Description:

Bring your questions about the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship to MMUF alumna and current Graduate Assistant, Monique Williams.

What is the MMUF?

A national cohort of undergraduates committed to academic careers in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

What does a humanistic social science mean?

The foundation eligible fields of study as, "Anthropology and Archaeology; Area/Cultural/Ethnic/Gender Studies; Art History; Classics; Geography and Population Studies; English; Film, Cinema and Media Studies (theoretical focus); Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Music Theory; Foreign Languages and Literatures; History; Linguistics; Literature; Performance Studies (theoretical focus); Philosophy and Political Theory; Religion and Theology; Sociology; Theater (theoretical focus)."

Who is eligible to apply? 

Sophomores

What do they do? 

Join Northwestern's MMUF Seminar for the rest of their undergraduate careers to develop research skills and prepare materials for PhD applications.  Join Northwestern's Summer Research Opportunity Program next summer and present your work at the MMUF Midwest Conference next fall. Enjoy stipends that allow fellows to focus to focus on their work while they are undergraduates and loan forgiveness for those who pursue PhDs in Mellon-approved fields of study listed above.

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