In Spring/Fall semester, you can get minions by writing a SPUR or URAP project for which highly qualified undergraduates will apply. Graduate students can be amazing mentors for undergraduates, and we often have more of a direct connection to their academic development since we work with them in smaller groups and as GSIs. The SPUR and URAP programs are designed to allow undergrads to get research experience. Officially faculty must be the main PI on the project, but usually you end up writing the project and your PI just submits it. You can also get SPUR students over the summer.

The students sign up for variable units and each unit is equivalent to 2-3 hours of work on the project per week.

SPUR students come with stipends of 500 dollars that are paid into the PI's account. These funds are purposed for expenses related to helping the undergraduates conduct the research (gas money for travel to research sites, equipment, travel to conferences, poster printing). URAP also offers a small number of stipends to allow some URAP apprentices to continue work on their mentors' research projects over the summer. To be eligible, students must have been working with the same mentor for at least two semesters. Mentors nominate their students. These stipends are generously supported by a number of private donors.

Undergraduates will also be willing work with you to get experiences/references, but the units act as an incentive. 

URAP likes faculty members (i.e., you, logged in as your PI) to post new projects every May for the following year, but they'll accept them through August. 

In summer, you can submit proposal to SMART. Similar to URAP and SPUR, the SMART Program enables doctoral students to provide mentored research opportunities for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley. In Summer 2019, graduate mentors who work under the guidance of a faculty adviser will each receive a stipend of $1,000. Each undergraduate mentee will receive a stipend in the amount of $3,500 for approximately 200 hours of work. In addition, graduate students receive training in mentoring through a spring seminar, Mentoring in Higher Education (GSPDP 301), offered by the Graduate Division.