2025 Natural Sciences Fellowship Application

 

*********Note: Biosciences deadline is April 1st*********

 

The Department of Biosciences offers undergraduate fellowships for summer research for declared Biosciences majors. The fellowship pays $5000 for a research internship for ten weeks, commonly starting the Tuesday after Memorial Day. These fellowships require a faculty research advisor who is a member of the Department of Biosciences. Remind your research advisor to submit your letter of support to the department (the application is not eligible for consideration without the nomination letter from a Biosciences faculty member). 

 

 

The Chemistry Department Summer Research Fellowships provides stipend support of up to $5,000 for 10 weeks during the summer. Stipend assumes 40 hours/week laboratory work. Eligible for Chemistry majors only.

This opportunity is open to all EEPS and ENVS majors and EEPS minors. Non-majors who have worked on EEPS-related research with department faculty will also be considered. Fellowships are carried out under the guidance of a faculty research mentor. Students do not need a letter of support from a research advisor to apply, but we strongly encourage you to identify and contact potential advisors ahead of time. For more detail about the fellowship and eligibility requirements visit EEPS Human Impacts Fellowship page.

The Kinesiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships is a program for undergraduates from underresourced backgrounds who are interested in pursuing supervised research within the fields of Exercise Science & Sports Medicine or Health Sciences. The program prioritizes first-generation college students and students from limited-income backgrounds. Students must find a research experience with a faculty member at Rice or an outside institution (e.g., Houston Methodist, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, etc.).

Open to Physics and Astronomy majors or prospective majors working with a P&A faculty member for a nominal 10-week period. 

Application materials include:

1. Single PDF inluding 

A cover page listing:
a. proposal title
b. your name
c. your email address
d. your research advisor
e. your academic year (freshman, sophomore, junior)
f. length of time you have worked with the advisor, if any
g. if you are currently a junior, whether you plan to continue this research for a
senior thesis

A one-page summary outlining the proposed research experience, prepared in
consultation with your proposed P&A faculty mentor, including a general overview
accessible to a non-specialist, a description of the specific topic you will study and how it
connects to the big picture, a description of what you will be doing, and a discussion of
what you hope to learn.

2. An unofficial transcript

 

Financial support is available for a limited number of summer undergraduate research fellowships to support research with Rice Mathematics faculty. Research experiences are typically full-time for a duration of 10 weeks. Before applying, interested students are encouraged to identify a faculty member who will serve as the research advisor.

Application materials include:

1. Resume/CV

2. A one-page summary outlining the proposed research experience, prepared in
consultation with your proposed Math faculty mentor, including a general overview accessible to a non-specialist, a description of the specific topic you will study and how it connects to the big picture, a description of what you will be doing, and a discussion of what you hope to learn.

3. An unofficial transcript