Middlebury Fellowships and Undergraduate Research
A font of information about undergraduate research, competitive fellowships, application processes and upcoming events and deadlines!
Author: Colleen Norden
//Congratulations to Elizabeth, Leo, and Tina!
March 21, 2018
From Middlebury Communications
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Three Middlebury College students have been named Thomas J. Watson Fellows and will embark on a year of travel study after graduation. The Watson Foundation recently announced its 50th class of fellows, who will receive $30,000 for 12 months of travel plus college loan assistance as needed.
read about their projects
//2/21/18
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College has been noted as a top producer of Fulbright Students and Scholars for the 2017–18 academic year—one of just 16 U.S. bachelor’s institutions to appear on both lists. Read more of the Communications article.
“The Fulbright Program is a marvelous opportunity for our graduating seniors and young alumni,” said Lisa Gates, associate dean for fellowships and research. “It enables them to pursue their interests and build strong connections in many countries across the globe.
//Join us in our 12th year of celebrating the academic and creative endeavors of Middlebury students!
The 2018 Spring Student Symposium will take place all day Friday, April 20 in McCardell Bicentennial Hall with presentations of student work across the disciplines.
We invite students from all four years and all departments and programs to participate. If you have done research in a class, independently or through an internship; if you would like to share the experience of producing a creative work; if you have a project to present in a poster or oral format, please apply to present your academic work!
The application deadline is Thursday, March 1, 2018.
For more information and to apply, see the Undergraduate Research website at go.middlebury.edu/sym.
Students: Your application must include a project description (200 words) that has been approved by your faculty or staff sponsor.
Faculty and Staff: Please encourage your students to apply. Both individual and class presentations are welcome.
We look forward to seeing you all at the Symposium!
Hang Du, Associate Professor of Chinese
Lisa Gates, Associate Dean for Fellowships and Research
for the Spring Symposium Planning Committee
“The Student Symposium was one of my favorite days of the year. Presenting my work was very rewarding, but the day was great because of the quality of everyone’s work and presentation. Students at Middlebury work hard, and the Symposium is an amazing way to celebrate achievements and also gain essential presentation skills.”
— Symposium Participant
//August 2, 2017
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Nearly 140 Middlebury undergraduate researchers gave the campus community a look at what they had been working on for the last eight weeks during the annual Summer Research Symposium on July 27 at McCardell Bicentennial Hall. All told, the students put in more than 42,000 hours of research this summer on topics representing 22 academic disciplines as well as STEM and Digital Liberal Arts projects.
Students in the undergraduate research program work closely with faculty mentors during the summer. Their work is funded by multiple sources, including faculty and institutional grants and gifts to the College.
“Faculty benefit from quality research assistance supporting their scholarship,” said Lisa Gates, associate dean for fellowships and research, “and students benefit from the in-depth learning and mentoring possible over the summer weeks.”
//Michael Newbury (American Studies) and Daniel Houghton (Library) collaborated with several undergraduate student researchers to produce a film and educational website about the Collinwood fire tragedy. The Addison Independent recently featured the project. See story