Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program

Mission

The mission of the BBS SURF program is to provide college students from groups historically underserved in science or students from universities where research opportunities are not as widely available with the opportunity to participate in research and training experiences with faculty in labs and clinics in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Fellows will have the opportunity to work closely with UT Dallas faculty mentors, graduate students, and other SURF Fellows to gain knowledge and experiences that will support them as developing scholars and help them to prepare for future doctoral study. This program will provide practical insights into how to successfully apply to doctoral programs and encourage students to create networks that they can use later in their educational and professional journey.

Eligibility

The SURF program is open to any student currently in their sophomore or junior year in college enrolled in a neuroscience, psychology, or speech, language, and hearing program at a college or university in the United States.

Our Summer 2023 SURF Fellows were amazing and we were so glad to have fellows join us on campus. We will not have a SURF program in Summer of 2024, but we hope the program can return in 2025.