Tyson Undergraduate Fellows Program Grant

The Tyson Undergraduate Fellows Program offers a unique 10-week summer experience for undergraduate students, providing hands-on engagement with environmental research at the Tyson Research Center. Participants collaborate with faculty and graduate mentors, attend professional development workshops, and gain exposure to diverse environmental fields. Each fellow receives a $6,000 stipend, along with potential housing assistance. This initiative aims to foster inclusivity and diversity within the research community, preparing students for future academic and professional endeavors.

Tyson Research Center
We provide opportunities for environmental research and education for students and faculty from Washington University and beyond. Our infrastructure and programs facilitate multi-scale research and teaching opportunities and collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and levels of academic training.
Spend your summer immersed within the Tyson research community
In this 10-week summer program, undergraduate students are given the opportunity to work elbow-to-elbow with a faculty or staff principal investigator, post-doctoral scientist, or graduate student mentor on current Tyson-based research projects.
A weekly colloquium provides professional preparation activities including scientific communication practice, journal article discussion, research poster development, and discussion of environmental justice and diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusivity in STEM. Fellows also attend weekly community events with visiting environmental professionals and presentations from visiting scientists.
Tyson provides daily shuttle transportation from the Washington University Danforth Campus and each fellow receives a $6,000 stipend to assist with personal living expenses during the 10 weeks. Low income fellows (federal Pell grant eligible) are awarded a $500 scholarship to supplement the stipend.
Tyson does not have housing on site and fellows may choose to secure housing on their own or through WashU summer intern housing ($2,800 flat rate for this year). Tyson can help with reservation of WashU housing to avoid having to pay the full housing amount before receiving the fellowship stipend.
At the end of the summer field season, all fellows present scientific posters during the Tyson Summer Research Symposium. Fellows are also encouraged to present these posters again at either the Washington University Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium or another similar symposium at their own undergraduate institution. Support for this is provided by mentors and Tyson staff.
Former fellows have presented their research at regional and national conferences and several projects have resulted in peer-reviewed publications. Many of our former fellows have entered graduate programs or careers in the environmental sciences.

Eligibility

Washington University students and outstanding students from other universities are eligible to apply.