Application Deadline: February 2, 2009 - Sophomores ('11s) who are US citizens or US permanent residents may apply.
MMUF 2009 Application Guidelines
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program is the centerpiece of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s initiatives to increase diversity in the faculty ranks of institutions of higher learning. The MMUF program is administered by over a hundred campus coordinators at 34 institutions and a consortium of 39 historically black colleges and universities within the membership of the United Negro College Fund.
The fundamental objective of MMUF is to increase the number of minority students, and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities, who will pursue PhDs in core fields in the arts and sciences. The program aims to reduce over time the serious underrepresentation on the faculties of individuals from certain minority groups, as well as to address the attendant educational consequences of these disparities.
The program serves the related goals of structuring campus environments so that they will be more conducive to improved racial and ethnic relations, and of providing role models for all youth.
MMUF aims to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest distinction.
Professor Richard Wright, MMUF Program Director, and Orvil Dryfoos Professor of Geography and Public Affairs
646-3523, or by Blitzmail ("Richard Wright")
