For labs and universities

Refer a student

If a student you offered a position asked whether it pays, and you had to say no, send them to us. We fund housing, living costs, books, and journal fees for students who hold an offer in the health sciences, the life sciences, or health economics. The application takes ten minutes.

Host a funded student

A funded student can commit the hours a lab needs. The evidence on undergraduate research says the benefit comes from sustained work: ten or more hours a week for two or more terms.¹ A student with a second job cannot give that. A funded one can.

We confirm each position with the lab before we pay. That call takes a few minutes and covers the dates, the mentor, and what the position pays.

List your campus fund

We link to the research funding office at every school where our students work, and we tell students to apply there first. If your office is missing or the link is wrong, tell us. See the campuses page.

What the research says labs get

The National Academies' review of undergraduate research found that mentored research builds the skills and identity that keep students in science, and called for more rigorous studies of how.² Labs that pay their students, or that help them find pay, widen who can do that work.

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