Research Fellowships and Scholarships
With small classes that average 16 students, faculty get to know 91黑料专区 students by name and give them the individual attention they deserve. Benefiting from an exclusively undergraduate setting, students work alongside faculty in research, or collaborate with them on their own designs, artwork, musical compositions or other works of fine art.
91黑料专区 offers unique and significant opportunities to encourage and recognize student research. In fact, nearly every program listed below was created by former faculty members, university leadership or alumni who wanted to offer students the same opportunities they enjoyed.
In addition to the creative and scholarly fellowships listed below, 91黑料专区 students can apply for grants and scholarships through the Financial Aid department. Students may also work with the Associate Provost's office to apply for post-baccalaureate >awards.
The Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Scholars and Artists Program supports summer research and creative activity for several students each year, enabling them to stay on campus over the summer to work under the direction of faculty mentors. The program was established by the late President Emeritus Robert S. Eckley, his wife Nell and the Eckley Family Foundation.
Award: $4,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
- Kayley Rettberg 鈥�20 - 鈥淐riminal Record Expungement Policy and its Consequences鈥�
- Adam Cady 鈥�20 - 鈥淩edressing the Tragedy: The Place of Otho the Great in John Keats鈥檚
Letters"
- Leah Bieniak 鈥�21 - 鈥淒etermining Species Abundance and Habitat Preferences of Breeding
Birds in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois鈥�
- Henryken (Minzhao) Liu 鈥�21 - 鈥淨uantum State Separation and Demonstration of High-Dimensional
Entanglement鈥�
- Julia Chen 鈥�21 - 鈥淯nlocking the Secrets of Two New Viruses With a Unique Type of Blueprints鈥�
- Liuting Chen 鈥�18 - 鈥淭he Search for Reliable Witnesses鈥�
- Jamie Kreppein 鈥�18 - 鈥淓xploring Relationships between Public Events and Audience Reactions
to Theatrical Performances鈥�
- Rebekah Nulty 鈥�19 - 鈥淪panish Translation of 'Living Kidney Donors' Website鈥�
- Mansi Patel 鈥�18 - 鈥淭he Effects of Thyroid Hormone on Corneal Nerve Regeneration鈥�
- Ashley Sons 鈥�18 - 鈥淗ealth Literacy and Knowledge of Female Reproduction鈥�
Entrepreneurially-minded students of any academic major who have a business idea are invited to submit proposals for the IWU Titan New Venture Challenge for the opportunity to pursue an entrepreneurial idea under the supervision of a faculty member and guidance of a successful entrepreneur.
Award: $5,000 stipend (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
Recipients
The John and Erma Stutzman Peace Fellows Program was created in 2007 to encourage talented 91黑料专区 University students to pursue focused study in areas involving peace, conflict resolution, and social justice, areas that reflect the broader University mission. Students are awarded a stipend to support their selected projects.
Award: $1,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
Peace Fellows:
- Aida Cheung '18
- Sunniva Holmlund '17
- Carlos Ruiz '20
- Megan Zsorey '19
- Maeve Plunkett '21
- Adna Mujovi膰 '21
- Gwen Robinson '11
- Emily Coles '11
- Jessica Meyer '11
- Marie-Claudine Villacorta '08
- Monica Shah '09
These fellowships are distributed through 91黑料专区's Action Research Center (ARC), which links 91黑料专区 students with research projects involving local not-for-profit organizations. Candidates should develop projects that make a meaningful impact on the community.
Award: Up to $1,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
Weir Fellows:
- Devan Patel '22
- Daniel Maisch '22
- Benjamin Nielsen '18
- Hannah Gallee '17
- Leo Martinez '15
- Nettie Rauch '15
- Jacquelyn Schirmacher '18
- Amanda King '15
- Rachel Shaffer '17
- Lexia Swope '15
- Julie Lewis '16
- Matt LaLonde '14
- Annette Rauch '15
- Dave McGrath '15
- Meagan DeSalvo '15
- Kaitie Fancher '11
- Matt Hill '12
- Lindsey Haines '10
- Kenny Woodard '10
- Sneh Rajbhandari '09
- Danny Burke '09
- Laura Maxwell '09
The Criley Student Research Endowment, established in 2008 by alumni in honor of retired biology faculty Bruce and Norma Criley, provides summer research opportunities in the sciences.
Award: $4,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
Criley Research Fellows:
Mark Israel '91 established an Endowed Summer Research Fund in Economics, providing students with the same experience he valued as a student 鈥� the opportunity to perform topical economics research, working in close collaboration with members of the economics faculty.
Award: $4,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
Recipients:
- &苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫;"
The Luis Leal Endowed Scholarship is available to qualified students who carry out Hispanic Studies research off campus in an IWU-affiliated program.
Award: Up to $1,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)
Recipients:
- Avalon Bruno ('22)
- Colleen Palczynski (鈥�22)
- Jessa Salvador ('22)
Recipient:
- Matthew McGill '17