Undergraduate research opportunities

Encourage undergraduates to apply for an Archival Fellowship

Deadline: Monday, October 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. 

If you know an undergraduate student enrolled at the UO full time in a humanities or humanities-related major or minor who has a GPA of 3.0 or greater in UO humanities courses, encourage them to apply for a Humanities Undergraduate Archival Fellowship (HUAF). The Oregon Humanities Center (OHC), the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engagement (CURE), and UO’s Libraries Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) offer this undergraduate student fellowship that assists students in building primary archival research and career readiness skills.  

SCUA staff will guide the student(s) through an archival processing project and research production experience that will enable the students to think more broadly about their career opportunities and interests, seek other research funding support, and pursue honors theses. Students will gain hands-on library science experience while developing project management, data collection and analysis, and digital humanities experience. The student will receive $3,000 for the twenty-week fellowship, in addition to the high level of support from SCUA and OHC. The student’s work as a fellow will focus on actual archival work (preservation, arrangement, and description), in addition to a public presentation and poster session on their project, along with the opportunity to write blog and social media posts.  

Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Deadline: Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. 

The Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HURF) Program provides humanities undergraduate students with an opportunity to undertake a 16-week research project under the guidance of a UO faculty mentor during the winter and spring terms, and to present their work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in May.

During the fellowship period, the cohort of fellows meets regularly to workshop their projects and participate in seminars on topics such as developing research skills, communicating research orally and in writing, understanding the ethics of research, and preparing for graduate school and/or other career opportunities. Fellows receive a $2,500 stipend, faculty mentors receive a $500 stipend.

The HURF Program is the result of a collaboration between the Oregon Humanities Center, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. For information, visit: research.uoregon.edu/apply/apply-internal-funding/hurf.