Independent research?

Lilliana330
Sat, 10 May 2014 19:01:51 +0000

Hello,

I was recently admitted to Berkeley off the wait list as a chemical engineering major (planning to switch to chemistry). I’ve been reading about undergraduate research at Berkeley online and found that there are plenty of opportunities to work with professors or graduate students, although competitive. I’m heavily interested in performing original research as an undergrad, though, and haven’t found any information regarding this. I was wondering: Does Berkeley have any program where you submit a proposal and, if it shows promise, you receive funds/resources to carry out such project? (Ex. USC’s Discovery Scholars, Mellow May Undergraduate Fellowship, etc.) Thanks in advance.