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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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Clark University research funding opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Each year, Clark University gives an estimated $250,000 in funding to undergraduate students for research experiences on campus, across the US, and abroad. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Edwin A. Weiller Fellowship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Provides support for undergraduate students pursuing summer research in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics or environmental sciences.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Erickson Research Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Support for undergraduate students majoring in math or physics who are pursuing summer research in their field of study<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gary and Susan Labovich Fellowship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assists students in English; economics; game design; and computer modeling and AI; in advancing their individual research projects.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HERO Fellowships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Supporting research into human-environment relationships in Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LEEP Fellows Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Offers financial assistance to students pursuing unpaid, problem-based projects or research during the summer months.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Penn Research Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Provides support for undergraduate students in computer science or other STEM field pursuing summer research in their field of study.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steinbrecher Fellowships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clark\u2019s premier fellowship for undergraduate research, public service, and enrichment projects<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tamara Gay Walker Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Financial assistance to students of languages, comparative literature, or the arts for summer research projects<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Additional opportunities<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Land change in the Cerrado Biome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While conducting geographic information science research in Goi\u00e2nia, Brazil, Steinbrecher fellow Rowan Compton \u201925, M.S. \u201926, stumbled upon a conflict between local \u201ckeepers of the pastures\u201d \u2014 or fundos e fechos de pasto<\/em> \u2014 and the international conglomerates that own the majority of farmland in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compton\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Government and private foundation opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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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. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fulbright Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

U.S. State Department-funded, individually designed research projects or English teaching programs<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gilman Scholarships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

U.S. State Department\u2019s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Boren Scholarship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For studying languages in regions critical to the future security and stability of the United States<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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