Research Assistantship Positions

Paid research assistantship positions available during the academic year and summer are advertised through the Student Employment Office.

Campus as Lab Research Opportunities through the Office of Sustainability

Princeton’s Office of Sustainability facilitates research opportunities that engage Princeton’s physical campus as a learning tool for sustainability solutions in a variety of disciplines. The Office of Sustainability tracks research questions being explored by faculty and staff across campus, many of which are excellent opportunities for JP or senior thesis research. Research opportunities are available to students through individual research projects, as part of coursework or extracurricular activities. The staff in the Office of Sustainability is available to assist interested students in finding ways to incorporate Campus as Lab research into the students' co-curricular experience. These include connecting students with funding opportunities, data sets, and other resources. For more information on how to participate in Campus as Lab research and address real-world problems right here on campus, visit the Campus as Lab website.

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Established in 1988, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is committed to supporting demographic transformation in higher education and to promoting the value of multivocality in the humanities and related disciplines. Its name honors Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, the noted African American educator, statesman, minister, and former president of Morehouse College. Through a pipeline process that emphasizes mentoring, research support, programming, and student cohort building, the Mellon Foundation partners with member colleges and universities to identify and support students of great promise and to help them become scholars and professionals of the highest distinction. (Learn more about the national MMUF program.)

The Princeton MMUF program comprises professional development, research support, faculty mentorship, special credit-bearing seminars, teaching exploration, writing workshops, publication planning, paid committee service, and free expert PhD application preparation. Through those features, the program introduces undergraduate Mellon Fellows to the four pillars of faculty work life – research, teaching, service, and mentorship – as well as to past and current trends in the academic humanities.

Princeton University has been an MMUF member institution since 1989. Over the years, Princeton’s program alone has produced four percent of the national number of MMUF PhDs. The University is also home to one of the nation’s largest MMUF alumni communities – in the ranks of its graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff.

SULI Program at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

This program is for undergraduates interested in performing plasma physics and fusion energy research. Students perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting PPPL's research.  Applications for the SULI program are solicited annually for three separate internship terms. Internship appointments are 10 weeks in duration for the summer term (June through August) or 16 weeks in duration for the fall (September through December) and spring (January through May) term.