In addition to support available from faculty research grants and other departmental and interdepartmental programs, more than a dozen individual fellowship programs are available for the support of undergraduate research projects.
Yale Fellowships administered through the Office of Science & Quantitative Reasoning
STARS II AY 2024-2025 Program Deadline: Friday, September 20, 2024 at 3:00pm ET.
STARS Summer Research Program Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 3:00pm ET.
YC Dean’s Research Fellowships in the Sciences Deadline: Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 3:00pm ET.
Tetelman Fellowship Deadline: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 3:00pm ET
YC First-Year Summer Research Fellowship Deadline: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 3:00pm ET.
Applications can be found at: Yale Student Grant & Fellowship Database
Click this link for a list of upcoming summer fellowship information sessions.
Tax Information
Under federal tax law, a scholarship or fellowship provided to a student in a degree granting program is generally taxable. If you are a candidate for a degree, however, you can exclude from taxable income that part of the award used to pay the costs of tuition, required fees, books, equipment and supplies (required fees, books, equipment and supplies are limited to those specifically required of all students in a course). You cannot exclude from taxable income any part of the grant used for other purposes, such as room and board. Please refer to IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Higher Education, Section 1, Scholarship, Fellowships, Grants and Tuition Reductions and the IRS tax guide for students, Taxable Income for Students. While our department cannot offer tax advice, the IRS Tax Office on Court Street does offer free tax advice to students.
Other Yale-funded Fellowship Opportunities
The Wu Tsai Undergraduate Fellowships Program is an opportunity for Yale undergraduates to perform cutting-edge research at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, computer science, and engineering. Students from any major are invited to apply! Example research areas include the impact of trauma on memory, human-robot hide-and-seek games, and how flies estimate distance. For more information visit: https://wti.yale.edu/initiatives/undergraduate
Alexander P. Hixon Fellowship
Supports Yale international undergraduate students pursuing summer travel within the United States for research, independent projects, or unpaid/low-paid internships.
BioMed SURF
BioMed SURF is a research-intensive summer training program in biomedical research for rising juniors who are members of underrepresented minorities (URM) and plan to obtain an MD or MD/PhD in the biomedical sciences.
CRISP Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
Provides students with the opportunity to conduct team-based interdisciplinary materials research through both academic year and summer research opportunities for undergraduate students.
Edward A. Bouchet Fellowship Program
The Bouchet Fellowship is designed to increase the number of minority students and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities, who will pursue PhDs and subsequent careers in academia.
HKUST Summer UG Research Program
Is an opportunity for undergraduate students to take up research placement for 10 weeks at HKUST. Work on a HKUST research project (visit the website to view available projects) under the mentorship of the research project supervisor. Immerse in the local Hong Kong culture through orientation and cultural activities throughout the program. Contact, alexia.belperron@yale.edu, by January 14 to be connected with HKUST faculty and or more information. If accepted, students can apply for additional funding through the Tetelman Fellowship.
Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
The Fellowship allows students to work on paid research projects during the academic year, and to pursue full-time research during the summers between sophomore and junior years, and between junior and senior years.
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.
Summer Undergraduate Math Research at Yale (SUMRY)
Program designed to promote research in mathematics and the mathematical sciences among Yale undergraduates.
Yale College Dean’s Research Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Provides a limited number of fellowships to support strong original undergraduate research projects.
Yale College Fellowship for Research in Global Health Studies
Provides support for original undergraduate research projects in health studies.
Yale Summer Undergraduate Medical Research (SUMR) (Funded by NIH-NIDDK/KUH)
Yale University School of Medicine invites submission of applications from undergraduate students who are interested in working in a state-of-the-art research environment under the supervision of established investigators studying novel mechanisms and treatments for kidney and urological diseases, non-malignant hematological diseases, and hypertension.
Yale Science and Engineering Association Undergraduate Research Grants
Provides support for independent undergraduate research projects during the academic year
Discover Louvain School of Engineering
Yale students can investigate 60 (engineering, computer science /computer engineering) research internships subjects to apply for the Summer Research program 2025. Sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. *Students should contact the relevant Faculty or their assistants directly to apply with a cover letter and CV. Be sure to copy, emmanuelle.brun@uclouvain.be, so that she can follow up and facilitate the application process when necessary. If accepted, students can apply for additional funding through the Tetelman Fellowship. Contact, alexia.belperron@yale.edu, for questions.
For information on other Yale-administered Fellowship Programs, please see the Yale
Student Grants and Fellowships database or search pathwaystoscience.org