Humanities, Arts, and Preprofessional (HAP) Scholars Award

The UROP Humanities, Arts, and Preprofessional (HAP) Scholars Award provides summer stipend support to students conducting research in the arts, humanities, and certain preprofessional programs. The award is available to students conducting research with faculty mentors in the following schools/departments:

  • African American Studies
  • American & New England Studies
  • Cinema & Media Studies
  • Classical Studies
  • College of Communication
  • College of Fine Arts
  • Core Curriculum
  • English
  • History
  • History of Art & Architecture
  • Humanities (CGS)
  • Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Questrom School of Business
  • Religion
  • Romance Studies
  • School of Hospitality Administration
  • Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
  • World Languages & Literature

Note – Applications for HAP Scholars Awards will also be considered from students working with faculty from outside these departments and programs provided that the research falls within a humanity, art, or preprofessional discipline. Applicants are encouraged to get prior approval of their project’s scope by contacting UROP at least one week prior to the application deadline.

Students conducting research in the humanities, arts, and certain preprofessional programs are welcome and encouraged to apply for UROP funding during standard application deadlines. 

Application Information

During the summer students can apply for a $3,500 stipend for 20 hours of research per week, a $5,250 stipend for 30 hours/week, or a $7,000 stipend for 40 hours/week. Complete applications will include an Application Form and a faculty recommendation letter.

Summer 2027 HAP Scholars Application is due April 9, 2027 at noon. Award decisions will be released via email by early May 2027.

International students must be working in the US to receive stipend funding.

Summer 2026 Humanities, Arts, and Preprofessional (HAP) Scholars Awardees:

Oluwatofe Akinyanmi
Zyna Azim
Theo Brink
Rishin Chatterjee
Charlotte Cheung
Nadav  Cohen
Catalina Coleman
Milena Fernsler
Lucas Gibbons
Grace Halepis
Siddhi  Iyer
Pramay Jain
Breckan Johnston
Beyla Khabensky
Gus Kim
Christian Kohnle
Sam Lee
Olivia Mills
Tahalia Nira
Ashton  Nourie
Sam Pingree
Riana Richani
Layton Sahler
Rhea Sawhney
Julia Schultze
Patrick Stuart
Sophie Sun
Dominic  Yu

Previous Awardees

  • Summer 2025: Fiona Winarto, Chinmay Sharma, Sharleen Sandhu, Jack Osmond, Ella Nigro, Declan Nerney, Ellen Moth, Maggie Ma, Rebecca Gregor, Leila Elayan, Theodore Delisio, Ashlyn Davini, Janelle Boakye, Krisma Bajaj, Zahra Abdi
  • Summer 2024: Kenneth Wong, Ethan Stoehr, Ruofei Shang, Raza Shah, Bella Ramirez, Hope Myers, Wenshu Li, Noora Lahoud, Mitali Krishnamurthy, Isabella Ketchen, Emma Hardy, Emma Claire Everett, Christopher Ellars, Juan Diaz Garrido, Maggie Ma, Lucas Dantas Leite, Rivkah Chaouat Kelley, Jonah Causin, Katherine Bourlakas, Maggie Boran, Zahra Abdi, Eben Lowenstein, Levi Leca.
  • Summer 2023: Nina Zhao, Yu Zeng, Emily Yoger, Kenneth Wong, Allison Vidovich, Vryan Teoh, Zachary Sherman, Grant Powicki, Anna Paradise, Nasra Noor, Natalie Ng, Eitan Marshall-Pinko, Kathryn Lakin, Varshitha Sathish Kumar, Maxwell Fisher, Mara Farrell, Nathan Duong, Sahika Aydinol, Anas Bin Alfadino
  • Summer 2022: Zupei Li, Carter Fahey, James Brine, Ali Sokni, Kim Schneider, Juan Ruiz, Abby Roberts, Evan Powell, Venus Medina, Ari Lohr, Roxana Liu, Haoyu Liu, Aarohi Goel, Gabriella Finocchio, Natalie Cisneros, Siyu Chen
  • Summer 2021: Jintao Zhai, Sophia Yakumithis, Carolyn Welter, Jiayi Wang, Nicholas Rowe, Sydney Pickering, Maria Osipovich, Cristina Morrison, Moriah Mikhail, Caitlin Meyer, Alexandra Mascarello, David Malkin, Lincoln MacVeagh, Jieyu Liu, Noah Kunkel-Smith, Deidra Hoyt, Olivia Hammond, Charlotte Greenhill, Katherine Fraser, Max Ferrandino, Magdalene Farren, Alexandra Denker, Luca Del Deo, Maximillian Dahlstrom, Morgan Clark, Sophia Alvarado
  • Summer 2020: Kaasinath Balagurunath, Jack Beck, Claire-Solene Becka, Marion Cassidy, Aidan Chaffin, Laurel Clark, Jiangnan Fang, Sarah Feather, Julia Furmanek, Andrea Gomez, Elizabeth Guerrero, Katarzyna Jezak, Tomiris Kaumenova, Veronica Kelly, Shuangyu Liang, Clay McDermott, Rona Moriah, Leela Munsiff, Emma Nix, Sabine Ollivier Yamin, William Santarsiero, Guillermo Socorro, Andrea Wetzler, Robert Wright, and Xincheng Zhou
  • Summer 2019: Katharine Draisen, Jiangnan Fang, Caitlin Fisher, Matthew Gorab, Victoria Hempstead, Helen Houghton, Erin Kahaly, Kevin Kelly, Rachel Kubrick, Tess LaValley, Gabriella Messina, Conor Mooney, Isha Pawar, Darian Radzikowski, Hannah Rafferty, Lolo Serrano, Eleni Spiru, Ryan Stagg, Andrea Wolfson, Lila Wright, and Yingshihan Zhu.
  • Spring 2019: Lee-Or Bentovim
  • Fall 2018: Cadence Seeger, Pamela Sugrue, Hailey Hart-Thompson, Zahra Thani, Madeleine Werner
  • Summer 2018: Skovran Cunningham, Brett Driben, Benjamin Fisher, Samantha Gagne, Elias Gagne, Hailey Hart – Thompson, Elisabeth Kotsalidis, Carsen LaGreca, Casey Lewry, Orly Lipset, Daria Lugina, Audrey Poe, Chance Pompay, Anna Stroinski, Ata Sunucu, Madeleine Werner
  • Spring 2018: Nikta Khani, Greg McKnight, and Rachel Molenaar.
  • Fall 2017: Shivani Singh, Sterling Gingerich, and Maria Ren.
  • Summer 2017: Vanika Achreja, Brett Driben, Bridget Girnus, Gregory Kerr, Morgan Lehofer, Alicia Rosenthal, and Kelly Tapager.
  • Spring 2017: Brett Driben, Cheryl Gartsbeyn, Madeline Howard, Gregory Kerr, Melinda Reyes, and Shivani Singh.
  • Fall 2016: Cheryl Gartsbeyn, Maya Kammourieh, and Adrienne Rube6.