Honors College Summer Research Opportunities
Engage in academic research and scholarly exploration and apply your intellectual and creative talents in your chosen field.
Honors College Summer Research Fellowships
Honors College students from all majors work with a faculty member on a 6-8-week full-time research project as an Honors College Research Fellow. This can include听research abroad.
Important Dates:
- March 1听鈥 Applications are made available to students
- March 23听鈥 Final proposals due to the Honors College
- April 1听鈥 Students are notified about the Fellowship
Aruzhan Bissenbay – 鈥淩eading Between the Residues: Correlated Mutations in Early Proteins鈥
Salvatore Bonasia – 鈥淭he Role of Social Rejection in Risky Decision-Making鈥
Vincent Calvagno -鈥淎quatic Appropriation: Water and Property in Colonial New England鈥
Troy Cofie – 鈥淪ocial Embeddedness and Legal Institutionalism: Alternative Frameworks for Economic Policymaking鈥
Keara Malazarte – 鈥淭he Impact of Individual Habituation on Collective Decision-Making Thresholds in P. bicarinata Ant Colonies鈥
Hemish Naidoo – 鈥淨uantifying Linguistic Differences in the Verbal Communication of Memory Across Negative Social Contexts鈥
Elias Nauth – 鈥淭rauma in the First Responder Population鈥
Nadirah Peakes – 鈥淧roteins Lost to Time: Recovering Prebiotic Proteins with AI鈥
Mitchell Pozovskiy – 鈥淢aximizing Violation of Bell Inequality using Compensation Methods鈥
Mickeylia Walker – 鈥淣o Flavodoxin, No Life: An Ancient Protein Gateway to Understanding the Origins of Life鈥
The Honors College Summer Research Fellowship is a great way to prep for future Honors Thesis work. One of the best things about the Fellowship is that you get to pick whatever topic is interesting to you, regardless of your major. It鈥檚 a great way to practice intellectual and academic autonomy, hone your organizational and time management skills, and develop a connection with your faculty research advisor all while pursuing a topic of genuine interest to you and getting paid for it!
Meagan DeMaria 鈥20
English major and History minor
Jaggar Community Fellows Program
The听Jaggar Community Fellows Program听supports undergraduate and graduate students serving as interns with non-profit organizations during the summer. Honors student participants can gain invaluable experiences working with social justice, arts, environmental, medical, and other community-based institutions.

天美传媒 Jaggar Community Fellow听Joseph D’Andrea at the Cradle of Aviation.