Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URF) is committed to supporting the intellectual curiosity, creativity and scholarly development of Simmons students.
Pursue Research at Simmons
Throughout your undergraduate career at Simmons, you will have numerous opportunities to explore scholarly and creative passions, participate in paid, hands-on research experiences, present at national and international conferences, receive mentorship from faculty, pursue global experiences, and connect with community leaders, organizations, hospitals, and world-renowned research laboratories in the Boston area and beyond.
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships works closely with students to locate research and funding opportunities, fellowships, and faculty mentors to advance their major, academic and career goals.
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The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships offers a range of programs that support undergraduate academic and professional growth.
Opportunities at Simmons
External Fellowships and Scholarships
In the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, we connect students with sources of funding from outside of Simmons.
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Recent news
Oh's project will investigate how researchers manage their files in cloud-based shared repositories such as Google Drive or Dropbox while working on collaborative research projects.
Computer science student Tabitha Miles ‘22 has been accepted into the Summer Undergraduate Research Program to research gender disparities in coding bootcamps versus traditional computer science degrees.
Professor Nanette Veilleux has received a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation. The ultimate goal of the project is to clarify the meaning in prosody — inflections in tone and lengthening syllables as we speak.
The Passionate Leaders Project supports undergraduate students seeking to enrich their academic and professional interests by funding learning opportunities beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom. Learn what the Spring 2021 cohort is up to!
Recent Fulbright Award winner, Annie Chen '21, shares her experience applying for the scholarship and provides valuable advice for other Simmons students embarking on the Fulbright application process.
Simmons University is excited to announce that Annie Chen '21 has been selected for a one-year Master of Science (MSc) in Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom.
Julia Hart '21 is a keynote speaker at the 2021 Undergraduate Symposium! Learn more about her project, "Engineering a Bi-functional Heterostructure for Enhanced and Selective CO2 Adsorption/Reduction Under Visible Light Irradiation."
Halley Jeremie '21 was selected to present at the 2021 Undergraduate Symposium! Learn more about her project, "The Futility of Respectability Politics in Combating Stereotypes of Black Women."