An Honors College Student Fellowship is a $1,200 grant given to a Commonwealth Honors student for pre-approved scholarly engagement that is overseen and guided by a mentor. Each fellowship must have a reading component, a writing component, and a speaking component. The student is expected to invest about 100 hours of focused effort. A single fellowship can be spread across twelve consecutive months (no longer unless approved).
We hope to award 60 fellowships in the following five categories follows:
| Research | Creativity | Reading | Community Engagement |
Money is credited to a student’s tuition and fee bill. Typically, half of the award ($600) is given at the start of the fellowship while the second $600 is released when the student satisfactorily completes the activity and submits the fellowship final report. (see below).
The Honors College Fellowships are awarded on a rolling basis
To apply, select one of the links below, fill out the associated application, and submit it electronically to Julian_Zabalbeascoa@uml.edu
Questions? Ask Julian_Zabalbeascoa@uml.edu
Note: Presentations will be held on the first Wednesday of every month. The presentation link below will be updated every month with the new date. 3 presenters (max) at each Fellowship Group Presentation. A Zoom link will be given to you once your presentation date is confirmed.
*If interested, please contact the faculty member directly.
| Faculty Mentor | Contact Information | Faculty Department |
Fellowship Description (Click for more information) |
# of Students Needed | |
| 1 | Jiabin Shen | Jiabin_Shen@uml.edu | Psychology |
A Scoping Review of Interventions for Preventing Injuries Among Children with ADHD |
1 |
| 2 | Xinfang Jin | Xinfang_Jin@uml.edu | Mechanical Engineering | Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) | 2 |
| 3 | Amy Smalarz | Amy_Smalarz@uml.edu | Public Health |
Exploring the Impacts of Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Virtual Learning Environments |
1 |
| 4 | Timothy Rogers | Timothy_Rogers@uml.edu | English |
Archival research through Special Collections, Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University |
1 |
| 5 | Dimitris Christodoulou | Dimitris_Christodoulou@uml.edy |
Mathematical Sciences |
Early Evolution of Planets and Satellites under the Influence of Tidal Forces | 1 |
| 6 | Hsi-Wu Wong | Hsiwu_Wong@uml.edu | Chemical Engineering | Waste Plastics Recycling | 1 |
| 7 | Bridget Marshall | Bridget_Marshall@uml.edu | English | Gothic Original series Project | 1 |
| 8 | Rachel Melamed | Rachel_Melamed@uml.edu | Biological Sciences | Risk of cancer due to other common diseases | 1 |
| 9 | Zhenglun (Alan) Wei | ZhenglunAlan_Wei@uml.edu |
Biomedical Engineering |
Develop an ML-based estimation of TCPC hemodynamics using computational results as training data | 1 |
| 10 | Frederic JJ Chain | Frederic_Chain@uml.edu | Biological Sciences | Single-cell sequencing data analysis of primate brains | 1 |
| 11 | HsienYuan (Mark) Hsu | HsienYuan_Hsu@uml.edu | Curriculum and Instruction | Investigating the Effectiveness of an E-mentoring Tool in STEM and Non-STEM Fields | 1 |
Designated Fellowships
| Fellowship Name | Status | Recipient | Mentor | |
| 2 | Sukant Tripathy Memorial Honors College Fellowships | Available | Ramaswamy Nagarajan | |
| 3 | Sukant Tripathy Memorial Honors College Fellowships | Available | Ramaswamy Nagarajan | |
| 4 | Dotty and Paul Burstein Nuclear Physics Research Fellowship | Awarded | Peter DeRosa | Peter Bender |
| 5 | Dotty and Paul Burstein Research Fellowship | Available | ||
| 6 | Ed Roberts Space Studies Research Fellowship | Available | Supriya Chakrabarti | |
| 7 | Willie G. Boag Honors College Fellowship | Available | ||
| 8 | TURI Honors College Fellowship | Available | Jason Marshall,TURI | |
| 9 | TURI Honors College Fellowship | Available | Jason Marshall, TURI | |
| 10 | Toby and Larry Hodes Research Fellowship | Available | ||
| 11 | Identification and Investigation of African American Stories in Lowell that have yet to be Told. |
Available | Robert Forrant, History Professor | |
| 12 | Editorial Intern for History of Education Quarterly | Awarded | Seamus O'Hearne | Christopher Carlsmith, History Professor |
| 13 | MKS Instruments Honors College Student Fellowships | Available | ||
| 14 | MKS Instruments Honors College Student Fellowships | Available | ||
| 15 | General Research Fellowship | Awarded | Shelbi Gill | Frédéric Chain |
| Name of the Fellowship and Link | Status | Recipient | Mentor | |
| 1 | George Eliot Reading Fellowship | Awarded |
Caroline Finn | Natalie Houston Katharine Webster Elizabeth Brosnan |
| 2 | Balbir and Neelam Sihag Reading Fellowship | Available |
Shakil Quayes |
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| 3 | Canning Family Endowment Fellowship | Available | Ethan Griffin | Maureen Stanton |
| 4 | Nursing Honors Student Fellowship | Awarded | Carolina Velazquez Alcantar |
Ramraj Gautam or Brenna Morse |
| 5 | Nursing Honors Student Fellowship | Available | Ramraj Gautam or Brenna Morse | |
| 6 | Nursing Honors Student Fellowship | Available | Ramraj Gautam or Brenna Quinn | |
| 7 | Available | Ramraj Gautam or Brenna Quinn | ||
| 8 | Eugene R. Mellican Reading Fellowship | Awarded | Dunia Seidu & Emily Rios | Aaron Shepherd |
| 9 | Eugene R. Mellican Reading Fellowship | Awarded | Kunthyliza Leng | Thomas Hersey |
| 10 | Summer Shakespeare Retelling Fellowship | Awarded | Olivia Hebert | Jim Canning |
| 15 | Reading Fellowship | Available | Jim Canning | |
| 16 | Reading Fellowship | Awarded | Jim Canning | |
| 17 | Toni Morrison Reading Fellowship - Part 2 | Awarded | Ekeoma Ibe | Keith Mitchell |
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Name | Status | Recipient | Mentor |
| 1 | Creativity Fellowship | Available | ||
| 2 | Creativity Fellowship | Available | ||
| 3 | Creativity Fellowship | Available | ||
| 4 | Robert J Lechner Creativity Fellowship | Available | Mateo Rull | Julian Zabalbeascoa |
To receive the final installment of funding, typically $600, the Final Report, Presentation (15 minutes), and/or supporting materials must be submitted to Julian Zabalbeascoa. These materials can email to Julian_Zabalbeascoa@uml.edu
Note: Presentations will be held on the first Wednesday of every month. The presentation link below will be updated every month with the new date. 3 presenters (max) at each Fellowship Group Presentation. A Zoom link will be given to you once your presentation date is confirmed.