Solomon Research Fellowships in LGBT Studies

A generous gift from Andrew Solomon '85 has enabled us to organize an annual competition for summer fellowships to support undergraduate research projects in sexuality studies, especially lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender studies. Stipend support of $4,000 to $5,000 is granted for 8-10 weeks of fulltime summer research. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are eligible to apply.  Preference will be given to those students, especially juniors, whose research is intended to contribute to their senior essays. The application deadline is Feburary 24, 2010.

Applications should be submitted to the Yale College Office of Fellowship Programs.  For more information on the Solomon Research Fellowships and application procedures, visit the OFP's Solomon Fellowship page.  (You must have a Yale netid to see it.) 

Congratulations to the 2009 Solomon Research Fellows, who will spend the summer conducting research:

• Alan Montes, Trumbull '10, Psychological and Communal Support Needs of Latino LGBT Teens and Youth
• Rachel Schiff, Silliman '10, Transgender Legal Advocacy and Research: Exploring the Intersection of Legal Language and Civil Rights
• Sophia Shapiro, Calhoun '11, Research on AIDS and Youth at Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York

2008 Solomon Fellows:

• Adam Gardner, "(Re)Presenting Absence: Felix Gonzalez-Torres and the Archive of Loss"
• Emily Hoffman, "A Study of Lesbian Performance in New York, San Francisco, and London"
• Anna Wipfler, "LGBTQ Student Organizing at Yale in the 1970s and 1980s"