fellowships to Massachusetts students to enable them to engage in study and research projects and to attend meetings that they would not be able to do without Space Grant support. Patterson Summer Research Fellowship The Patterson Summer Research Fellowship is awarded in recognition of a student’s academic excellence and their potential for success in research. Patterson Fellows display an excitement for original discovery and a desire to communicate knowledge to others, and embody the ethos of a Wellesley education. In addition to a summer research stipend, the Fellowship provides an additional award of $300. The fellowship is awarded to a student nominated by a faculty member in the Neuroscience Program or affiliated departments, including chemistry, biology, psychology, physics, and computer science, and is not normally given to students who have received other major research fellowships or prizes. Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54 Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies This fund supports students and faculty advisors who participate in the social sciences summer research program. Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Fund for Cancer-Related Research Awards This program provides awards in any discipline, including the social sciences and humanities, to undertake cancer-related research. The awards may be used to conduct research with a Wellesley College faculty member or at an off-campus site. SOMAS (Support of Mentors and Their Students in the Neurosciences) This program, under a main grant to Davidson College from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Undergraduate Science Education Program, works to encourage underrepresented minorities to enter the field of neuroscience. 30
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The Eleanor R. Webster Prize in Chemistry This prize is offered in memory of Eleanor Webster (Wellesley College Professor Emerita of Chemistry). A recommendation to the department is made by a committee comprised of thesis mentors. Norma Wilentz Hess Faculty and Program Fund in Computer Science This fund is used to support visiting faculty who have expertise in computer science and related disciplines. The fund may also be used for salary and additional expenses such as travel, research, equipment, and other academic needs.
Wellesley Centers for Women Through dynamic internships and the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), Wellesley College students help drive social change through research and action programs that put women’s perspectives and experiences at the center of the inquiry. Work at WCW addresses three major areas: the social and economic status of women and girls and the advancement of their human rights in the United States and around the globe; the education, care, and development of children and youth; and the emotional well-being of families and individuals.
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies offers a stipend to support one summer internship directly involving gender and social change. Applicants must secure their own internship which may be anywhere in the world.
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This award encourages graduating seniors to pursue further education in the field of Jewish Studies. Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Scholarship for Foreign Study This scholarship is awarded to a member of the graduating class who displays a desire for learning and an ability to impart knowledge to others. The scholarship will fund a year of study at a foreign institution to pursue a specific subject that requires contact with foreign scholars, libraries, or other resources. Study will not be supported at an institution in the United States or in the candidate’s country of citizenship or residence. U.S. tax laws apply. Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Traveling Fellowship This fellowship is awarded to a member of the graduating class who displays an interest in and an acceptance of others, and who displays the ethos of a Wellesley College education. The fellowship will fund a year of purposeful international travel to explore a particular interest, with the requirement that the recipient not remain in the same area for more than two months. Travel will not be supported in the country of the candidate’s citizenship or residence. U.S. tax laws apply. Trustee Scholarship This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to graduating seniors who are applying to graduate school. To be considered a candidate, a senior must apply for a Trustee Scholarship or for any of the Wellesley College fellowships for graduate study. The title “Trustee Scholar” is honorary.
For Wellesley College Graduating Seniors and Alumnae Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship This fellowship supports graduate study or research, preferably in music, with an emphasis on study or research in musical theory,