Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Advising Office

Have you applied for April graduation? If so, please plan to join us for a celebration of your success!

More details can be found here.

There are two funds for summer research in the Psychology Department. When you apply, in PittFund$Me, you will automatically apply for both funds.

Awards of up to $1500 (paid directly to the student as a stipend) are available to support any aspect of undergraduate research, including honors theses. Supported research activities may include (but are not limited to) student salaries, research equipment or software, research materials, scholarly materials (e.g. books), printing costs, participant compensation, conference registration, and travel.

Please visit the website for more details and for application information. 

Application deadline: February 20, 2026

With the changing seasons and the holidays approaching, food insecurity can become a greater concern for some in our community. Community members will find on-campus and off-campus resources on this webpage.

Pitt affiliates impacted by the recent disruption in SNAP benefit disbursements are encouraged to utilize available campus and community resources, including the Pitt Pantry and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The Pitt Pantry will continue operating on its regular fall semester schedule and is closely monitoring inventory in anticipation of increased demand. All students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty, and staff are welcome to visit the Pantry to supplement their nutrition with healthy, no-cost food options.
Additionally, students are encouraged to contact the Care and Resource Support Office for assistance in accessing additional resources. This office is dedicated to addressing a wide range of student needs and connecting students with appropriate support services.

Applications for the 2026 UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) are now being accepted! The application period will close on Monday, March 2rd, 2026 at 11:59PM PST.

PURC was created in 1992 by UCLA’s Dr. Elizabeth Bjork with the objective of creating opportunities for undergraduate research assistants to develop their presentation skills and share their research efforts with their peers and colleagues during a day-long event. In addition to fostering undergraduate professionalism, PURC has proven to be a meaningful and exciting forum for students from universities throughout the nation to communicate their research activities with one another. This is also a great opportunity to network and make connections with UCLA faculty!

The conference will be on Friday, May 8th, 2026 in Pritzker Hall at UCLA and will showcase undergraduate psychology research projects through poster sessions and 5-minute data blitz sessions. We are looking for high-quality abstracts written by undergraduate researchers. The application and more details are available at https://www.psych.ucla.edu/undergraduate/special-programs-and-events/purc/applying-to-purc/. Make sure to speak to your faculty mentor and/or graduate student advisor soon about submitting an abstract for this year’s conference!

Please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or email purc@psych.ucla.edu with any questions.”

As part of our work, we run a free, student-led mentorship program that connects current premed students with Pitt Med student mentors. We understand how stressful and overwhelming this process can be, and our goal is to ease that burden by offering timely, personalized advice from students who have recently gone through it.

When students sign up, they’ll be matched with a mentor who shares similar experiences or interests. Mentors can help with reviewing applications, navigating secondaries, preparing for interviews, and more. We also host weekly office hours where students can join and have any of their questions answered by current PittMed students (including how to prepare for the application throughout undergrad, MCAT, the application process, interviews, and anything else they may have questions on!).

If your students are interested in signing up for 1-on-1 mentoring or attending our office hours, they can fill out this form:

1-on-1 mentor signup: Mentee signup

Office hours: Office hour mailing list

Know undergraduate students or recent graduates who are searching for jobs or internships?
The Psychology Job and Internship Opportunities Blog was developed to provide information about psychology-related job and internship opportunities to undergraduate students and recent graduates. While it's certainly not a comprehensive resource, I hope that it can be one helpful tool for students searching for jobs and internships! The blog is updated regularly, and students who would like to stay up-to-date on new job and internship opportunities can subscribe to the blog. There are a lot of job/internship application deadlines coming up in February and March, so this might be a particularly timely moment to share the blog with your students!

The ODU Research Foundation is seeking a Resehttps://sites.wp.odu.edu/yr2lab/join-us/projectcoordinator/arch Associate to perform work under the Youth Risk & Resilience Laboratory (Director: Dr. Cassie Glenn) at Old Dominion University. The Research Associate will assist with several multi-site projects (funded by the National Institute of Mental Health) focused on understanding short-term risk and treatment for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth. For these projects, preadolescents and adolescents will be recruited following discharge from acute psychiatric hospitalization for suicide risk. In several projects (R01MH124899; R21MH135493; R01MH137793), youth and their caregivers will complete daily smartphone-based surveys (ecological momentary assessment) and youth also will wear a Fitbit-like device to measure sleep patterns for four weeks. One study also involves assessment of social media use (R21MH135493). In another project, adolescents will complete a brief (6-week) digital version of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (dCBT-I), along with intensive longitudinal assessments (ecological momentary assessment via smartphone and Fitbit-like device to measure sleep).

The Research Associate will gain experience with all aspects of the research process, including potential opportunities to present data at psychology conferences and to assist with manuscript preparation. The position will be available in late Spring/early Summer 2026. A one-year commitment is required. This position is ideal for individuals looking for clinical research experience before pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology or related field. Information about the Youth Risk & Resilience Laboratory can be found here: sites.wp.odu.edu/yr2lab/.

More information can be found here.

Applications are invited for a full-time post-baccalaureate lab manager position in the Mental State Processing and Psychopathology lab directed by Dr. Chloe Hudson in the Department of Psychology, Clinical Science area at Virginia Tech. This position will begin in Spring or Summer of 2026. Our research focuses on how social cognition and metacognition are implicated in social functioning, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. To this end, we study the full spectrum of health and psychiatric illness. More details about our work can be found on our website: https://www.hudsonlabvt.com/

Primary responsibilities will include: recruiting, screening, scheduling, consenting, and running participants through study protocols; collecting, entering, managing, and ensuring quality of participant data; supervising undergraduate research assistants; assisting with IRB management, data processing and analysis, conference presentations, and manuscript preparation.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in psychology, cognitive science, or related field; one year of human subjects research experience; demonstrated organizational, time-management, interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work with data programs (e.g., R, REDCap) and experience conducting diagnostic interviews are also desirable, but not required. 

The start date for the position is flexible. To apply, please submit your transcript (unofficial is acceptable), CV, cover letter, and the contact information for two to three references to chloehudson@vt.edu. Your cover letter should describe your research experiences, interests, and long-term goals. Review of applications will begin March 15 and continue until the position is filled.

January 23, 2026          Add/drop ends
January 30, 2026          Extended drop ends
February 1, 2026          Summer graduation application opens
February 9, 2025          Grade option (S/NC) deadline
February 16, 2026        Summer term enrollment begins
March 1, 2026               Fall graduation application opens
March 10, 2026             Last day to resign from spring term
March 20, 2026             Monitored withdrawal deadline
March 23, 2026             Spring term 2026 enrollment begins
April 24, 2026                Last day of classes
May 1, 2026                  Psychology Celebration of Graduates

Announcements will run bi-weekly throughout the summer.