Prospective Graduate Students
We will be accepting applications for Fall 2025.
Those interested in joining the lab as a doctoral student should apply to the Social Psychology Program in the NYU Department of Psychology and, in the application, indicate their interest in joining the Motivation Lab.
For more information on the application process, please see the NYU Department of Psychology webpage.
Current Graduate Students
If you are a current graduate student and interested in working or collaborating with the Motivation Lab, please contact us directly at gabriele.oettingen@nyu.edu and peter.gollwitzer@nyu.edu.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Undergraduate research opportunities include volunteer work, independent study (for course credit), honors research, and summer research opportunities. We are seeking undergraduate students who demonstrate an interest in research, willingness to learn, commitment, conscientiousness, and creativity. Responsibilities for research assistants include running experiments to collect data, data entry and coding, creating research stimuli and surveys, and assisting with literature searches. Research assistants work primarily with doctoral students and the lab manager, and actively contribute to the research process while gaining valuable research experience.
If you would like to apply for a Research Assistant position, please send us an email at gabriele.oettingen@nyu.edu and peter.gollwitzer@nyu.edu.
More information about opportunities to work as a research assistant in our lab in exchange for academic credit can be found HERE.