This fund supports students engaged in research, reflection, and essay writing about significant dimensions of the human condition, the state of human culture, and community, or of the challenges faced by altruistic efforts to cultivate and enhance justice, community, and human flourishing to participate in the Undergraduate Research Center鈥檚 Summer Research Program.
About the Arnston Fellowship
This fellowship supports a student to conduct 10 weeks of faculty-mentored research through the URC Summer Research Program. It is open to all students at the College. Proposals should reflect state-of-the-art critical thinking as exemplified in the current practices and methods of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Fellows will receive:
- Study award of $6000
- Subsidized on-campus housing and meal plan based on financial need.
- Up to $400 in consumable materials (itemized budget due with application).
Application
Students interested in the Arnston Summer Research Program Fellowship should apply by February 2, 2027, at 5:00 pm. Visit the SRP Fellowships page for the link to the application form.
Recent Recipients
2026
- Ella Bygrave (Sociology, Music minor), 鈥淐anto que a sido Valiente Siempre Ser谩 Canci贸n Nueva: The New Song Movement in Chile, Nicaragua, and Peru鈥 [mentor: Christina Awadalla]
2025
- Madeleine Hladky (English), 鈥淔orget-Me-Not: Exploring Nature Writing in AIDS Poetry鈥 [mentor: Ross Lerner]
2024
- William Petersen (Diplomacy & World Affairs), 鈥淟ike Oil and Water: The Pursuit of Sexual Liberation and the Incompatibility Between Queer Theory and the Nation-State鈥 [mentor: Lan Chu]
2023
- Cleo McKenzie (Music Production), 鈥Pixelated Glitter - Transfemininity in Hyperpop鈥 [mentor: Shanna Lorenz]
- Runyi Ye (Diplomacy & World Affairs), 鈥淭hird Realm in China鈥 [mentor: Alexander Day]