Funding Research
Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs supports undergraduate students conducting research and presenting their research through undergraduate research grants and travel grants.
Applications for Winter Term 2026-27 Undergraduate Research Grants are open! Applications will close on Monday, November 2, 2026 at 12pm (noon). Learn more and apply below.
Undergraduate Research Grants
Undergraduate research grants are internal grants available for Drexel faculty and undergraduate student collaborators to support their work together. The goal of these grants is to provide further support for faculty and student collaboration in undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative work at the university while also offering undergraduate students the opportunity to build skills in crafting effective application materials for funding opportunities.
Undergraduate students doing research with a Drexel faculty member are eligible to apply. Grants can be used to hire the student or for research expenses.
Grant applications open twice annually, in the Fall Term to support work undertaken the following Winter Term and in the Winter Term to support work undertaken the following Spring Term. The number of grants available and funding per grant will be announced each application cycle.
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Travel Grants
Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs supports undergraduate student researchers who have been accepted to present their work at local, national, and international conferences. Undergraduate students who have been accepted to present work at such events can submit applications for partial travel funding. We offer up to $500 in reimbursements for students traveling to conferences that are less than 2,500 miles away and up to $750 in reimbursements for students traveling to conferences that are more than 2,500 miles away (or in international locations).
There is a limit of one travel grant per student per year. Only full-time undergraduate students are eligible to apply.
Apply for a Travel Grant
Students must submit an online travel grant application, including a letter of support from a faculty advisor and evidence of acceptance to the conference/meeting, at least 4 weeks prior to attendance at the conference.
Submissions less than 4 weeks prior to attendance at the conference will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applications will not be accepted for travel that has already been completed. A decision about funding will be provided via email within 2-3 weeks of submission.
Students who are awarded funding are responsible for retaining and submitting original receipts up to (or in excess of) the amount they have been awarded to receive reimbursement.
Please view our travel grant resource page linked below for detailed information about the receipt submission and reimbursement process, and to submit your receipts.
Receipts must be submitted within 45 days of the end of travel or travel grant funds will be forfeited. Failure to submit receipts per procedure can result in delayed payment.
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