The Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research (PUR) is a University-wide program providing awards to students to conduct research, engage in other scholarship or undertake creative projects with faculty mentors during the summer. Students will receive payments totaling $3,000 and on-campus housing during the period of their PUR work. 

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The Emerging Scholars Summer Research, Scholarship & Creativity Program supports students in the early exploration of their research and scholarly interests and in developing their research skills, under the tutelage of a faculty mentor or mentors. 

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In addition to support available to students across the University, many departments offer their own funding for students majoring in or pursuing research in their fields. 

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The Brawley Fund, named after Bucknell’s first African-American graduate, Edward McKnight Brawley, provides funds for student activities that promote learning outside of the classroom, such as research, internships and study-abroad opportunities. This fund also supports students who were underrepresented in these areas in the past. 

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The Bucknell Institute for Public Policy offers fellowship awards to enable students in the social sciences to have meaningful research experiences during the summer. Summer Research Student Fellowships include a $3,000 award to defray living expenses and fellows also qualify for on-campus housing at no charge.

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The Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation Summer Environmental Internship supports students from across majors who conduct environmental research, primarily but not exclusively with a focus on West Branch of the Susquehanna River, with stipends of $4,000 and summer on-campus housing. 

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The Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars program supports undergraduate women majoring in STEM disciplines in which they are underrepresented on Bucknell’s campus. Research scholars will receive fellowships of $5,000, University housing for the summer, approximately $1,500 for research materials and supplies and funding to support research-related travel and/or graduate school visits. 

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Each year the College of Engineering holds an Engineering Student Research Symposium to showcase the work of our talented students in concert with an annual College of Engineering Celebration Dinner co-hosted by the Bucknell Engineering Alumni Association.

The annual Kalman Research Symposium is open to all Bucknell students (undergraduate and graduate levels) who wish to make a presentation on a completed or ongoing research project or Honors Thesis project. Presentations may be made in one of two venues: a poster session, in which the students present a graphic representation of their work or a short oral presentation.

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Bucknell's Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, sponsors a research poster session at the end of the summer research session.

The annual Susquehanna River Symposium includes a poster session where students may present work related to the river, it’s ecology, history, cultural heritage and related topics.

Central Pennsylvania undergraduates from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations at the Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium, which is sponsored jointly by the Geisinger Center for Health Research and Bloomsburg, Susquehanna and Bucknell Universities. It is an opportunity for students in central Pennsylvania to showcase their research activities, to learn about other methods and disciplines and to gain the experience of presenting at a professional conference.