City College Fellowships Program Description

The City College Fellowships Program is an umbrella program administering two undergraduate fellowships. It brings together approximately 10 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows and 25 City College Fellows into a single, highly diverse and vibrant community of outstanding students.

All Fellows share a common interest in independent research and benefit from faculty mentoring, financial support, pre-graduate school advising, participation in the interdisciplinary fellowship seminar, opportunities to present a work in a research conference, and a supportive intellectual community.

The eligibility criteria and financial benefits of the two fellowships vary according to the specifications of the donors. See the description of each fellowship for details.

No student may hold more than one of the fellowships simultaneously, although it is possible to transfer from one to another for those who meet the eligibility criteria. For example, a student who wins a City College Fellowship in the fall semester of his or her sophomore year may apply for a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship in the spring.

City College and Fellows are recruited every semester with application deadlines of December 1 and May 1. Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows are recruited once a year with an application deadline of March 10.

The Director of the program is Professor Susan Besse; the Administrative Program Director is Renee Philippi.

The program is housed at City College in room 6/316 of NAC (North Academic Center). We may be reached by telephone (212-650-8388) or email, ccfell@ccny.cuny.edu.

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