Student Research Opportunities
These fellowship programs enable both undergraduate and graduate students
A research fellowship at Loyola is a competitive grant to a current student based on prior academic performance. These fellowship programs enable students to gain practical experience in interdisciplinary research.
Carbon Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Undergraduate science and math students from Loyola University Chicago are invited to apply to the prestigious Michael and Dorothy Carbon Fellowship Program. This program offers a full two-year, interdisciplinary research opportunity for undergraduate science students to increase scientific literacy, critical thinking, and verbal and written communication skills while developing a student's leadership potential and sense of social responsibility. Up to eight Carbon Fellows are funded each academic year.
Application deadline is March 1.
Objectives
- To enable students to gain practical experience in interdisciplinary scientific research.
- To promote science literacy, critical thinking, and verbal and written communication
- To develop leadership potential and social responsibility in the next generation of scientists.
Program Details
- Apply to the program by March 1 of your sophomore year. A review committee selects the Carbon Fellows by mid-April of that same year.
- Projects begin in the Fall semester of the junior year and end in May of the senior year. Research during the summer between the junior and senior years is encouraged.
- Students are expected to spend 10 - 15 hours per week conducting research during the academic year, and are encouraged to spend 20+ hours per week for 6-8 weeks during the summer between their junior and senior years.
- Students receive a stipend of $7,000 per year to help offset their student costs. Stipends are paid out as part of the financial aid package in LOCUS and may lower the amount of external loans. Funds applied first to outstanding charges on the student. Any remaining credit balance is paid/refunded to the student.
- Faculty mentors are assigned a budget of $3,000 per year for supplies.
At the end of the senior year, Fellows present their projects in an open forum. - Students and mentors are strongly encouraged to present their Carbon Fellows projects at national scientific meetings and to publish their results in scientific journals.
Eligibility
- Eligible Students:
- Loyola Undergraduate students majoring in Biology, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics or Statistics
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Junior standing when they enter the program.
- Eligible Faculty Mentors:
- Any FT science or math research faculty mentors.
- Since these projects are aimed to be interdisciplinary, two or more faculty working across departments is strongly encouraged.
- Eligible Research Projects:
- No priorities or biases are given due to the academic discipline of the proposed project, but they must be interdisciplinary with at least two faculty mentors from different disciplinary fields of study.
Application Process
- Review the Request for Proposals and carefully follow the application components directions.
- Log in to the LUROP online application system using your Loyola ID and password. Select the Carbon Fellowship Program and follow the directions for submission.
Interested students should inquire at the School of Environmental Sustainability located in SES 311 (773-508-2141; ses@luc.edu). Christopher Peterson, Associate Dean of SES, can provide details on the application process and assist students in pairing with faculty who are conducting research in an area of interest to the students.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The SES Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program brings innovative research opportunities to students at Loyola University Chicago. Fellows conducts interdisciplinary research on issues related to unsustainable natural resource uses in the greater Chicago land region. SES encourages research projects to combine elements of ecosystem structure and function, impacts on human health, public policy, behaviors, and other environmental factors. In addition, one fellowship specifically focusing on a biodiversity project at Loyola’s Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC) will be considered. Up to five Fellows are funded each academic year.
Application deadline is March 1.
Program Detaiils
- Students will receive a $1,000 stipend and up to $1000 for research supplies, if needed.
- Eligible Students:
- Loyola Undergraduate students in any college or school
- Eligible Faculty Mentors:
- Any FT faculty member whose research is affiliated with the SES’s activities and goals.
- Eligible Research Projects:
- Projects that fall within the goals and mission of SES.
- No priorities or biases are given due to academic discipline of proposed project.
- We strongly encourage projects that are from multiple disciplines, and especially projects that are interdisciplinary.
Application Process
- Review the Request for Proposals and carefully follow the application components directions.
- Log in to the LUROP online application system using your Loyola ID and password. Select the SES Undergraduate Research Felllowship Program and follow the directions for submission.
Baum Graduate Research Fund
SES is thrilled to partner with the Alvin H Baum Family Fund to support graduate student research, allowing us to increase the impact of scholarship at Loyola.
Incoming SES graduate students have the opportunity to become an Alvin H. Baum Family Graduate Research Scholar. Loyola award funding to students based on both merit and financial need. Through this program, we will recruit and support three to five Graduate Students for two years.
Apply to our graduate program by March 1 to be considered for this Fellowship.
Loyola faculty conduct research with graduate students in each of these focus areas.
These fellowship programs enable both undergraduate and graduate students
A research fellowship at Loyola is a competitive grant to a current student based on prior academic performance. These fellowship programs enable students to gain practical experience in interdisciplinary research.
Carbon Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Undergraduate science and math students from Loyola University Chicago are invited to apply to the prestigious Michael and Dorothy Carbon Fellowship Program. This program offers a full two-year, interdisciplinary research opportunity for undergraduate science students to increase scientific literacy, critical thinking, and verbal and written communication skills while developing a student's leadership potential and sense of social responsibility. Up to eight Carbon Fellows are funded each academic year.
Application deadline is March 1.
Interested students should inquire at the School of Environmental Sustainability located in SES 311 (773-508-2141; ses@luc.edu). Christopher Peterson, Associate Dean of SES, can provide details on the application process and assist students in pairing with faculty who are conducting research in an area of interest to the students.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The SES Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program brings innovative research opportunities to students at Loyola University Chicago. Fellows conducts interdisciplinary research on issues related to unsustainable natural resource uses in the greater Chicago land region. SES encourages research projects to combine elements of ecosystem structure and function, impacts on human health, public policy, behaviors, and other environmental factors. In addition, one fellowship specifically focusing on a biodiversity project at Loyola’s Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC) will be considered. Up to five Fellows are funded each academic year.
Application deadline is March 1.
Baum Graduate Research Fund
SES is thrilled to partner with the Alvin H Baum Family Fund to support graduate student research, allowing us to increase the impact of scholarship at Loyola.
Incoming SES graduate students have the opportunity to become an Alvin H. Baum Family Graduate Research Scholar. Loyola award funding to students based on both merit and financial need. Through this program, we will recruit and support three to five Graduate Students for two years.
Apply to our graduate program by March 1 to be considered for this Fellowship.
Loyola faculty conduct research with graduate students in each of these focus areas.