Grants, Fellowships, Awards and Student Research
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bowdoin College has been awarded a grant of $800,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to further undergraduate education and research, which includes a bioethics symposium, curriculum innovations, and outreach programs in the area of life sciences.
Spectrophotometry Outreach Program
Howard Hughes Lab Protocols [PDF]
Student Summer Research Opportunities in the Biology Department for 2009
Student Awards and Prizes 2009 (PDF)
Student Honors Thesis Titles 2009 (PDF)
Surnda Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Fellowships may be awarded annually to highly qualified seniors. Each Surdna Fellow parcticipates under the direction of a faculty member(s)in a research project in which the faculty member is independently interested. Applications are made to the Faculty Resources Committee.
Surdna Fellows are chosen each spring for the following summer or academic year. Awards are made on the basis of the candidate's academic record, particular interests and competence, the availability of an appropriate research project, and a faculty member's recommendation. Acceptance of a Surdna Fellowship does not preclude working for Honors and the financial need of a candidate does not enter into the awarding of fellowships. Surdna Fellows are, however, obligated to refrain from employment during the period of their appointment. The stipend is for part-time research during the academic year or full-time research in eight weeks of the summer.
Candidates for Surdna grants should be nominated by a member of the faculty. Proposals should include a description of the project written by the faculty, a description of the project written by the student, a title, a course transcript, the department or program in which the work will be done, and whether the request is for the summer or the academic year.
Edward E. Langbein Summer Research Fellowship
An annual gift of the Bowdoin Family Association is awarded under the direction of the President of the College to an undergraduate or graduate to enable the recipient to participate in summer research or advanced study directed towards his or her major field or life work. Formerly the Bowdoin Fathers Association fund, the grant was renamed in 1970 in memory of a former president and secretary of the Association. Candidates for a Langbein Fellowship must be nominated by a faculty member, who should write a letter to the Faculty Resources Committee in support of the nominee including a copy of the academic transcript. Candidates must write to the Committee and describe the proposed research and its relation to their major field or life work.
The American Heart Association
Fellowships are awarded each year by the Maine Affiliate of the American Heart Association with the stated purpose of encouraging science students to consider careers in cardiovascular research. Applicants should be juniors or seniors and have an interest in research. The fellowship recipient works for a 10-week period during the summer with a faculty member in his/her research lab. Applications, including project description, transcripts, and three letters of recommendation will be required.
The Moulton Fund
The Moulton Fund, established in the memory of James M. Moulton (George Lincoln Skolfield, Jr. Professor of Biology), awards up to two summer research fellowships annually. Students apply for this fellowship in March by submitting a brief outline of their proposed project. All research is to be done under the direction of a Bowdoin Faculty advisor.
Summary of Biology, Biochemistry and Neuroscience Faculty Grants:
Barry Logan received a grant from the Australian Research Council to continue his study, "Eucalypt growth in past and future environments - a novel approach to understanding the impacts of atmospheric CO2 and climate." The aim of the project is to determine the impact of drought on the integrative responses of trees to increasing temperature and past and future atmospheric CO2. The research is motivated by predictions that environmental change in Australia species and ecosystems. Read more.
Bruce Kohorn has been awarded a major grant from the National Science Foundation, through 2011, for his continuing work on the role of Wall-Associated Kinases (WAKS) in plant-cell expansion and in pollen tube growth. The Research for Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) grant gives undergraduate students in biology and biochemistry the opportunity to perform their own research projects, to be exposed to the scientific thought process, and to make contributions to the academic field. Read more.
John Lichter - NSF Research Grant, through 2011. "RUI: Soil carbon sequestration and turnover after 12 years of CO2 fertilization at the Duke Forest FACE experiment" Read more.
Carey Phillips- NIH Research Grant, through 2010. "Mapping Cerrebukar Development in Time and Space.
Nathaniel Wheelwright - NSF Research Grant, through 2010, "OPUS RUI: Long Term Study of an Island Bird Population"