Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships 2026. The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University invites purposes from present Duke University (and DKU) undergraduates for the 2026 Summer Research Fellowship. This program is designed for college students keen to realize hands-on expertise within the scientific study of inequality and its social penalties.

Fellows will probably be linked to one of many Cook Center’s analysis pillars (e.g., Educational and Economic OPPORTUNITY, Health Equity, Carceral Justice) or cross-chopping themes—methods and buildings of inequality; public coverage engagement; knowledge science and methodological innovation; and coaching the subsequent era of students.

Responsibilities

• Research Assistance: Assist with ongoing analysis tasks (e.g., knowledge assortment, literature opinions, or evaluation).
• Team Communication: Attend biweekly (in particular person or digital) analysis staff conferences to debate mission updates and collaborate with submit-baccalaureate and graduate mentors.
• Progress: Maintain common communication with analysis mentors to trace progress, milestones, and questions. 
• Professional Development: Write a short abstract of your summer time analysis experiences to share on the Cook Center web site.
• Expected Time Commitment (advisable): Fellows ought to plan to dedicate roughly 14–19 hours per week (on common) to fellowship actions, together with conferences, analysis duties, and preparation of deliverables.

Stipend

• $2,500 per summer time time period (as much as $5,000 if engaged for each phrases)

Eligibility

• Open solely to present Duke University (and DKU) undergraduate college students who will probably be enrolled for the Fall 2026 semester.
• Applicant must be eligible to work within the U.S.

Application

Applications will proceed to be reviewed on a rolling foundation by April 30, contingent on the supply of positions.

For extra data, go to Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships.