Research

Fellowships

Every year, dozens of undergraduate and postgraduate students win awards, scholarships, and fellowships to pursue research, scholarship, and creative work. The funding comes from a variety of sources, including Clark University, private foundations and donors, and the U.S. government.

Clark University research funding opportunities

Each year, Clark University gives an estimated $250,000 in funding to undergraduate students for research experiences on campus, across the US, and abroad. 

Edwin A. Weiller Fellowship

Provides support for undergraduate students pursuing summer research in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics or environmental sciences.

Erickson Research Award

Support for undergraduate students majoring in math or physics who are pursuing summer research in their field of study

Gary and Susan Labovich Fellowship

Assists students in English; economics; game design; and computer modeling and AI; in advancing their individual research projects.

HERO Fellowships

Supporting research into human-environment relationships in Massachusetts

LEEP Fellows Program

Offers financial assistance to students pursuing unpaid, problem-based projects or research during the summer months.

Penn Research Award

Provides support for undergraduate students in computer science or other STEM field pursuing summer research in their field of study.

Steinbrecher Fellowships

Clark’s premier fellowship for undergraduate research, public service, and enrichment projects

Tamara Gay Walker Award

Financial assistance to students of languages, comparative literature, or the arts for summer research projects
Additional opportunities
Geography major Rowan Compton ’25, M.S. ’26, Steinbrecher fellow.

Land change in the Cerrado Biome

While conducting geographic information science research in Goiânia, Brazil, Steinbrecher fellow Rowan Compton ’25, M.S. ’26, stumbled upon a conflict between local “keepers of the pastures” — or fundos e fechos de pasto — and the international conglomerates that own the majority of farmland in the area.

Compton’s findings were part of a literature review for a NASA-funded project led by geography professors Robert Pontius and Gustavo Oliveira, who are researching irrigation expansion and pivots in the cerrado biome, a Brazilian savanna.

Government and private foundation opportunities

Clark students distinguish themselves in nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowship Advising assists interested students in the various phases of applying: finding opportunities, planning, writing personal statements and proposals, and interviewing. 

Browse Scholarships
Fulbright recipient, Idriss Laouali Abdou

Fulbright Awards

U.S. State Department-funded, individually designed research projects or English teaching programs
Natasha Rivas, Gilman recipient

Gilman Scholarships

U.S. State Department’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad
Boren recipient, Alex Nazaire '22

Boren Scholarship

For studying languages in regions critical to the future security and stability of the United States

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