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Allegheny College received a $299,925 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to support student summer research in the sciences. Matt Venesky, associate professor of biology and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (URSCA), is the project director.
During each year of the three-year grant, funding will cover stipends for 15 summer research students in the sciences, as well as student research supplies, summer housing, and travel to conferences. In addition to providing a greater number of summer research opportunities to science students beginning this summer, the grant also aims to increase the participation of first-generation students, historically underrepresented students, students of color, and to allow faculty to build larger student research teams.
The overall goal of the grant program is to enhance college students’ understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of modern science.