APS Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
Direct application
$4,000
12 winners
Eligibility
Major
Biology Life Sciences
Education level
Undergraduate
Grades
GPA 3+
About this scholarship
Undergraduate students may apply for APS Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships to conduct eight to ten consecutive weeks of hands-on physiology research in the laboratory of an APS member. You need an overall GPA above 3.0, no more than nine months of prior physiology lab research, and no peer-reviewed publications or submitted national abstracts.
Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually, contingent on funding. Each includes a $4,000 stipend, up to $1,300 for domestic travel to the American Physiology Summit, and up to $300 in lab-supply reimbursement for your host. Submit via awards.physiology.org by February 2.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Research project description of no more than 500 words, submitted as a PDF and written by the applicant
- One-page personal statement
- Official or unofficial transcript (English translation required if not in English)
- Two letters of recommendation: one from the proposed research host and one from another faculty member at the home institution
- Transcript upload (official or unofficial; English translation required if not in English)
- Two letters of recommendation: one from the proposed research host, one from another faculty member at the home institution (submitted via the system's confidential recommendation link)
- Short-answer application fields including: Year Entered College, Undergraduate Major, Overall GPA (4.0 scale), Science/Math GPA, College Awards or Honors, host scientist details (APS Member ID, name,
- Research host must be an APS member in good standing
- Disclosure statement question must be answered to unlock the application
- Online application deadline February 1; late or incomplete applications not reviewed
- Applicant must answer the disclosure statement question to unlock the application.
- The listed February 1 and February 2 application deadlines conflict.