BSOS Summer Scholars Program

 We are pleased to announce the launch of the BSOS Summer Scholars Program (2022) competition. Click on the link below to view more information, and please share widely within your departments.

• Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, February 21, 2022
• Award Cycle: Open
• Discipline/Subject Area: Open to BSOS only
• Funding Available: 16,000
• Eligibility Requirements: Must be a freshman, sophomore, or junior
• Eligibility Requirements: Must have at least a 3.4 GPA
• Description:

The BSOS Summer Scholars program supports undergraduate students doing independent research projects with faculty in the summer. Recipients will gain a competitive edge when applying for graduate study, national scholarships, and other awards. Students may expand their research into an independent study or Honors thesis during the following fall semester. We expect applicants will also apply for the campus Maryland Summer Scholars program which is due on February 14, 2022 and can be found here. Students may apply for both opportunities but may only accept one.

• There will be a maximum of four awards of $3,000 each. Applications must include the following:

  1. an unofficial copy of the student's transcript and any other evidence of the student's scholarly accomplishments;
  2. a one-page personal statement from the student about their long-term professional/intellectual goals, how this fellowship and research project would advance those goals, and to what degree this proposal is in response to research or travel restrictions due to COVID; and
  3. a letter of recommendation from a BSOS faculty member addressing the merit of the proposed summer research, the student's qualifications to undertake the project, and a mentoring plan.

Proposals are initiated by the undergraduate student and completed by the Faculty mentor who provides the support letter via this application system. The Faculty member must have an appointment in a BSOS department or center and the student must be a BSOS major.