Astin Fellows program (supplemental application required)
McNair Research Scholars Program (supplemental application required)
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (supplemental application required)
Psychology Research Opportunities Programs (separate application required)
URC Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (see information below)
The URFP application is available on MyUCLA. To access and submit an application, click here. You may also find the application under "Surveys" in your Features menu, or by clicking the Survey icon in the middle of your home page.
Eligibility:
You must have a Faculty Mentor that is listed in the SRP database. Please CHECK FIRST. If your mentor is not in the database, please contact the Undergraduate Research Center at (310) 825-2935, or by e-mail at urhass@college.ucla.edu
Also required:
2.5 GPA or higher
U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status
Preference will be given to students with Financial Aid eligibility.
The URC Undergraduate Research Fellows Program:
In this cohort, recipients (Fellows) typically receive a fellowship of $500 each quarter (Winter and Spring), and are required to enroll in Course 99 (SRP) for 2 units each award quarter. Enrollment in the Student Research Forum HC 101A during Winter quarter is also required for Fellows who have not yet taken the course, and all Fellows must present their research at the Westwind/Aleph Conference here at UCLA in May.
• URSP - Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
The Undergraduate Research Scholars Program for arts, humanities, and social science students currently includes students who have received the following undergraduate research scholarships and awards. All of these programs require supplemental applications, and more information may be found on their Web sites:
Helen S. and Alexander W. Astin Fellows programThe URSP supports students committed to completing a departmental honors thesis or comprehensive research or creative project. The URSP offers academic year scholarships of up to $1,000-$5,000 to continuing students (junior level standing and higher) who have a strong commitment to research or creative activity, and who are committed to completing an honors thesis or a comprehensive 199 project during their senior year. The application period is between April 1 and June 15 of each year.
College Honors Undergraduate Research Scholarships
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
McNair Undergraduate Research Program
Application Requirements:
• Junior level standing + (at least 90 units but less than 175 units by Fall Qtr of the thesis year)
• 3.25 GPA or higher
• Commitment to completing a departmental Honors Thesis or comprehensive research project.
• A letter of recommendation from your faculty mentor(s). The letter(s) of recommendation MUST be accompanied by a Letter of Recommendation form which can be accessed by clicking here.
Application Submission:
Applications for the URSP are available by April 1st, each year. To access and submit an application, log on to myUCLA and locate the Undergraduate Research link. Select the URSP Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Submit Application link.
• University Librarian's Undergraduate Fellowship
The University Librarian's Undergraduate Fellowship was established in 2008/09 to encourage undergraduate students to reflect on the research process in the pursuit of excellence in their academic course work, to recognize the significance of information literacy as it relates to academic learning, and to reward undergraduate students who incorporate the collections of the UCLA Library into their research.
This fellowship is targeted specifically to students working on Departmental Honors projects or other comprehensive research projects in art history, classics, comparative literature, and English. Jointly sponsored by the University Librarian and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the program is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources. Twenty $500 stipends will be given: ten stipends to undergraduates in programs that have capstone seminars in place (Classics and English) and ten stipends to undergraduates in programs that do not have capstone seminars in place (Art History and Comparative Literature).
Selection Criteria:
Students interested in applying for the University Librarian's Undergraduate Fellowship must meet the following criteria:
• superb scholarly promise in a major that includes work at UCLA in classics, English, art history, and/or comparative literature
• commitment to working closely with a librarian to use research library resources, including special collections and archives, to complete their project
• commitment to present their project in a Library program at the Charles E. Young Research Library
• commitment to exposing their project through the Library'’s Web site
• interest in learning about managing their own intellectual property
How To Apply:
1) Submit an Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Application. To access and submit an application, log on to MyUCLA. On the left hand side under "My Features," locate the "Undergraduate Research" link. From there, select the "Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) Submit Application" link.
2) Complete the University Librarian's Undergraduate Fellowship Application, available online here, and in the Undergraduate Research Center for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, A334 Murphy Hall.
• MSRF - Mellon Summer Research Program
The UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American and World Culture, housed in the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, invites nominations and applications for research support from undergraduate students.
This support is made possible by the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation given to Eric J. Sundquist, UCLA Foundation Professor of Literature in the Department of English. The award, for a three-year period (the academic years 2007-8 through 2009-10), is designed to support research, teaching, conferences, and related institutional activities involving faculty and students from a number of different disciplines. Areas of study embraced by the program are deliberately broad, including:
• Comparative literary and cultural approaches to the Holocaust
• The evolution of knowledge of, and disciplinary approaches to, the Holocaust
• The near destruction and revival of Yiddish language, literature, and historiography
• The "universalization" of the Holocaust and its relation to other instances of genocide
Students who are able to define a research topic that fits within these broad guidelines are encouraged to apply for support during the summer of 2008. Click here for more information and an application.
• Travel Grants for Undergraduate Researchers
Undergraduate Research Travel Grants are available to students who have had an abstract accepted for a poster or paper presentation at a regional or national conference. A maximum of $300 may be awarded per student per academic year. The travel grant may be used to cover airfare, hotel costs, and registration fees.
Click here for the Travel Grant Form