- The next application will be in mid-August for the fall semester. Fall projects will be listed in late July. Please check back for updates.
- List of Spring 2022 projects
- The Peer Advisor Step by Step Guide for Applying can be seen here.
- Are you a faculty member? Contact us to become a URAP mentor!
Announcements
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
URAP Application
The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) is designed to involve Berkeley undergraduates more deeply in the research life of the University. The Program provides opportunities for you to work with faculty and staff researchers on the cutting edge research projects for which Berkeley is world-renowned. Working closely with mentors, you will deepen your knowledge and skills in areas of special interest, while experiencing what it means to be part of an intellectual community engaged in research.
New research opportunities are open at the start of each semester. Student applications are due in the the second week of classes each term. For detailed information, please see URAP Application.
Faculty and undergraduates from all of the schools and colleges at the University of California at Berkeley are welcome to participate.
URAP Projects
As an apprentice, you can work on faculty research and learn advanced research skills, explore fields that interest you, and find out what it is like to be an academic at the world’s premier research institution. Each semester, projects from a wide range of disciplines are open to new applicants.
In Spring 2022, some projects may still be remote. The spring application opens January 11th after 3 p.m.; the deadline to apply is Monday, January 24th, at 9 AM!
Information Sessions
At a URAP info session you will obtain more general information on apprenticeships, and get tips on making clear and effective applications.
URAP Experience Info Sessions are held by experienced URAP apprentices and peer advisors.
Info sessions about applying to URAP will be held in late fall and the first week of instruction in the spring semester. Registration links for this fall’s sessions are now listed below.
Please watch the tutorials, Applying to URAP and the Step by Step Guide, before attending a session. This will give us more time for your questions!
Schedule
URAP Info Sessions:
Tuesday, January 18th, 3–4 p. Zoom Registration Link
Friday, January 21st, 10–11 a.m. Zoom Registration Link
URAP Experience Info Sessions to be held by Peer Advisors:
Wednesday, Jan. 19th, 12-1 p.m. Zoom Registration Link
Thursday, Jan. 20th, 2-3 p.m. Zoom Registration Link
URAP Summer Apprentices
Madeleine (Maddie) Lipscomb - Pesticides and the Public Understanding of Science
This summer, I will continue assisting Dr. Conis on the research for her book on the history of pesticides in the United States. This entails researching and writing memos on topics ranging from pesticide poisonings of farm workers, to the link between chemical weapons and pesticide innovation, to the funding sources of pro-industry science organizations in the 1980s. Understanding how …Read more »
The Apprentice Experience
Erica Lee
Apprentice with Professor Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby (Art History) Representation of Scale: What is it like to work closely with a faculty mentor on a book-in-progress project? Let’s talk about the...
Dipankan Bhattacharya
Apprentice in the Harland Lab (Molecular & Cell Biology) When I was in high school, I had no idea of what research actually meant beyond lab coats and safety goggles;...
Katarina Makmure
Apprentice with Professor Sarah Hake (Plant and Microbial Biology) Tell us what you are currently working on. The official description is mapping mutations to chromosomes. There is a certain phenotype...
Stefanie Ebeling
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
2412 Dwinelle Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2940
urap@berkeley.edu
Drop-In Office Hours
Please contact Stefanie via e-mail at urap@berkeley.edu.
Peer Advisor Drop-In Hours
The Office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarships has a great group of experienced undergraduate researcher peer advisors, many of them current or former URAP students, that are ready to help you out. The spring calendar of when specific OURS peer advisors host their weekly drop in office hours will be posted shortly. Their majors are represented in (parenthesis) and you can read more about all of them on this page.