Grants & Funding @ ND
Many Institutes and Centers at Notre Dame offer grant funds to support an array of undergraduate scholarly engagement activities:
- Meruelo Family Center for Career Development
- Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
- Center for Italian Studies
- Center for Social Concerns
- Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures (CSLC)
- College of Science (COS)
- Flatley Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE)
- Glynn Family Honors Program
- Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI)
- Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (ISLA-UROP)
- Kellogg Institute for International Studies
- Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
- Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights
- Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies
- Multicultural Student Programs and Services
- Nanovic Institute for European Studies
- Naughton Fellowship Program
- ND Energy
- NDnano
- Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
- Office of Student Enrichment
- Pulte Institute for Global Development
- Research Experiences for Undergradautes (REUs) at Notre Dame - Summer Only
Meruelo Family Center for Career Development - Undergraduate Career Services
Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
Center for Italian Studies
- Funding to Travel to or Study in Italy
- Sellick Travel Grants for Research in Italy
- Rome International Scholars Program (in collaboration with NDI)
Center for Social Concerns
Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures (CSLC)
College of Science
Open to students enrolled in the College of Science (COS)
- Travel Grants for Undergraduate Researchers
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (COS-SURF)
- Da Vinci Summer Grant for Interdisciplinary Research
- Scientia Charles Edison Foundation Fellowship
- Center for Rare and Neglected Disease Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (CRND-SURF)
- Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CTSI-SURP)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Undergraduate Research Program
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program
To find more opportunities, visit the fiNDscience site.
Flatley Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE)
AY22-23 Note: CUSE's traditional undergraduate funding program has been suspended indefinitely. Please see here for more information.
Glynn Family Honors Program
Open to current first-years, sophomores, and juniors in the Glynn Family Honors Program. All Glynn students should consider the Glynn program as their primary source of funding for summer research.
Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI)
- HCRI Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HCRI-SURF)
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (ISLA-UROP)
Academic year and summer grants for students majoring or minoring in a department in the College of Arts & Letters
- UROP Research & Materials Grants (R&MG)
- UROP Senior Thesis Grants (STG)
- UROP Comprehensive Summer Grants
- UROP American Dream Summer Grant
- UROP Da Vinci Summer Grant for Interdisciplinary Research
- UROP Diana M. Sciola Grant for Research in Italy
- UROP Research Access and Mentoring Program (RAMP)
- UROP Kennedy Scholars Fellowship
Kellogg Institute for International Studies
- Kellogg/Kroc Undergraduate Research Grants
- Experiencing the World (ETW) Fellowships
- Summer Virtual Internships
- Undergraduate Research Initiative
- Postgraduate Opportunities
Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights
Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies
Multicultural Student Programs and Services
Nanovic Institute for European Studies
Naughton Fellowship Program
ND Energy
NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship (NURF) Program
Each year, NDnano awards several undergraduate summer research fellowships. More than 20 projects in nanotechnology are available to choose from, and the program is open to current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.
Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
Office of Student Enrichment
Available to students with demonstrated financial need.