Undergraduate Research Resources

MPS Research Fair

At the beginning of the Fall and Spring Semesters, MPS Scholars collaborates with the departments to host the MPS Research Fair. This is an exciting opportunity for students to present their research, and for attendees to learn about research opportunities across and beyond campus.

General Resources

• Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships (OURS)

• Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP)

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

• Underrepresented Researchers of Color (UROC)

• Discovery Opportunities Database

• NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)  

  • REU Finder 

• Pathways to Science

• Haas Scholars Program
• Berkeley Scientific Journal
• Student Opportunity Fund (SOF)
  
• ASUC Academic Opportunity Fund (AOF)

Department Opportunities

Physics:

• Physics Department Research Webpage
• Physics Innovators Initiative (Pi2)
• N3AS Undergraduate Research Program
• ULAB Physics and Astronomy

EPS:

• Ramsden Fund in EPS

Math

• Math Department Research Webpage
• Berkeley Mathematics Directed Reading Program (DRP) 
• Mathematical Sciences Research Institution Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP)

• Math REU launching next summer

Astronomy

• Astronomy Department Research Webpage

• ULAB Physics and Astronomy

Conferences

Discipline-based

• American Physical Society Meetings

• MAA MathFest 2025

• Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

• American Geophysical Union Conference

• National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM)

Identity-based

• Latinas in Tech Summit

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Region 2 Conference

• Grace Hopper Celebration

• Tapia Conference

• Great Minds in STEM

• Inclusion in Science Learning A New Direction (ISLAND) Conference on Disability and STEM

• Lesbians Who Tech Pride Summit

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Annual Conference

• AfroTech Conference

• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Convention

• Out in STEM (oSTEM) Conference

• APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP)

• Blackwell-Tapia Conference

• Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS)

• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Convention

• National Society of Black Physicists Conference

• National Society of Hispanic Physicists