As a student in Arts & Sciences, you may be eligible for various fellowships for undergraduate research or civic engagement.
Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship
Every spring, five to eight of Washington University’s most promising and talented sophomore scholars are admitted into the Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship Program (MKUHF) at Washington University. Potential Kling Fellows are Arts & Sciences undergraduates who seek opportunities to engage in serious independent research in the humanities and/or the humanistic social sciences, with an interest in pursuing further graduate work in one of these areas.
Students apply in the spring of sophomore year.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship is open to students who show a demonstrated commitment to increasing cross-racial and ethnic understanding and who are interested in matriculating in a Ph.D. program in Anthropology, Area Studies, Art History, Classics, Computer Science, Demography, Earth Science, Ecology, English, Ethnomusicology, Foreign Language, Geology, History, Literature, Mathematics, Musicology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Theory, Religion and Sociology.
Students apply in the spring of sophomore year.
Civic Scholars Program
The Civic Scholars Program provides a rigorous, in-depth curriculum for students who demonstrate exceptional potential for civic leadership. Sophomores are selected in a competitive merit-based process and learn together through their junior and senior years. The program includes two years of intensive leadership training, multiple levels of mentorship, a substantial summer civic engagement project, and development of civic vision.
Students apply in the spring of sophomore year.
Humanities Digital Workshop Fellowship
The Humanities Digital Workshop invites applications from undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis for its summer and semester-long fellowships. The fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in digital humanities projects for the academic semester. The ideal fellow has an interest in the humanities and a capacity for interest in the application of technology to them, but is not necessarily a humanities student, nor must he or she be highly technically experienced.
Florence Moog Scholarship
Each year, one sophomore in Arts & Sciences receives the Florence Moog Scholarship, a merit-based scholarship that provides half-tuition for the junior and senior years. The recipient is an outstanding sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, who is preparing for a career in science and who shows excellence in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, and/or math) as well as one other area distinct from STEM.