Global Studies Summer Fellowships

The Global Studies Summer Fellowship (GSSF) provides financial support for students for collaborative student-mentor research abroad during the summer. While the mentor will ideally be a Mount Holyoke faculty member working with the student abroad, the mentor may also be a faculty member who remains at MHC or an outside expert.
Requirements and Application
The international research project needs to involve close mentor-student cooperation, substantive engagement, and critical reflection upon one's experience. Students are expected to complete their work and submit an independent study paper (295 or 395 level) by the end of the fall semester. Upon their return, students are required to submit a short reflection piece on their experience to the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, and to give a
presentation on their work at a College gathering (deptartmental event., Family Weekend, etc.).
Eligibility
All students, except graduating seniors, are encouraged to apply for the GSSF. Preference will be given to students who plan to work or do research abroad directly under a Mount Holyoke College faculty mentor and to students who are going to another country for the first time.
Funding
The GSSF will typically not provide funding for the cost of a study program in another country or airfare, housing, and food support for students going back to their home countries.  The GSSF is competitive. Since we might not fund the whole budget for the students selected, students are encouraged to pursue additional sources of funding.

Students apply for the GSSF are required to submit the Universal Application Form. The deadline is March 3 at 5 p.m.