Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Selection Criteria

Academic promise
Interest in pursuing an academic career in Mellon – designation fields of study (see below)
Potential for serving as a mentor and teacher for a wide variety of students
Demonstrated commitment to increasing opportunities for under-represented minorities, breaking down stereotypes, increasing cross-racial and ethnic understanding, and enabling others to better understand persons of different races and ethnicities
Commitment to participating fully and enthusiastically in all aspects of the MMUF program, including attendance at conferences and meetings
US citizen or permanent resident status (except for students at the University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Mellon Designated Fields of Study

Anthropology and Archaeology		Area/Cultural/Ethnic/Gender Studies
Art History		Classics
Computer Science		Geography and Population Studies
Earth/Environmental/Geological Science and Ecology		English
Film, Cineman and Media Studies (theoretical focus)		Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Foreign Languages and Literatures		History
Linguistics		Literature
Mathematics		Oceanographic/Marine/Atmospheric/Planety Science
Performance Studies (theoretical focus)		Philosophy and Political Theory
Physics and Astronomy		Religion and Theology
Sociology		Theater (theoretical focus)