Undergraduate Fellowships
Application Information
Eligibility
Each fellowship has its own eligiblity requirements. Please read the program descriptions (below) for more information.
Deadline
All Research Fellowship applications must be submitted to the Office of Student Fellowships and Research located in 108 Banister Hall by 12:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2008. Late applications will not be accepted.
Deadlines for other research opportunities vary--please check each program below.
The purpose of the Research Fellowship Program is to engage students directly in serious research. Each Student Research Fellow participates in a research project under the direction of a faculty/staff member(s) who is independently interested in the area under study. The Student Research Fellow is expected to be a participant in the research, not a mere observer or helper. The nature of an appropriate project differs from discipline to discipline, but all should give the Fellow firsthand experience with productive scholarly work. Should the results of the research be published, the faculty/staff member in charge of the project is expected to acknowledge the contribution of the Student Research Fellow. Summer Student Research Fellows are obligated to refrain from employment during the period of their appointment.
Awards are made on the basis of the candidate's narrative description of the project, the candidate's academic record, the candidate's qualifications to undertake the project, and the faculty/staff member's letter of support. Acceptance of a fellowship does not preclude working for honors, and the financial need of a candidate does not enter into the awarding of fellowships.
Most fellowship programs occur during the summer. A few, however, are available during the academic year (Surdna Research Fellowships, James Stacy Coles Natural Science and Mathematics Fellowship, Doherty Coastal Studies Research Fellowships, and Martha Reed Coles Arts and Humanities Fellowships). Students participating in a research fellowship during the academic year are expected to work part-time throughout the year on the project.
Research Fellowship Program Descriptions
- Doherty Coastal Studies Research Fellowships
- Howard Hughes Summer Fellowships: For work with science faculty.
- INBRE Summer Fellowships: For biomedical research.
- James Stacy Coles Natural Science and Mathematics Fellowships
- James Stacy Coles Summer Research Fellowships in Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Martha Reed Coles Fellowships in the Arts and Humanities
- Maine Space Grant Fellowships
- Paller Neuroscience Research Fellowships
- Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowships
- Surdna Foundation Research Fellowships: For work in any field.
Other Research Opportunities for Students
Deadlines for these fellowships vary, please check each program below.
- Gibbons Summer Research Internship
- Edward E. Langbein Summer Fellowship: For work in any field
- Koelln Research Fund: For essentially humanistic inquiry that surmounts traditional disciplinary boundaries.
- Latin American Studies Travel Grants
- Freeman Travel Grants: To encourage study and research in East and Southeast Asia
- Psi U and Logan Internship Programs in Environmental Studies
- Community Matters in Maine Summer Fellowship Program
- Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship