Find Undergraduate Research Assistants

If you are looking for an undergraduate research assistant or are open to involving an undergraduate in your work, you can post an entry in CURF’s Research Directory. You must be logged into our site to create a listing, which you can do by clicking the "Login with PennKey" button at the top-right corner of our website's menu. If you are an active faculty member and experience any issues creating a listing, please reach out to our team at curf-ur@curf.upenn.edu.

The Directory allows interested students to identify and connect with Penn faculty mentors. You can find more information about creating a new listing at the top of our Research Directory page. The information will be posted in our Research Directory so that students can learn more about your work and contact you about available positions.

By including your current research in the directory, you are signaling your willingness to engage undergraduates.  Your listing is not binding, does not require the inclusion of a particular research project, nor does it require funding for student financial support. 

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Faculty can also connect with research-oriented undergraduates through:

  1. The Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring program (PURM) is a matching process that works in stages. First, faculty submit descriptions of projects in which they would like to involve undergraduates, followed by student applications.  If your project is selected to receive CURF funding we forward student applications to you and ask that you conduct interviews to determine which students you would like to work with for the summer (and hopefully beyond!).
     
  2. CURF’s weekly email digest: If you are looking for a more immediate response and wish to be included in an upcoming email digest from CURF, please let us know!

CURF also offers several funding options to help support your mentorship of undergraduates.

In addition, faculty can: