Housed in Gelman Library, a unit within Libraries and Academic Innovation, the Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research provides individualized and group mentorship to all GW students and alumni pursuing national awards, fellowships, and undergraduate research opportunities.
What We Do
Our work in CUFR is guided by supporting your intellectual development through scholarship and fellowship competition and undergraduate and postgraduate research participation.
If you are interested in applying to a SCHOLARSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP, our center:
- Meets with you to identify and learn of internal and national awards;
- Offers advice on enhancing your application for nationally competitive awards;
- Offers advice on writing personal statements and soliciting letters of reference;
- Structures mock interviews to prepare you for award competitions;
- Offers a coordinated national award workshop series “Buff & Blue Table Talk” (e.g., applying to awards for graduate study)
If you want to get started in UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, our center:
- Meets with you to identify and learn of on-campus and off-campus/external research opportunities;
- Offers advice finding a faculty research mentor;
- Offers advice on enhancing your application for undergraduate research opportunities;
- Offers advice on finding travel funding and preparing your research for presentation;
- Connects students with opportunities to present their research (e.g., disciplinary conferences, GW Research Showcases, NCUR);
- Offers a coordinated undergraduate research workshop series “Creating Knowledge” (e.g., preparing a poster presentation)
Mission
Empowering scholars through culturally responsive mentoring, the Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research will serve all George Washington University undergraduates and alumni pursuing intellectual development through scholarship and fellowship competitions and undergraduate and postgraduate research participation.
Vision
To become a premier academic unit at GW and in the District of Columbia that nurtures diverse thought leaders to become global citizens who positively change the world through their scholarship.
Learning Outcomes
After working with staff in the Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research on a national award application or research opportunity, you will:
- develop a well-constructed working knowledge of undergraduate and postgraduate nationally competitive awards and research experiences that serve as funding sources for academic and professional opportunities;
- effectively identify opportunities that inform and enhance scholarly productivity such as undergraduate research, internships, community leadership, language study programs, study abroad, and civic engagement;
- write a personal statement that demonstrates consideration of academic and career goals to a specific audience;
- develop verbal communication skills that demonstrate consideration of academic and career goals to a specific audience;
- enhance career self-efficacy to promote deliberate decisions; and
- develop or further develop a growth mindset.
