The Honors College

Rendle A. Jones ’65 and Patricia K. Jones ’65 Honors Thesis Fellowship

Award amount: Up to $2000

The Rendle A. Jones ’65 and Patricia K. Jones ’65 Honors Thesis Fellowship is intended for students who wish to investigate legal service in the public arena through qualitative and quantitative research.

The Jones Honors Thesis Fellowship encourages thesis students to focus on exploring legal service in the public arena through the history of the law or current affairs related to public health and human services, community development and conservation, or policy issues on a wide range of topics.

Jones Honors Thesis Fellows are students in the Honors College at the University of Maine whose undergraduate thesis research demonstrates significant understanding and insight into the broad area of legal service in the public arena.

Guidelines

• Jones Honors Thesis Fellows are awarded up to $2000 towards their thesis research.
• Thesis research must be in the area of legal service in the public arena. Preference will be given to students who wish to explore, through qualitative and quantitative research, the history of the law or current affairs related to public health and human services, community development, and conservation or policy issues on a wide range of topics.
• 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.
• This award is given out at the discretion of the fellowship committee.

Notification

The fellowship committee will notify students who have been selected for this award. 

• Acknowledgement of the Rendle A. Jones ’65 and Patricia K. Jones ’65 Honors 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 Rendle A. Jones ’65 and Patricia K. Jones ’65 Honors Thesis Fellowship.”

Questions? Email the Honors College (honors@maine.edu)