As part of its commitment to student involvement in vigorous, cutting-edge research, Bates offers competitive financial awards to support student inquiry.

Academic Year Research Grants

While the Neuroscience Program has internal funds to support student thesis and independent study, majors may apply for additional funds to assist with highly complex projects and/or travel to scientific conferences.

• Bates Student Research Fund
• INBRE Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant
• STEM Travel Grant

Summer Research Grants

Bates is proud to offer several grant mechanisms to support students engaged in faculty-sponsored research over the summer months.

• Hoffman Fellowship
• INBRE Faculty-Student Research Grant
• Mt. David Research Fellowship
• Ruggles Scholarship
• STEM Faculty-Student Research Grant
• Summer Research Apprenticeship

External Research Grants

Neuroscience majors can also apply for competitive, external funds to support their research and/or travel to conferences.

• Sigma Xi Scientific Honors Society Grants-in-Aid of Research
• Association for Psychological Science Student Research Grant
• Society for Neuroscience Undergraduate Travel Award
• Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion Travel Award 

Graduate Fellowships

Neuroscience majors are well prepared for post-baccalaureate work, with prestigious awards available to ambitious students and alums to support graduate study.

• Churchill Scholarship
• Ford Foundation Fellowship
• Fulbright Fellowship
• Gates-Cambridge Fellowship
• Goldwater Scholarship
• Marshall Scholarship
• Mitchell Scholarship
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• Pomeroy Scholarship
• Rhodes Scholarship
• Watson Fellowship