Independent Research

SROP helps prepare undergraduates for graduate study through intensive research experiences with faculty mentors and enrichment activities.

Each fall and spring the Jewish Studies Program offers Goldfein Research Awards, Brenner Special Opportunity Awards, and Schwartz Awards to both undergraduate and graduate Penn students to cover research projects and study programs in or related to Jewish studies.

The Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership Program, open to Penn undergraduates, engages a small cohort of selected students with high-level local, regional, and national leaders drawn from government, business, and civil society to discuss decision-making in urban places.

The Nano-CEMMS Center runs two summer programs for undergraduate students: The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and The Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP).

The purpose of the NSF-funded REU program is to involve talented undergraduates in active research projects, usually during the summer, working alongside ERC researchers and students.

The Space Scholars Program invites undergraduate students in the areas of science and engineering to participate in a unique summer research internship.

8 to 10-week summer research programs at various institutions in social sciences, behavioral sciences, or economic sciences.

SR-EIP is a fully paid summer internship that provides undergraduates with training and mentoring in the principles underlying the conduct of research and prepares them to pursue competitive applications to PhD or MD-PhD programs.

Database of summer research opportunities in psychology

The Amgen Scholars Program at Harvard is a summer research opportunity for undergraduates interested in biotechnology.