should plan to begin the application process during the fall semester.