We encourage applicants to be as specific and comprehensive in describing their diverse and many academic interests so that we can find the best graduate student match. Given the nature of this community club, you are free to suggest to your local graduate students to take on a PDRP project with you if you believe that there is no particular graduate student representing your topic of interest.
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A non-exhaustive list (updated on a rolling basis) of this semester's projects can be found below: ​
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The final deadline to apply for Fall 2025 is: Friday, September 5th 2025 11:59PM​
(Deadline is always the 2nd Friday after instruction begins)
Late applications will be considered only in the (rare) event there are openings after all other applications have been considered.
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Mentor-mentee pairings will be sent out the week following the deadline.​
If there are open spots for whatever reason (somebody dropped out of the program suddenly), you may choose to turn in a late application and it will still be considered.
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If you are a graduate student and wish to be involved/have questions about leading a reading group, please email pdrp@berkeley.edu
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ELIGIBILITY AND MATCHING
We holistically evaluate each applicant based on interests and experience in order to create the best match between mentor/mentee for a given topic of exploration.​ Due to the limited time that juniors (or higher) and transfer students have at UC Berkeley, we give partial priority based on grade seniority when an appropriate mentor is identified. Typically, we receive many more applicants than we have mentors, so unfortunately we may not be able to match everybody.