![Melissa Manus in the field.](https://bassconnections.duke.edu/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_1220/public/Manus-tw.png?itok=C6MLT1Ff)
Are you and a group of your fellow students excited about testing a new idea or exploring a compelling research question? Do you want to extend work that you started through your Bass Connections project?
Bass Connections provides support for students of all levels who want to pursue student-driven research or course development projects in partnership with a faculty mentor.
Student Research Awards
The Bass Connections Student Research Award provides funds for undergraduates and graduate/professional students to support student-directed, faculty-mentored research projects.
![Melissa Manus in the field.](https://bassconnections.duke.edu/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_1220/public/Manus-tw.png?itok=C6MLT1Ff)
![Faculty and students work on engineering design projects.](https://bassconnections.duke.edu/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_1220/public/course-faculty-tw_0.png?itok=rHyTjNjG)
Collaborative Project Exhibitions
The Collaborative Project Exhibitions program provides support for graduate and professional students to work with a faculty sponsor to create or redesign an undergraduate course that integrates collaborative, project-based work as a central element of the course design.