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Undergraduate research and fellowships can expand your personal and professional growth in ways you may have never imagined.

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Get Inspired by Student Stories

Kaleigh Quinnan

Kaleigh Quinnan ’21

Art, French Business

The semester in Paris was way outside my comfort zone, but it gave me the confidence to pursue whatever opportunities become available in any corner of the world. I plan to apply for everything I can and see what doors open up.

Taylor Baum

Taylor Baum ’19

Majors in Biology, Electrical Engineering

Research can feel unrewarding for it is an incredibly slow and difficult process. Receiving honors like the Astronaut Scholarship provides justification for my research efforts; others see that I am willing to endure the process in order to discover and create. But this feeling of justification soon turns into inspiration. Because others believe in me, I now have a duty to maintain a caliber of research that is worth believing in.

Wagner, pictured right, registers voters in the HUB through her role with NextGen, along with NextGen colleague and Penn State a

Anastasia Wagner

Political Science

I care about politics because I care about people. Not all of society’s problems can be solved by having the right leaders in place or by passing the right legislation, but many can. Politics is really personal.

David Stack

David Stack ’16

Majors in Economics, International Politics, Chinese

The combination of substantive work experience, Carnegie's collegial and supportive scholars, and the program's unmatched reputation should significantly enhance my ability to get involved in the sorts of projects that interest me after the end of the fellowship.

Daniel Zahn

Daniel Zahn ’20

Majors in English, Philosophy, and Communication Arts & Sciences

The application process taught me more about myself than I realized. It allowed me to see the narrative that I am crafting with my studies and activities, as well as forcing me to realize how my involvements support my passions and future goals.

Madison Taylor

Madison Taylor ’18

Major in Biology, minor in Global Health

After spending a whole summer working on my essays, I walked into that interview only to have the panel tell me the essays didn’t sound like me or capture who I was in person. I was discouraged to hear this, but with only a week until the application was due, I sold my football ticket for that weekend and sat in a coffee shop all day on Saturday, re-writing my essays, this time from the heart. It turned out to be worth my time, because I ended up getting the fellowship many months later!

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