Student Funding
Grants Available for Wheaton Students
Wheaton Foundation Awards
These grants, generally of no more than $250 each, are intended to underwrite expenses connected to academic work beyond normal requirements in a specific course ( research expenses, materials, etc.), and are awarded twice a year by the Committee on Admission and Academic Standing and Co-Curricular Learning. Applications go to the Advising Center and require the support of the faculty member overseeing the work.
Contact: Judi Razee, X3795, Stipend Coordinator, Academic Advising and Co-Curricular Learning.
Student Travel Grants
Students traveling to topical and professional meetings, singly or in groups, with or without faculty members, for educational purposes may apply for travel grants at any time during the academic year.
Contact: Judi Razee, X3795, Stipend Coordinator, Academic Advising and Co-Curricular Learning.
Wheaton Fellows
The Wheaton Fellow Program grants stipends to students to pursue projects of their own creation on or off campus over the summer. Qualifying projects may include: unpaid internships, community service, and collaborative work with faculty on on-campus projects, research in which the student is the primary designer of a project which has an informal Wheaton sponsor, or other self-initiated research leading to or as part of an Independent Study course. Other kinds of projects may qualify for support, and students are encouraged to pursue innovative project ideas and to design their own projects in consultation with the Filene Center, which will provide forms and detailed guidelines. (Student/faculty research on projects in which the faculty member is the designer or "Principal Investigator," however, will be funded as Mars Fellowships--see below.) All continuing students, except Trustee, Community and Balfour Scholars (who already have summer stipends as part of their scholarships), are eligible to apply. Contact: Ed Canton, Associate Director. More information is available on the Filene Center's web site.
Davis International Fellows
Summer grants to students for international internships, service experiences or overseas structured independent research, available to students with a 3.0 GPA or better at the end of their sophomore year. Applicants will develop sites or research projects for $5000 summer awards. Students may apply for Davis Fellow awards through the Filene Center for Work and Service-Learning. Contact: Ed Canton, Associate Director. More information is available on the Filene Center's web site.
Mars Student/Faculty Research Fellowships
Summer research projects in which students and faculty collaborate on projects essentially designed by the faculty member as part of his or her professional research will be funded as Mars Research Fellowships. Students will be expected to be on the campus for eight weeks to work on these projects, and will receive $3000 stipends and if necessary, housing. Faculty will receive $1000 stipends and up to $1000 for research costs. Application is made in the spring to the Committee on Faculty Scolarship and guidelines are available in the Associate Provosts' Office (201 Park Hall). Contact: Lynda Marcoccia, Executive Assistant to the Provost.