Resources
Undergraduate Students
- Academic Forms and Petitions
- Senior Honors Thesis
- Transfer of Credit
- Checklists
- Learning Objectives
- Tufts Fellowships & Funding
- The Tufts Summer Scholars Program – Summer research funding for undergraduates working with faculty mentors.
- VERSE Program – Research and professional development opportunities for early-career scholars at Tufts.
- External Fellowships & Funding
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – Paid summer research opportunities nationwide in physics and astronomy.
- NASA Internships – Competitive programs for STEM undergraduates across NASA centers.
- Simons Foundation / Flatiron Institute Programs – Research experiences in computational astrophysics.
- Astronaut Scholarship – Prestigious national scholarship recognizing outstanding STEM students.
- Goldwater Scholarship – Supports students pursuing research careers in natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
- Harvard CfA – Research opportunities at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
- American Physical Society (APS) – Career development, advocacy, and conference funding opportunities.
- American Astronomical Society (AAS) – Internships, travel grants, and training resources.
Graduate Students
- Proficiency Assessment Policy for new students
- Graduate Program Learning Objectives
- The Bulletin of Tufts University
- Graduate Transfer of Credit
- GSAS Graduate Student Handbook
- Physics & Astronomy Graduate Programs Handbook
- GSAS PhD Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
- Professional Development & Training
- AS&E Workshops, Conferences, Lectures, and Student Council – A hub for graduate student events, including professional development, networking, and student life opportunities.
- Graduate Workshop Series – Regular seminars on pedagogy and other skills for graduate students.
- Graduate Institute for Teaching (GIFT) – Two-phase program preparing Tufts doctoral students for university-level teaching.
- Graduate Research Excellence at Tufts (GREAT) – A 2.5-week summer program cultivating research skills and leadership in graduate scholars.
- Fellowships & Funding
- Tufts Opportunities - Includes a comprehensive list of fellowships, publications, research, and travel funding at Tufts, and a solid list of external funding opportunities.
- External Opportunities
- Professional Societies & Resources