Drs. Victoria and Dennis Molfese established the Summer Research Award in Neuroscience and Education to provide minority undergraduate students an opportunity to do summer research with tenure-stream faculty members who are doing work in the areas of education, psychology and/or neuroscience.
Students must identify a faculty research advisor who is a tenure-stream faculty member actively engaged in research in the areas of education, psychology and neurosciences and whose work demonstrates a significant rate of scientific journal publications and research grant activity. Students will be supervised by and meet regularly with their faculty research advisor directing the laboratory/research project. During this time, the students will be engaged in research training in current scientific literature and methods. By the end of the summer training period, students must complete a scientific study and construct a poster that must be submitted to a scientific meeting.
Before you apply, please determine eligibility by reviewing the list below:
Students must also define their research interests. What courses have you enjoyed? What questions or issues in your field interest you? Knowing the type of research you want to do and understanding the environment in which you'd like to conduct your research are essential for finding the right faculty advisor.
Deadline to apply for the summer program is May 31st.
The scholarship committee will review each application and supporting materials, including a letter of support from the faculty member who is overseeing the research project. A member of the committee will notify the applicant(s) if they are selected to receive a scholarship.
The Molfese Scholarship is open to all eligible students regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age.