Undergraduate Research

As America’s first research university, we have been tackling difficult questions and finding answers since 1876.

Every day, our faculty and students work side by side in a tireless pursuit of discovery, continuing our founding mission to bring knowledge to the world. Whether you study engineering, chemistry, music, anthropology, or all of the above, every student here—no matter his or her major—is an investigator.

You can find research in whatever field you want because everyone here is doing some sort of research, and you can help out.

Name

Yadam

Class of

2016

Explore supernovae alongside a Nobel laureate. Learn how to make music with lasers. Create devices that will save lives in impoverished countries. Take a grand tour of the cities that inspired some of the Western world’s great thinkers—Venice, Florence, Paris, or London.

At Hopkins, you can do all of the above. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

Undergraduate honors

Rising senior earns Beinecke Scholarship

Published July 6, 2023

Kendra Brewer plans to use funds to support her study of Indigenous art history

Image caption: Clockwise from top left: Sheila Iyer, Sumasri Kotha, Erick Rocher, and Nathan Wang

Undergraduate honors

Four win Goldwater Scholarships

Published June 27, 2023

The scholarship recognizes outstanding research and achievements of students in STEM fields

Image caption: Bailey Cheetham (second from left) was able to take on an internship with an ophthalmology private practice in Valencia, Spain, thanks to the support of the Phares Family Grant.

Credit: Courtesy of Bailey Cheetham

Choose your own adventure

Published Summer 2023

The Phares Family Grant for International Engagement supports rising juniors and seniors who travel abroad for independent research / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Programs & Fellowships

• Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards: Receive up to $3,000 and be paired with a full-time faculty sponsor for research on any topic of your choosing
• Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program: Engage in hands-on, independent learning with faculty mentors and receive funding of up to $10,000 over four years
• ASPIRE grants: Promote independent research projects among undergrads in the School of Arts and Sciences; awards range from $500 to $4,500 per academic year

Learn more:

• Hopkins Office of Undergraduate Research
• Student research opportunities at the School of Engineering
• Student research opportunities at the School of Arts and Sciences