Fellowships for the Sciences

Rhodd
I think a lot of the time in these kinds of applications, they’re not really looking for you to be perfect ... they want to see that you’re able to adapt and work with what you’re given.”
Holland Rhodd-Lee ’19, Neuroscience & Music
2018 National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (NIST SURF)

Fellowships for the Sciences

Discover Funding Opportunities

Many scholarships can support scientific research, graduate study in the sciences, and more.

Office hours 

Already reviewed the resources and ready to take the next step? Book a fellowships advising appointment or stop by pop-up advising hours (listed as events in Handshake) to meet with the Fellowships team!
8:30 am – 4:30pm
Green Hall 444

Ella Mulkin
Ella Mullikin ’20, 2019 Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awardee

The Wellesley Hive Mentee Resource: What is Mentorship?

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Wellesley Career Education

The Wellesley Hive is a flexible, interactive virtual space for professional networking and mentorship. Whether you are a student or an alumnae (at any career stage), the the Hive is a platform to connect with the mentors in the Wellesley network. This resource is an overview of how to use the Hive to find short-term or long-term mentorship, informational interviews, job shadowing, and more.

The Wellesley Hive

The Wellesley Hive Mentor Resource: The Fundamentals of Successful Mentoring

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Wellesley Career Education

The Wellesley Hive is a flexible, interactive virtual space for professional networking and mentorship — exclusively for Wellesley. This resource, authored by Sherry Holland '66, describes some key steps in building any successful mentoring relationship within the Hive platform.

The Wellesley Hive

Managing Acceptances

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Cindy Seltzer, Ed.D., MBA

Health professions schools have varying timelines for notifying applicants about acceptances.

Interviewing for Health Professions School (older version)

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Cindy Seltzer, Ed.D., MBA

Participating in interviews is a critical part of the application process. Not only is a school trying to decide if an applicant is a good fit for the institution, the school is also trying to market the school and its programs to the applicant. An interview can greatly enhance or negatively impact an applicant’s chance for admission.

Sending Application Updates (Health Professions Advising resource)

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Cindy Seltzer, Ed.D., MBA

The application process spans a long period of time. During that time, you have have accomplishments you would want to share with the schools to which you are applying.

Completing Secondary Applications (Health Profession Schools)

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Cindy Seltzer, Ed.D., MBA

After receiving your primary application, health professions schools may ask you to complete a secondary application and pay a supplemental application fee.