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Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program

University of California, Berkeley

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.

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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:

TBD

URAP Experience Info Sessions to be held by Peer Advisors:

TBD

URAP Summer Apprentices

Ana Shaughnessy - Genetic Basis of Fin Morphology in the Stickleback

In my project, I will attempt to determine if there is a genetic basis to differences in fin morphology in threespine stickleback fish. I will do so by collecting different morphometric data from the fins of fish from two different populations: marine and freshwater. The morphometric measurements will look at the structure of fin rays and their segments, that resemble …Read more  »

The Apprentice Experience

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...

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...

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;...

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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. 

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