Research experiences are opportunities for significant personal accomplishment and one-on-one interactions with professors and other members of the university community.

Links to Research Opportunites

• Science Research Internships
• Research in Neuroscience
• USC Office of Undergraduate Research

Professors maintain dual lives as educators and researchers, creating two overlapping communities within the University. An undergraduate research experience gives students access to both communities. Typically, students become familiar with professors through their classes and through the descriptions of professor research on the department web site. Students can join laboratories as early as their freshman year. Research efforts can receive course credit (6 credits towards graduating, with 3 credits satisfying the major requirement).

Students can often receive financial support for research, especially during the summer, from either research grants of professors or from several competitive fellowship programs offered through the Department and/or University.  View a listing of available scholarship and detailed information at the Undergraduate Scholarships page.