How to Apply

For Incoming Freshmen| For Rising Sophomores


For Incoming Freshmen

To be considered for the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program in the Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, please respond by completing and returning the program application found in the Hopkins Application for Undergraduate Admission (below).

While the majority of Wilson Research Fellows are accepted to the program as incoming freshmen, current first-year students are welcome to apply for sophomore fellowship standing by contacting the program coordinator directly by e-mail at Woodrow_Wilson@jhu.edu. Students not accepted into the program as freshmen may re-apply during their first year at Hopkins. We appreciate your interest in the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, we welcome your questions, and we hope to see you among our selected scholars.

 


For Rising Sophomores

All Hopkins Arts and Sciences freshmen are invited to apply to the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Program. The purpose of the program is to encourage research, broadly defined, by Hopkins undergraduates.

The program offers each Wilson Fellow three unique elements:

  • Starting in his or her sophomore year, mentoring by one of the school’s distinguished faculty members;
  • Financial support of up to $7,500, distributed over three years, for research-related travel, work or study, and equipment;
  • Senior poster session at which the results of the Fellows’ work are presented to the greater Hopkins community.

Approximately five current freshmen will be chosen for this program. They will join the current Fellows from the classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010, as well as a group of incoming freshmen (who undergo a separate application process). Completion of the Woodrow Wilson Program will also be recognized at graduation.

 

Application requirements for rising sophomores:

  • a two-page statement on your intended research and why you feel qualified to pursue it
  • your resume
  • a letter of recommendation from a faculty member who is willing to serve as your initial mentor
  • a copy of your second semester transcript (arrange for it to be to be sent to the address below)

These applications should be submitted to:

  • Ami Cox
    Woodrow Wilson Research Fellowship Program
    Suite 225 Mergenthaler Hall
    Johns Hopkins University
    3400 N. Charles Street
    Baltimore, MD 21218

Deadline for Rising Sophomores: May 16, 2008.
You will be notified of the results in June.