About this opportunity

The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Undergraduate Complexity Research (UCR) program is a 10-week residential experience in complexity science. Students can select from a menu of projects, or develop a project in collaboration with their mentor(s) and as a member of the supportive UCR community. Students learn how to combine theory, methods, and data from the physical, natural, and social sciences to ask big questions about real-world complex systems using the rigorous methods employed at SFI. Through a series of seminars and workshops, students enhance their skills as researchers and prepare for the next steps in their academic and professional journeys.There is no tuition for this program. Students receive a stipend of $700 per week, or $7,000 over the course of the program. All UCRs are provide