Columbia undergraduates and alumni seeking to explore and apply for internal, national and international fellowships and research opportunities are encouraged to work with advisors from Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URF).
To learn more about funded summer and postgraduate opportunities, students are invited to:
join information sessions and workshops led by URF advisers
attend meetings featuring renowned foundations and universities from around the world
meet individually with a URF advisor to discuss opportunities that align with their unique intellectual, personal, and professional interests
seek advising and feedback at any stage of the fellowship application or research proposal process
URF celebrates research with events such as the Undergraduate Research Symposium, just as it seeks to grow the Columbia fellowship community through near peer and alumni networking events. From Columbia sponsored opportunities such as the Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Scholars Program, the Comer Climate Research Fellowship, and the Humanities Research Scholars Program to national and international competitions such as the Goldwater, Truman, Knight-Hennessy, and Rhodes Scholarships, URF supports students who seek to pursue research and fellowship opportunities at Columbia and beyond its gates.
Columbia was named a top-producing institution for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, with 16 awardees in 2022–23.
Five Columbians were named Class of 2024 Schwarzman Scholars.
Three Columbians were named U.S. Rhodes Scholars.
A Columbia College student was named 2023 Rhodes Scholar for the East Africa constituency – the first Columbian to be named a recipient from the region.