- The Fall 2022 application is now closed.
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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.
List of open Fall 2022 Projects.
The fall application opens August 17th after 3 p.m.; the deadline to apply is Monday, August 29th, 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 fall semester. Registration links for this fall’s sessions are now listed below.
Please watch the Step by Step Guide before attending a session. This will give us more time for your questions!
You can also ask the URAP peer advisors any questions about the program during their drop-in hours.
Schedule
URAP Summer Apprentices
Louis Curson-Mayorga - Community Accountable & Low Impact Archaeology
My research in the Bear Bones Lab focuses on collaborative archaeology that is stake-holder accountable with an emphasis in low impact remote sensing techniques that support community goals. Low impact methodologies are a high priority to many communities, particularly indigenous groups, these technologies allow them to have more control over their heritage. Archaeology has been a tool of colonialism, but …Read more »
The Apprentice Experience
Aurora Gomez
Apprentice with Professor Baquedano-Lopez (Education) Comparing science education in religious vs. public school education Please tell us about the project you are currently working on. I should give you some...
Anne Powers
Apprentice with the Emma Goldman Papers What motivated you to apply to URAP? In my freshman year, I started to look for opportunities to get some research experience. While reading...
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...
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 fall calendar of when specific OURS peer advisors host their weekly drop in office hours will be posted in mid-August. Their majors are represented in (parenthesis) and you can read more about them on this page. Some new peer advisors are joining us in August, their information will be up in mid-August.