Build your profile
Skills, interests, coursework, and documents — entered once, used everywhere.
Get matched
Recommendations and a readiness score point you to the labs where you fit.
Apply & track
Guided applications with one pipeline for every status, interview, and offer.
Everything you need to land research
From discovery to acceptance, Catalyst handles every step of the undergraduate research journey.
Smart recommendations
Opportunities ranked against your skills, interests, and coursework — the best fits surface before you even search.
Readiness score
See how prepared you are for each opportunity and exactly what would strengthen your application.
One-profile applications
Your profile auto-fills every application. No more re-typing your transcript into web forms.
Direct messaging
Reach faculty and lab coordinators inside the platform. No more cold emails going unanswered.
Faculty review pipeline
A standardized pipeline for every posting: review, interview, and accept from one queue.
University analytics
Participation, funnels, and department breakdowns — reporting your research office can export.
One platform, three sides of research
For students
Personalized recommendations, readiness scoring, and a guided path from first search to first publication.
For faculty
Qualified applicants, one review pipeline, and zero cold-email triage.
For universities
Institution-wide participation analytics and reporting, out of the box.
Bring Catalyst to
your campus.
We're opening Catalyst to new universities. Join the waitlist and we'll reach out about bringing undergraduate research matching to your students, faculty, and research office.
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