The ILR Undergraduate Research Fellows Program provides ILR undergraduates with the opportunity to work with a professor during academic year 2023-2024. This program was developed in response to numerous requests we have received from undergraduates for research opportunities and in the hope that it will facilitate one-on-one student/faculty interactions. Students participating in this program will receive an hourly pay of $16.50 per hour for up to 10 hours a week. Awards will be made on a one semester basis with renewal possible for the second semester.  Students may not earn credit for the research project during the semester or year they are being paid as a research assistant.

The Mind of the Founders

This project aims to develop an anthology of the intellectual milieu of the founding of America. It will comprise sections on major ideas in the Founders' minds, such as the scientific method and the role of virtue in public life. Each section will begin with a short introduction to the idea, followed by the earliest (or earliest influential) expression of the idea. For example, one section that is already completed pertains to natural law and contains a passage from Cicero's On the Laws.  The Undergraduate Research Fellow will find early expressions of ideas such as liberalism, conservatism, and race. – with Professor Michael Gold.

To apply for this Fall 2023 research opportunity, please click Apply below.