Fellowships and Grants

In addition to support available from faculty research grants and other departmental and interdepartmental programs (see YSER home page), more than a dozen individual fellowship programs are available for the support of undergraduate research projects.

Beckman Scholars Program provides research expense and stipend support for one academic year and two summers for selected undergraduates in the biological and biomedical sciences (participating departments: MCDB, MB&B, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering).

Biomedical Engineering Summer Research Internship Program provides support for selected undergraduates to perform summer research with faculty in the Yale Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Wendy E. Blanning Memorial Summer Fellowship provides Sophomores and Juniors with support for a summer internship or other pre-professional project.

Edward A. Bouchet Fellowship Program provides selected sophomores with research support for two summers and two academic years in any field of study.

Council on Archaeological Studies Grants provide support for summer fieldwork by majors in archaeological studies.

Environmental Internship Program provides support for summer research projects and internships relating to environmental issues.

Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program provides selected sophomores with research support for two summers and two academic years in designated fields of study.

Michael Manzella Fellowship provides support for summer projects in cancer-related research.

Richter Summer Fellowships provide support for summer projects of independent study or research in any discipline.

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research support student research with awards for supplies, equipment or travel to a research site.

SRO (Summer Research Opportunities) in Economics provides selected students with the opportunity to participate in the ongoing research of Yale faculty in Economics.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program provides selected students with eight weeks of research and mentoring designed as preparation for graduate school.

Yale BioSTEP (Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program) provides intensive, short-term summer research training for selected undergraduates in order to foster interest in careers in the biomedical sciences.

Yale College Dean's Research Fellowship provides support for a limited number of summer undergraduate research experiences for which other funding sources are not available.

Yale College Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences provides support for original undergraduate research projects abroad in the natural and applied sciences.

Yale College Fellowship for Research in Health Studies provides support for original undergraduate research projects in health studies.

Yale-HHMI Future Scientists Program provides support for undergraduate research with a Yale faculty member in the Biological Sciences, Chemistry and related disciplines.

Yale Science and Engineering Association Undergraduate Research Grants provide support for independent undergraduate research projects.

Yale Science Scholars Program provides support for undergraduate research with a Yale faculty member in any of the natural or applied sciences.

Yale Summer Traveling Fellowships provide funding for the conduct of research abroad following the junior year.

YSER Research Presentation Travel Prize provides support for outstanding undergraduate researchers to attend scientific and professional meetings at which they will present their research findings.

For information on other Yale-administered Fellowship Programs, please see the International Education and Fellowship Program's Student Grants Database.

modified 8/11/08