The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Award Amount
Application deadline
Awarded By:

Duke University

Number of Awards & Eligibility: Awards vary annually.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

Description: The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is dedicated to forging a just academy and shaping the future of the humanities. A core objective of MMUF, as part of the Higher Learning program of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is multivocality. This refers to MMUF's commitment to elevating the knowledge that informs more complete and accurate narratives of the human experience and lays the foundation for more just and equitable futures. MMUF strives to amplify perspectives and contributions that have been marginalized within the conventional scholarly record and that promote the realization of a more socially just world. Student applicants to MMUF will be evaluated based on their prior coursework, their plans for a major, and their potential to bring historically marginalized or underrepresented perspectives to the academy, including by producing scholarly research that reflects and satisfies multivocality. The MMUF program is designed to encourage sophomore and junior Fellows to enter Ph.D. programs that prepare students for professorial careers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It is not intended to support students who plan to go on to medical school, law school, or other professional school programs.

Application requirements for the The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship are:

  • Application form
  • Official Transcript
Additional Information:

Award Amount: Each fellow is awarded $3,600 over the academic year, in regular eight monthly payments from September through April.  The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $3,600.

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Thursday, February 15, 2024

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Thursday, February 15, 2024

All applications and supporting materials must be submitted by the listed deadline. No incomplete/ late submissions will be accepted. Award notifications will be announced shortly after the deadline!
About Duke University:
Contact Information: Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Duke University
Address: 2138 Campus Drive Box 90586 Durham, North Carolina 27708
Email:

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