Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF)
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is committed to supporting a diverse professoriate and to promoting the value of multivocality in the humanities and related disciplines, elevating accounts, interpretations, and narratives that expand present understandings.
CCID programming, support structures, and campus organizations are open to anyone in the campus community, regardless of race, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual identity, and/or any other protected characteristic.
Who is eligible?
- Enrolled Caltech undergraduate student (sophomore, junior)
- Meeting GPA requirement (2.5 minimum)
- Students who have demonstrated a commitment to the goals of MMUF
- Demonstrated interest in pursuing a Ph.D. in an MMUF-approved course of study: Earth Science, Geology, Ecology, Mathematics, Astronomy, Computer Science, Physics, English, History, History and Philosophy of science, Philosophy, and Interdisciplinary Studies: Interdisciplinary areas of study may be eligible if one or more eligible fields are at the core, but must be approved by the MMUF staff at the Mellon Foundation
Requirements
- Participate in Bi-Monthly Meetings
- Meet with Graduate Coordinator twice a month
- Attend Annual Regional Conference
- Participate in Research with a Faculty Mentor
- Signed Fellow Contract
Program Benefits
- Summer research stipends & Quarterly awards
- Up to $10,000 in undergraduate student debt forgiveness
- Conference support (national and regional)
- Monthly meetings
- Support in applying to graduate school
- Publication opportunities
MMUF Alumni
If you are a Caltech MMUF Alumni, keep us updated through the MMUF Alumni Form.