$8000 each to support (at least) two undergraduate summer research fellowships including salary, travel, or other research expenses!

Students’ research projects should aim to deepen our understanding of global change, broadly defined, by investigating the impacts of environmental changes on species, ecosystems, and human societies, as well as developing innovative strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

• Priority consideration for students interested in pursuing graduate level research
• Students need not be EEB majors but must demonstrate interest in the topic described above
• Applications due by Sunday, April 19th, 2026.
• Students should develop a research plan with the support of a faculty member from EEB. While students are welcome to reach out to any EEB faculty member, those listed in the table below have confirmed their availability this Summer.

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  EEB Faculty Mentors for Summer 2026

  Faculty Mentor	Favorite Organisms	Project Inspiration
  Daniel Bolnick	stickleback fish & their tapeworm parasites	Host/parasite interactions: work on fish dissections to identify parasites, measure skeletal morphology, or conduct DNA extractions and sequencing studies.
  Chris Elphick	birds/plants/insects	Saltmarsh restoration (birds, vegetation, greenhouse gases); EntoGEM (insect decline); urban ecology (insects, trees, birds)
  Colin Kremer	marine and freshwater phytoplankton, microbes	Investigating how light and temperature changes the physiology, growth, and dormancy of sub-Arctic species (lab experiments)
  Jill Wegrzyn	forest trees	Investigating plant responses to climate change using genomic data to inform forest conservation and restoration, with projects spanning genome assembly, annotation, and population genomics
  Elizabeth Jockusch	salamanders
  Robert Bagchi	plant-fungal interactions	Investigating how climate influences attack by insects and fungi on plants in Panama

  Applications for Summer 2026 are due April 19th. Awardees will be announced before April 24th.

• Applications should be submitted through this form.
  • The single proposal document should include (optional template):
    • EEB interests and career goals (~500 words)
    • Research Plan (e.g. background, hypotheses/objectives, methods, timeline) (2 pages)
    • Budget describing how funds will be used (.5 page)
• Letter of Support from Faculty Mentor (e-mailed directly to Cory Merow)
  • Please address the following in the letter:
    • Familiarity with the student and the project plan
    • Plans for mentorship
    • Planned deliverables (conference presentations, manuscripts, posters, etc)
• Questions? Dr. Cory Merow (cory.merow@gmail.com)