Undergraduate Research
OUR Fellowship Programs
STRONG Scholars Marcus Hill '19, right, and Andrés Ceballos Villa '21 work together in Professor Amanda Schmidt's geology lab in the summer of 2017.
Photo credit: Jennifer Manna
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) was built on a mission of addressing the persistent historic underrepresentation of certain groups in academic research. We invite students from those groups to join OUR research cohorts. OUR cohort programs give students the opportunity to conduct research in a supportive and nurturing community that facilitates skill-building, networking, and creativity.
STRONG
The Science and Technology Research Opportunities for a New Generation (STRONG) program is a research program for students who have committed to attending Oberlin and who express an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. STRONG incorporates several components including a special summer orientation and a faculty-mentored Winter Term research experience in the first year.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is a two-year undergraduate research and PhD-preparation program designed to address, over time, the problem of underrepresentation in the academy at the level of college and university faculties. Sophomores majoring in the humanities or social sciences are eligible to apply.
Oberlin Summer Research Institute Fellowship
The Oberlin Summer Research Institute Fellowship provides funding for eight weeks of a residential, faculty-mentored research experience across all disciplines.
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