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Funds for Undergraduate Research

Northwestern University and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences offer funding, on a competitive basis, to help support undergraduate research.  Students can receive funds that help cover research costs or summer living expenses. The university provides grants through its Undergraduate Research Grants program. Information on Weinberg College grants is available through the college website on funds for undergraduate research.

Each summer the Psychology Department offers two or more undergraduates a Benton J. Underwood Summer Research Fellowship.  Students who accept these fellowships spend most of the summer working on research at Northwestern with a psychology professor. The exact schedule is worked out with the professor who supervises the research. Both current juniors and current sophomores can apply for this award; priority is given to current juniors.  For additional information, including application details, see the fall and winter issues of our undergraduate newsletter, Swift Thinking.