Applications for summer semester independent study grants and assistantships open May 1.
URS Grants, Awards, Fellowships & Programs
Apply online for URS research funds and programs below. Also, check the opportunities page for more research programs and funding available through individual departments and beyond.
Guidelines for URS programs & funding. Read more...
Summer Programs and Fellowships
Benenson Awards in the Arts
funds for fees, equipment, supplies, travel, production, and other expenses for arts-centered projects/internships
Deans' Summer Research Fellowship
up to $3,000 for a proposed summer research project, for Trinity students who will be enrolled the following fall
DCCE Civic Summer Research Fellowship
up to $3,000 for Duke undergraduate to translate and deepen their prior civic engagement experience into research projects
Howard Hughes Research Fellows
$4300 stipend and housing for eight-week summer program in biomedical research for rising sophomores
Howard Hughes VIP Program
$5,000 stipend for ten-week summer research program in select biological sciences labs
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships
Stipends and research support for summer and academic year research for students intending to go to graduate school in specific disciplines
TGen-Duke Biomedical Futures Program
Ten-week intensive internship at TGen, the Translational Genomics Research Institute, in Phoenix, Arizona
Foreign national student? Be sure to read this important information regarding summer fellowships at Duke.
Find other summer fellowships and program opportunities at Duke...
URS Grants & Assistantships
URS Independent Study Grants
up to $400 in project expenses for students enrolled in faculty-supervised research independent study courses or the equivalent
Dannenberg Awards
for students at the beginning of their undergraduate career. http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-advising-center/dannenberg-grants.
URS Creative Arts Grants
up to $400 in project expenses for students enrolled in faculty-supervised independent study courses or the equivalent in the creative arts
URS Travel Grants
up to $400 for students to present the results of their Duke research at a national or regional meeting of a professional organization.
URS Assistantships
up to $400 for faculty to employ an undergraduate as a research assistant without course credit.
