Senior - First Semester

Penn students in any school interested in social science approaches to race, ethnicity or immigration can apply for support for either their own research or a research assistantship.

Penn's Green Fund welcomes ideas from students, faculty, and staff about ways to improve the University's environmental performance. Proposed projects must support goals and objectives outlined in Penn's Climate Action Plan, a long-range strategy launched in 2009 and updated in 2014 to reduce the University's carbon footprint.

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation provides numerous grants for Penn students and faculty in support of support teaching art, making art, and presenting art, as well as to provide Penn students with increased access to the arts and humanities.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP) is a 10-week competitive summer internship program for undergraduate students interested in careers in the biomedical sciences.

The Vagelos Undergraduate Research Grant funds an independent scholarly project conducted by an undergraduate student during the academic year.

Undergraduate research experiences serve as a hallmark of undergraduate education at Penn Engineering. Grants through the Undergraduate Research Fund will promote undergraduate research, and enable students to explore their innovative ideas and concepts in new and emerging technologies as well as the applied sciences. The Undergraduate Research Fund is made possible through generous gifts by supporters of Penn Engineering’s undergraduate educational initiatives

The Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium facilitates faculty- and doctoral student-mentored, urban-focused research through funding support and a semester-long, credit-bearing seminar (CPLN 528/URBS 428).

The Penn Museum provides support for current Penn undergraduate and graduate students to pursue field research related to Archaeology and Anthropology.

The Amy Gutmann and Michael Doyle Research Opportunities Fund supports undergraduates to present their research at an academic conference.