Fellowships & 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• Tetelman Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences
  Provides support for original undergraduate research projects abroad in the natural and applied sciences.
• 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 Research in Health Studies
  Provides support for original undergraduate research projects in health studies.
• Yale College Freshman Summer Research Fellowship in the Sciences and Engineering
  Provides support for undergraduate research in the sciences and engineering in the summer after the freshman year.
• 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.

For information on other Yale-administered Fellowship Programs, please see the Yale Student Grants and Fellowships database.