Funding for Experiential Learning
Have you landed a great experiential learning opportunity but need funds to make it happen? This is a great place to start.
Expand the menus below to explore funding available to CAS undergraduates for experiential learning. Follow the links provided for fund-specific information about requirements and eligibility guidelines.
Activity-Specific Funding Sources
A list of funding sources by the type of experiential learning activity it supports.
Entrepreneurship Funding
Funding Source
Brief Description
Eligibility
Enlight Social Impact Incubator & Summer Internships
Funding for unpaid summer internships at a local Boston nonprofit or social benefit organization, along with support from Innovate@BU for designing your own social venture. Learn more.
Awardees must participate in Innovate@BU’s 10-week summer incubator program.
First-Year
Innovation Fellowship Join a diverse community of problem solvers and receive seed money, coaching, and resources to transform your ideas into impact. Must be a first-year student. Learn more.
Incoming first-year students
Innovation Pathway
A self-paced program that supports ventures of all kinds created by current BU students and alumni who have graduated within the last year. It’s perfect for ideas with a sustainable business model – think for-profit startups or nonprofit organizations. Learn more.
Current BU student or alumni within one year of graduation
Summer Accelerator
A 10-week intensive program that guides BU students and new alumni as they build an early-stage venture. Provides a stipend of up to $10,000 so that participants can work on their venture full-time while accessing mentorship, entrepreneurship education, and more. Learn more.
Current BU student or recent alumni
Sustainability Innovation Seed Grants
Funding to kick-start a project or develop an intervention that tackles the leading sustainability challenges facing BU. Learn more.
Current BU students with sustainability-focused projects
Internship Funding
Funding Source
Brief Description
Eligibility
Enlight Fellowship & Summer Internships
Funding for unpaid summer internships at a local Boston nonprofit or social benefit organization, along with support from Innovate@BU for designing your own social venture. Learn more.
Awardees must participate in Innovate@BU’s 10-week summer incubator program.
Kilachand Honors College, Kilachand Internship Program
Funding to support Kilachand students who identify or design a project with an organization focused on social justice work, as defined by the student. Provides living allowance stipends for unpaid, nonprofit internships, as well as mentorship and an educational framework to support and strengthen the internship experience. Learn more.
All Kilachand students who have completed their first year, have made satisfactory academic progress, and are in good standing in Kilachand are eligible to apply.
Summer Internship Support Program
Provides housing, dining, and professional development coaching to students with unpaid or low-paying summer internships in Greater Boston. Learn more.
Current CAS undergraduates, including students graduating the spring before the internship
Yawkey Nonprofit Internship Program
Supports student with unpaid internships at nonprofit organizations. Learn more.
Sophomore, junior, and first-semester seniors during a fall or spring semester internship; freshmen, sophomore, junior standing during the preceding spring semester for a summer internship.\
Materials Funding
Funding Source
Brief Description
Eligibility
Experiential Learning Gap Funding Grants (GFGs)
GFGs are for CAS undergraduate students who require supplemental financial support to participate in an experiential learning opportunity they have been offered and/or admitted to. See website for further restrictions. Learn more.
Current CAS undergraduates with documented plans to engage in an eligible activity
Provost’s Scholars Award
$1000 of funding for research/creative activity expenses such as travel to conferences and archives or for research-related equipment and supplies. Learn more.
Second-semester sophomores; minimum GPA of 3.0
Student Emergency Assistance Fund
Unexpected costs for materials related to courses and/or housing. Learn more.
Current students with immediate need due to a financial emergency or other unforeseen circumstance
Sustainability Innovation Seed Grants
Funding to kick-start a project or develop an intervention that tackles the leading sustainability challenges facing BU. Learn more.
Current BU students with sustainability-focused projects
Project and Program Funding
Funding Source
Brief Description
Eligibility
Arts Initiative Grants
[On pause for AY 25-26] Grants for graduate and undergraduate research, as well as grants to faculty, students, and staff for projects that directly engage students in the arts. Committees of faculty, staff, and students review all proposals. All BU Arts Initiative arts grants are subject to fiscal year restrictions and must be used in the fiscal year awarded. Learn more.
Varies by award
Diversity & Inclusion, Learn More Community Grant
Provide between $1,000 – $3,000 in funding to students, staff, and faculty who wish to take a deeper dive into the year’s Learn More Series theme, either by hosting programs and events open to the campus community, or by organizing smaller learning communities. Learn more.
Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusion Catalyst Grants
Provides up to $1,000 to collaborative and creative programs and initiatives that generate learning foster inclusive and equitable communities at BU. Learn more.
Boston University students, faculty, and staff who require financial support to realize their creative programs and initiatives fully
Ignite Student Council
Funds and other forms of support for students interested in starting a tech-focused club on campus. Learn more.
Experiential Learning Gap Funding Grants (GFGs)
GFGs are for CAS undergraduate students who require supplemental financial support to participate in an experiential learning opportunity they have been offered and/or admitted to. See website for further restrictions. Learn more.
Current CAS undergraduates with documented plans to engage in an eligible activity
Sustainability Innovation Seed Grants
Open to current BU students. With funding and resources offered by BU Sustainability and Innovate@BU, students are empowered to kick-start a project or develop an intervention that tackles the leading sustainability challenges facing BU. Learn more.
Current BU students with sustainability-focused projects
Research Funding
Funding Source
Brief Description
Eligibility
CAS Honors Research Travel Awards
Funds grants of up to $1,000 for travel to conduct research by advanced undergraduates pursuing the B.A. with honors in any College of Arts & Sciences major. Learn more.
All CAS juniors and seniors with an approved proposal for a Senior Honors Project on file in their major department are eligible.
CURA Travel & Research Grant
Travel grants of up to $500 are provided to students who wish to travel outside of Boston for a conference or to conduct research on a subject related to CURA’s mission. Learn more.
Conference or research must be on a subject related to CURA’s mission.
Experiential Learning Gap Funding Grants (GFGs)
GFGs are for CAS undergraduate students who require supplemental financial support to participate in an experiential learning opportunity they have been offered and/or admitted to. See website for further restrictions. Learn more.
Current CAS undergraduates with documented plans to engage in an eligible activity
Provost’s Scholars Award
$1000 of funding for research/creative activity expenses such as travel to conferences and archives or for research-related equipment and supplies. Learn more.
Second-semester sophomores; minimum GPA of 3.0
UROP
Connects BU undergraduate students with funded, faculty-mentored research projects in any academic area university-wide. Learn more.
Any full-time undergraduate student at BU is eligible to apply.
Travel Funding
Funding Source
Brief Description
Eligibility
CAS Honors Research Travel Awards
Funds grants of up to $1,000 for travel to conduct research by advanced undergraduates pursuing the B.A. with honors in any College of Arts & Sciences major. Learn more.
All CAS juniors and seniors with an approved proposal for a Senior Honors Project on file in their major department are eligible.
CURA, Travel & Research Grant
Provides travel grants of up to $500 to students who wish to travel outside of Boston for a conference or to conduct research on a subject related to CURA’s mission. Learn more.
Conference or research must be on a subject related to CURA’s mission.
Experiential Learning Gap Funding Grants (GFGs)
GFGs are for CAS undergraduate students who require supplemental financial support to participate in an experiential learning opportunity they have been offered and/or admitted to. See website for further restrictions. Learn more.
Current CAS undergraduates with documented plans to engage in an eligible activity
Provost’s Scholars Award
$1000 of funding for research/creative activity expenses such as travel to conferences and archives or for research-related equipment and supplies. Learn more.
Second-semester sophomores; minimum GPA of 3.0
Student Emergency Assistance Fund
Unexpected costs related to travel. Learn more.
Current students with immediate need due to a financial emergency or other unforeseen circumstance
Discipline-Specific Funding Sources
A list of funding sources for experiential learning by subject area.
Archaeology
Funding Source
Supported Activity
Brief Description
Eligibility
Archaeology Grants
Research, Travel
These funds are intended to enhance undergraduate and graduate training in archaeology, and may be used for a variety of research- and travel-related expenses, including conference travel, research activities, and field schools. Learn more.
Archaeology majors, minors, and graduate students in good academic standing in the BA, BA/MA, or MA program in Archaeology may apply for an Archaeology Student Research Grant.
Mary Beaudry Broadening Archaeological Participation Fund
Research, Travel
Provides travel support on a competitive basis to BU undergraduate and graduate students of color or from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain first-hand experience in the field of archaeology. These funds are normally used to help lessen the financial burden of travel expenses for participation in an approved archaeological summer field school, but may be used for a variety of other research- and travel-related expenses, including conference travel and research activities. Learn more.
Undergraduate and graduate students of color or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Mark Mobius Student Research and Travel Endowment Fund
Materials, Research, Travel
Support for research and fieldwork conducted by undergraduate and graduate archeology students at the College of Arts & Sciences. Expenses may include, but are not limited to, travel stipends, research support, and others costs associated with fieldwork, including technology expenses. Learn more.
Undergraduate or graduate (BA, BA/MA, MA, PhD) students doing archaeological research.
Biology
Funding Source
Supported Activity
Brief Description
Eligibility
Biology Department Travel Grant
Research, Travel
Offers BMB students the opportunity to receive funding for travel and participation in research conferences or other professional development activities that support their education and career path. Learn more.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology students
Core Curriculum
Funding Source
Supported Activity
Brief Description
Eligibility
Stephen Lee Cohen Award for Sublime Firsts
Travel, Research, Projects/Programs, Materials
Designed to support undergraduate students with financial need to help them access new experiential learning opportunities related to Core coursework. The award is intended to cover expenses such as event tickets, entrance fees, and access to additional reading material or online resources, as well as related to travel, lodging, or meal expenses.
BU Students enrolled in a Core (CC) course the semester the experience take place.
International Relations
Funding Source
Supported Activity
Brief Description
Eligibility
Michael T. Corgan Internship Fund
Internship
Awards a stipend to selected students for a qualified summer internship in the area of international affairs that would otherwise be unpaid. Learn more.
Open to Pardee School undergraduate majors who are at least rising juniors at the time of application. To be eligible, a student must have an internship offer in hand.
William R. Keylor Travel Grants for Undergraduates
Research, Travel
Institutionally supported undergraduate student research. Learn more.
Students in the Pardee School of Global Studies.
Jewish Studies
Funding Source
Supported Activity
Brief Description
Eligibility
Brooks Family Scholarship
Research, Travel
Short-term research support. Learn more.
Available to Boston University sophomores or juniors who have declared a minor in Jewish Studies and have completed three or more courses counting toward the minor (including up to 2 courses in Hebrew Language). Seniors on track to graduate with the minor are also eligible.
Henry J. and Carole Pinkney Research Scholarship
Research, Travel
Students can request funds to cover travel expenses, conference fees, and other costs directly related to research or professional development. Learn more.
Open to any Boston University undergraduate or graduate student conducting research in Jewish Studies.
Jewish Cultural Endowment
Research, Projects/Programs
Supports the development of Jewish cultural programs across the university, including lectures, conferences, literary events, curricular enhancement, and artistic performances and exhibitions. Learn more.
Students with access to a BU program administration that will be responsible for planning, promoting and executing the event.
Levine, Martin Family Scholarship
Research, Travel
Short-term research support. Learn more.
Boston University students concentrating in Jewish Studies who have declared a minor in Jewish Studies and completed at least three courses counting toward the concentration.
Mathematics & Statistics
Funding Source
Supported Activity
Brief Description
Eligibility
Undergraduate Travel Grants
Research, Travel
Supports travel to, and participation in, conferences and workshops. Learn more.
Students from underrepresented groups are strong encouraged to apply.