The Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration (CSERI) will award a number of Turner Schulman undergraduate research fellowships for projects completed during the 2026-2027 academic year. Students may receive grants for up to $1,500 of research expenses. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until April 30.
All full-time Penn undergraduate students enrolled in any school who wish to undertake research in the social sciences relating to race, ethnicity, or immigration in the United States or in other countries are eligible to apply. CSERI research support may be combined with funding from other programs.
All grant recipients must be prepared to present their completed research at an undergraduate seminar or poster exposition hosted by CSERI at the end of the 2027 Fall semester. Turner Schulman Fellows will be invited to attend CSERI’s faculty workshops and conferences with leading scholars from around the world.
Students conducting projects in the social sciences on race, ethnicity, and immigration in Latin America and/or Latinx politics in the United States can also apply and receive additional advisory support from the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies. For specific information, contact the CLALS program at clals-upenn@sas.upenn.edu.
For further information or questions, contact CSERI Administrator Anne Kalbach, akalbach@sas.upenn.edu.
All full-time Penn undergraduate students enrolled in any school who wish to undertake research in the social sciences relating to race, ethnicity, or immigration in the United States or in other countries are eligible to apply.
There are two application options:
· Research that will contribute to the writing of a senior thesis or the completion of an independent study course during the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications must include a 2-page proposal with a budget outline, a list of all pending and accepted funding for the proposal, and a letter of support from the student’s thesis advisor or professor.
· Research assistantships (RAs) on faculty-directed projects. RA applications should include a short letter from the student indicating why they are interested in pursuing research in this field and a letter from the supervising professor describing the RA’s research duties and hourly rate/working hours. Funding for assistantships will be directed to the account of the supervising professor.
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