Pilot Your Research Experience as a UD Flyer

Undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences can participate in our Dean's Summer Fellowship program. This distinctive (and paid!) research opportunity allows students like you to partner in one-on-one collaboration with a faculty mentor of your choice in a shared summer project.

In the Dean’s Summer Fellowship, your interests and imagination as a student drive the research: you can deeply explore an intellectual or creative project on subjects that fascinate you, even if they would fall outside the traditional bounds of your major. Let your passion and enthusiasm be your guide as a Dean’s Summer Fellow!

Current students interested in the Dean’s Summer Fellowship can find program details and eligibility requirements on Porches.


The Dean’s Summer Fellowship made me realize research was both exciting and a team effort. It pushed my boundaries and challenged me to be inquisitive and intellectually creative.
Jessica Sheldon '23
Pre-Medicine Major


Recent Research and Projects
Carly Olson at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Humanities and Social Sciences
09.28.2026

UD English, education major studies relevance of classic literature in the classroom link-arrow link-arrow

An English and education major researched the teaching of sensitive topics in Shakespeare's works at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Former UD baseball player Michael Lucarelli leading off third base.
Humanities and Social Sciences
09.22.2026

Student researches importance of language around mental health in college athletics link-arrow link-arrow

A former UD baseball player spent his summer researching how rhetoric surrounding mental health impacts an athlete's willingness to seek help.
Portrait of Trinity Minus
Humanities and Social Sciences
09.14.2026

UD English major explores Black womanist theology in the age of Gen Z link-arrow link-arrow

Trinity Minus' summer research project was inspired by a course that examines Black religious history from the 1500s to today.