De Novo Fellowship

A collaborative initiative between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering, the De Novo program offers fellowships to exceptional undergraduate students to conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The fellowship is aimed to support students with outstanding academic records and who also may have overcome financial challenges and/or may not have had role models in their field of interest who reflected their own experience. CAS De Novo Fellowships provide a $6,000 stipend for up to 10 weeks of full-time research, as well as up to $1,000 for conference expenses related to presenting their research in the subsequent academic year.

Apply through SCUSPUR.

Meet the 2024 College Fellows

Karishma Nijjar '25

Neuroscience
Altering EnHD and UVF to improve binding to DNA via Molecular Modeling

Faculty Mentor: Michelle McCully

Muriel Oosthuizen '26

Biochemistry
Isolating high-affinity aptamers for cancer-linked glycoforms of thrombospondin-1

Faculty Mentor: Steve Suljak

Olivia Alleyne '26

Chemistry
Developing an Efficient Method to Deuterate Cumenes

Faculty Mentor: Ben Stokes

Riley Carpenter '25

Engineering Physics
Investigating low-gap materials to fabricate Josephson junctions for meV-scale dark matter detectors

Faculty Mentor: Betty Young

Sean Do '26

Neuroscience
Exploring Reward Circuitry Underlying Early Life Stress-Mediated Social Deficits

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay