The Lampert Institute Summer Fellowship program supports up to six first- and second-year students annually to pursue opportunities that cultivate early, inquiry-driven engagement with major global questions.
Centered on the Lampert Institute鈥檚 two core themes, the changing world order and science, technology, and public policy, these self-designed experiences should support students in exploring real-world issues through research, internships, creative projects, service work, and more. Participants are encouraged to approach their chosen topic with humility and curiosity, focusing not on finding predetermined answers but on deepening their understanding of the question, its broader context, and others' perspectives.
How to Apply
Eligibility: Must be a student from the class of 2028 or 2029.
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 26.
Fellowship placement: The specifics of the opportunity need not be finalized at the time of application. The Office of National Fellowships and Scholarships will work with you to find an optimal placement or opportunity.
Submit the required materials to onfs@colgate.edu. Materials should be submitted as one PDF. Please include your name in the title of the document.
Application Requirements
- Personal statement, 500 words max: Clearly convey your motivations and demonstrate how your formative experiences have shaped your academic pursuits and future aspirations. As you write, consider the guiding points:
- Tell us more about yourself. What are you studying and why did you choose 冈本视频?
- Before 冈本视频, what is at least one experience that shaped your worldview?
- At 冈本视频, what have you been involved with outside of classes or labs?
- What might be your plans after 冈本视频?
- Tell us about any plans to apply to national fellowships in the future.
- In your career, what do you dream of doing?
- Project proposal, 500 words max: Describe what you hope to pursue over the summer with the Lampert Summer Fellowship funding. The main goal of the project should be to explore and understand the problem, and it need not focus on a solution. Consider the following when writing the project proposal:
- What real-world problem, topic, or issue do you want to explore and better understand?
- How did you find out or become interested in this topic?
- In the eight weeks or longer during the summer, what do you propose to do, whether it be by an internship (volunteer), research assistantship, scholarly endeavor, or residency?
- Where and with whom?
- What methods or approaches will you use to explore your topic? This can include artistic or musical approaches.
- What do you hope to learn? And how might this learning be applied in the future? How would you communicate what you may have learned?
- Resume or CV