Student Research at F&M

The fall and spring Research Fairs highlight student-faculty research collaborations. These collaborations started in the 1950s in the natural sciences. Today they encompass the arts and humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. During the 2010-2011 academic year the Leser, Nissley and Marshall funds provided $60,558 for 63 student research projects.

A sampling of the projects that illustrates the breadth of topics can be found in the program for our Autumn 2010 Research Fair (PDF). Students can choose to participate in poster sessions or give an oral presentation on their topic.

The Hackman Summer Research Scholars program has grown considerably since its inception in the early 1980s. Between the summers of 2000 and 2011, the College supported 781 students with $2,552,275 in stipends. These students worked with 538 faculty mentors on research projects. During the summer of 2011, 89 students received more than $338,979 of institutional support from the Cargill, Decision Theory, Hackman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Mellon funds.

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