Fall 2025 Research Apprenticeship Program

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Application Due: April 4, 2025

UConn graduate students who are interested in mentoring early career undergraduate students to assist them in the graduate student’s research are invited to submit a proposal for consideration. Selected proposals will be used to create an undergraduate research opportunity based on the information provided by the graduate student.

 

The Research Apprenticeship Program provides graduate students with research assistance and experience in mentoring. Early-career undergraduate students who have little or no prior research experience a pathway to involvement in research with a PhD student mentor. Each graduate student will be paired with one undergraduate student during Fall 2025 to work together on a research project proposed by the graduate student. To apply: Research Apprenticeship Program.

 

Research Apprenticeship Program Details

    • Graduate students must have a viable research project with which they need assistance and the ability to provide training to the undergraduate students.
    • Graduate students must be available to mentor the student apprentice over the semester and provide a substantive learning experience that allows students to develop foundational research skills and gain a greater understanding of the research process as they work on a concrete research project.
    • This program is intended to foster new undergraduate/graduate student connections. Graduate student mentors agree to select a student they are not currently working with and/or have not previously worked with in a research capacity.

 

Compensation and Hours

    • Research apprentices earn up to $500, paid as a stipend. To earn the full $500 award, apprentices will need to dedicate approximately 32 hours over the course of the semester.
    • In recognition of the commitment to mentoring an apprentice, graduate student mentors will receive a $500 stipend at the end of the semester.
    • Research Apprenticeship Program apprentices are required to present their research at the Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition in October or April.

 

To apply: Research Apprenticeship Program.

 

This program is supported by The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) in collaboration with the Center for Access and Postsecondary Success (CAPS)/McNair Program, Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), and The Graduate School.

 

For questions about the program, undergraduate students may contact Dr. Micah Heumann, Director in the Office of Undergraduate Research, at micah.heumann@uconn.edu and graduate students may contact Dr. Mary Bernstein, Associate Dean of The Graduate School, at Mary.Bernstein@uconn.edu.