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All full-time Vassar students are eligible to apply to the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute. Each summer, about 35 URSI Fellows (usually rising juniors or seniors) and about 15 URSI Explorers (usually rising sophomores) are chosen from the pool of applicants.

Descriptions of upcoming research projects are posted on the URSI website in January, and all interested students are invited to apply. Each faculty member is then given the list of applicants for his or her project, and the faculty member selects the student(s) in consultation with the URSI director.

Selection criteria vary depending on the project and are determined by the faculty member. The selection process may involve interviews and/or work submitted in advance at the request of the faculty member.

The student stipend for the 10-week session is $3,200.