Tufts is one of the nation's top research universities, earning the distinction of "Doctoral/Research Extensive" institution from the Carnegie Foundation - its highest classification for degree-granting colleges and universities. With more than $160 million in research underway every year across the University and its affiliated hospitals, Tufts faculty and students are engaged in a wide-range of cutting-edge and innovative research spanning many fields and disciplines.
Undergraduates are often involved in research projects, both on the undergraduate campus and at many of the seven graduate/professional schools. In addition to providing several avenues for funding research projects , the Office of Undergraduate Education sponsors the yearly Research and Scholarship Symposium to showcase the contributions of undergraduates to the creation of new knowledge. And the majority of students in the School of Engineering pursue undergraduate research through their extensive offerings.
One of our signature campus programs is the Tufts Summer Scholars, a unique collaborative initiative that funds research apprenticeships with faculty/clinical mentors to motivated Tufts undergraduates from both Liberal Arts and the School of Engineering. In the summer of 2008, support was provided for 52 Tufts undergraduates to do summer research with faculty from Tufts schools and affiliated hospitals. Each student received approximately $3,500 for full-time research designed to result in a senior honors thesis, plus a $1,000 grant to defray research expenses throughout the project.
Read profiles of several Summer Scholars or check out the list of sponsored projects from this past summer.
