The Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration (CSERI) supports the engagement of Penn undergraduates in faculty-directed research relating to race, ethnicity, or immigration in the United States or in other countries.
Faculty may receive up to $2,000 per semester to hire an undergraduate Research Assistant (RA), and can apply for funding for up to two students. Faculty may request support for a single semester or for the entire academic year. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until April 30.
Standing faculty members in any discipline from all of Penn’s twelve schools are encouraged to apply. Funds can be used to support a full-time Penn undergraduate student enrolled in any school. CSERI research support may be combined with funding from other programs.
RA applications should include a short (less than one page) summary of the research project that includes a description of the undergraduate RA’s research duties. Please include budget information such as the anticipated number of hours to be worked weekly, hourly rate, and period of support. Funding for Turner Schulman fellowships will be directed to the account of the supervising professor.
While faculty should submit only one application, they can request support for multiple students by clarifying the distinct roles to be performed.
All students supported by the grant should be prepared to present their research at a poster exposition hosted by CSERI at the end of the 2027 Fall semester.
For further information contact Anne Kalbach, CSERI Administrator, akalbach@sas.upenn.edu.
The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
