Knox Summer Scholars Program

The summer before their junior or senior year, Summer Scholar Fellows receive a sizeable stipend to pursue an independent research, scholarly, or creative project.

The Knox Summer Scholars Program recruits a student cohort of roughly 12-20 students with a wide range of academic and career aspirations. Students pursue intensive individual projects and together they identify connections across disciplinary boundaries, emphasizing a deepening understanding of how to create constructive dialogue across those boundaries. While many students in the program will intend to pursue graduate education at some point, others may intend to pursue a professional degree or immediately embark upon a career after graduation.

The Knox Summer Scholars Program includes two distinct experiences:

1. Summer Research or Creative Project — Under faculty mentorship, our Fellows dive deep into independent projects. Recent topics include investigating the impact of historical foreign intervention on a modern-day epidemic, conducting laboratory research involved in alternative fuels, and creating public art that showcases community connection to nature. 

2. Scholars Seminar—The one-week intensive seminar encourages students to reflect on career aspirations, learn about graduate study, and understand the research process.