Berkeley Discovery offers and funds original research programs, hubs, and inquiry-based projects for undergraduate students, for and across all disciplines. 

Our mission is to weave all undergraduates into the fabric of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship at our university.

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See Discovery in Action | Student Stories

Hear how students connected to campus, immersed in engaging courses, and developed personalized culminating projects.  Watch more student stories >

Building a health education initiative

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Nilufar co-founded a health initiative by and for Afghans.

Data visualization for climate science

Yueyi helped build a data visualization tool to track ocean sound levels.

Interdisciplinary design and entrepreneurship

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Adam started a company merging design, sustainability, linguistic science, and accessibility.

These student profiles were featured in our campus-wide Discovery banner project.

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