Enrichment Funds
Summer Enrichment Funds
The Signature Scholars program is dedicated to helping our students learn and grow beyond the bounds of the classroom. Our Reynolds, Carswell, Gordon, Graylyn, and Stamps Scholars have access to enrichment funds to support their pursuit of a research question or idea of interest to them over the summer.
Each summer prior to graduation, these students are invited to apply for up to $5,000 in funding to support a self-designed research project. Scholars submit proposals detailing their research question, preparation, methodology, and a planned budget and itinerary, practicing their skills in designing a project on paper and later bringing it to fruition in the real world.
Projects need not be limited to one’s major or future career path—the Scholars Program views these summers as additional opportunities for Scholars to live out our liberal arts tradition, encouraging them to pursue a passion project with the same rigor they dedicate to their more formal academic work. Summer projects typically result in a presentation at URECA Day.
Life-Changing Opportunities
Zinn Amos
Stamps Scholar
Class of 2027
The Black Radical Atlantic: Black Intellectuals and French Thought in the Global Black Freedom Struggle, 1950-1980
Paris, France
Julia Foringer
Stamps Scholar
Class of 2027
Portuguese Man O’ War and Carbon Monoxide
Winston-Salem, NC
Katrina Hu
Stamps Scholar
Class of 2026
Sociocultural Factors Influencing Longevity
Bama, China
Maxwell Schellhammer
Stamps Scholar & Mullen Carswell Scholar
Class of 2026
Assessing Change in the local Natural and Built Environment utilizing Photogrammetry as a means for increasing accessibility.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mai Soliman
Mullen Carswell Scholar
Class of 2026
A comparison between indoor air quality of high-traffic mosques in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt
Cairo, Egypt and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ella Yoder
Reynolds Scholar
Class of 2027
Research Internship at Yale University’s School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
General Timeline
- August-November: Brainstorming of the research question; conversations with potential mentors to refine the project.
- December-February: Drafting and fine-tuning of project proposal
- Late February: Application submission deadline
- May-August: Summer project
- September: Submission of final report and reflection
- October: Presentation at Undergraduate Research Day
Where our Scholars have gone
