Applying for a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholarship

(Please review all information before completing and submitting your application)

Application Process

Review on-line list of Assistantships.
Interview with faculty (mid-February through 1st week of April).
Once you have been selected by a faculty mentor, complete the on-line application form.
Submit signed Acknowledgement and Release form to the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Research.
Both the on-line application form and the downloadable "Acknowledgement and Release" form must be submitted BEFORE the application deadline.
Selection by a faculty mentor does NOT guarantee acceptance into the program.
LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
There is NO advantage to submitting applications early; we do not review any application until after the April 16 deadline.

You may apply for a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholarship with a faculty member who did not list a project in the on-line list of assistantships. No special permission from the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Research is required. You must still provide a project title and description to include in your application.
If you choose an assistantship with a faculty member outside your major department, you may not be able to continue this research as a senior honors thesis.
If you choose an assistantship outside of Arts & Sciences (for example, in the Dartmouth Medical School), you may not be eligible for independent study credit in the second term and you may not be able to continue the research as a senior honors thesis. Check with your major department for specific information on that department's policy.
The assistantship can be done during any two academic terms of junior year (agreed on by you and your faculty mentor) -- this can include "sophomore summer."
You can interview for as many assistantships as you wish, but may apply for only one.
If there are more applications than stipends available, academic standing will be a criterion for selection of James O. Freedman Presidential Scholars.

Students will receive notification of acceptance into the program by the end of the 6th week of spring term.
Transcripts of students who successfully complete both terms of the assistantship will carry the notation James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar Research Assistant.
Students who satisfactorily complete the assistantship and successfully complete the honors program in their major department/program (or receive honors for the project for which they were appointed a Senior Fellow) will be designated James O. Freedman Presidential Scholars at Commencement and on their transcripts.