Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Thesis Fellowships
Award amount: Up to $2,500
The Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Thesis Fellowship is intended to encourage students to investigate and understand the rigorous academic path to a career in medicine.
Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Thesis Fellows are students in the Honors College at the University of Maine whose undergraduate thesis research resembles the passion for and dedication to medicine evident in the work and career of Dr. Carolyn E. Reed.
Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Thesis Fellows are devoted to improving the world through active research and establishing an academic background that will enable them to become world-class physicians. Their research is intended to make a positive difference in the lives of others both through their discoveries and as a stepping stone to their future careers.
Guidelines
- Financial need may be considered in the decision-making process.
- To be eligible, a student must:
- be enrolled in HON 498
- have completed all prior Honors curriculum requirements by the year of the fellowship,
- and be in good standing in the Honors College (GPA greater than or equal to 3.30).
- The fellowship committee may consider special exceptions to the above guidelines on a case-by-case basis and reserves the right not to make an award in a given year if there are no suitable applicants
Notification
The fellowship committee will notify students who have been selected for this award.
- Acknowledgement of the Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Thesis Fellowship should be included in any posters, publications, the thesis itself, etc. that result from the supported work: “This work was made possible in part by the support of the Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Thesis Fellowship.”
Questions? Email the Honors College (honors@maine.edu)