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Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program Eligibility

Fellowships are awarded to Harvard sophomores and provide funding for academic projects in the junior and senior years.

Participation in the program is for students considering graduate study toward the Ph.D. primarily in the humanities and natural sciences:

  • Anthropology
  • Area Studies
  • Art History
  • Classics
  • Computer Science
  • Earth Science
  • Ecology
  • English and American Literature
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures
  • Geology
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Musicology
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Religion
  • Sociology

Participation is not limited by undergraduate field of concentration, but the program focus is on encouraging graduate study in the arts and sciences. If you are considering an academic career in a field not listed here, investigate the Harvard College Research Program.)