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Institutional Fellowships - Spring Semester Application Deadlines

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Listed below are the institutional fellowships Bowdoin students can apply for during the spring semester. Each fellowship offers a $3,200 stipend for eight weeks of research, up to $500 for research related expenses, and campus housing provided by the College. These institutional fellowships are usually carried out during the summer, but in rare cases, during the following academic year. While the exact number of fellowships supported by a fund shifts annually, in general the College awards over 30 Institutional Fellowships through the spring process and an additional four institutional fellowships through the fall application process. The Committee on Student Fellowships and Research reviews all Institutional Fellowships applications and makes the award decisions; the Office of Student Fellowships and Research is responsible for their administration.

The Institutional Fellowships with fall application deadlines and Departmental Fellowships and offer different, but significant award packages; mini grants for research offer smaller awards.  Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with all of these opportunities to determine which funding source best suits their project and research needs.

Deadline: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at noon
Summer Academic Year Fellowship Academic Area
√ √ Coles Fellowship, Martha Reed Arts and humanities research
√ √ Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship, James Stacy Natural science and mathematics
√ √ Cooke Research Fellowship Environmental studies research  (and/or students living in Quinby House)
√ √ Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal Studies Research
 Marine and coastal studies research
√   Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Coastal/Environmental Studies
 Coastal and/or environmental studies; preference given to students majoring in the basic sciences who plan to pursue graduate study
√ Hughes Family Summer Research Fellowship Environmental studies summer research
√ Kaufman Family Fellowship Preference for faculty-mentored student research in any discipline carried out during the academic year
√ √ Kibbe Fellowship
 Student research in the sciences
√   Langbein Summer Fellowship 
 Awarded to an undergraduate or recent graduate to participate in summer research or advanced study directly related to his or her major field or life work
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 Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship
 Aerospace-related research including astronomical, biological, physical, social, earth science, human exploration and development of space, space science, and other science technology, computer or engineering related fields
√ Patterson Research Fellowship
 Preference given to students conducting research in the humanities over the summer months
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   Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowships Humanities, social sciences and natural science projects that provide new insight and understanding into the multiple facets of coastal studies
√ √ Surdna Foundation Research Fellowships Research in any field, awarded to highly qualified seniors to be used during the summer preceding the senior year or during the senior academic year

Application Process. Scholarly mentoring is crucial to the effectiveness of a research fellowship; therefore, it's important that interested students talk with faculty early in the process and identify a faculty member who will be available and willing to mentor the student throughout the fellowship period. Your application must include a letter of support from your faculty mentor. To view the application, click here: Institutional Research Fellowship - Spring Application.

Complete application forms must be submitted by noon on the posted deadline to the Office of Student Fellowships and Research. Applicants will be notified of their application status according to the posted schedule.  (See Application/Notification Timeline for more detailed information.) (Back to Top)