Special Awards

Arts Research Award – in collaboration with the BU Arts Initiative, supports summer research in the arts.

Center on Forced Displacement Research Awards – in collaboration with the BU Center on Forced Displacement, supports research on any aspect of forced displacements and associated topics and disciplines during the fall, spring, and summer.

Clare Boothe Luce Award – supports summer research in the sciences, open to female U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents.

Corporate Awards – funded by corporate partners, may only be available to certain awardees.

Erskine Award – supports summer research in Neurobiology.

Humanities, Arts, and Preprofessional (HAP) Scholars Award – supports research in the humanities, arts, and certain preprofessional disciplines.

Nelson Research Award – supports summer research in communications.

Newbury Center Award – supports first-generation college students doing undergraduate research.

Provost’s Scholars Awards — Applicants must be second-semester sophomores with a 3.0 GPA or higher and a record of taking on intellectual challenges.

Riemen Prize – supports summer research in the sciences, award alternates annually between students working with faculty members from CAS Chemistry one year and  Biology the next.