Looking for funding for your Senior Individualized Project or summer research/internship?

Several departments around campus have funding opportunities.

• There are a number of institutionally funded student research grants managed by the Provost’s Office that are open to a wide range of academic interests.
• A Student Travel Support Grant is available to subsidize expenses for travel related to off-campus educational experiences such as conferences and workshops.
• Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership offers funding for Social Justice SIP Research, as well as summer internship stipends.
• Art and Art History Department offers a grant for materials used for an art SIP or a grant for living or research expenses.
• The Bill Laughlin Leadership Award is presented annually to two students who best demonstrate leadership, an entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to community.
• Biology Department funding page: tips on searching for internships, departmental funding for Biology SIPs, other opportunities.
• Center for Career and Professional Development offers funding for first-generation and high need students who have unpaid internships.
• Center for Civic Engagement offers Community Building Internships.
• Center for Environmental Stewardship offers Summer Environmental Stewardship Fellowships.
• Center for International Programs offers funding for SIPS and other projects that are conducted abroad.
• Chemistry Department resources page has academic support resources, funding opportunities, and summer research opportunities.
• The Classics Department has the Todd Grant for rising seniors to do SIP research in the summer.
• The Computer Science Department maintains a summer research page.
• The East Asian Studies Department has the Roselee Bundy Student Travel to Asia Fund. For more information contact The Department Chair.
• Faculty/Student Summer Research Grants, funded by the Faculty Development committee. If you are doing research with a K faculty member, they can apply for this grant that will provide a stipend for your work with them.
• The French Department has an informal fund to support SIP research abroad.
• The German Department encourages students to apply for the DAAD Summer Course Grant to do coursework in Germany.
• The History Department has the Dr. David Strauss and Dr. John Wickstrom SIP Fund, the Hoort Prize, and the Johnston Prize. For more information contact The Department Chair.
• KCCSR offers an Innovation Fund for members of the student body to submit an idea for a project that will improve the quality of life of students on campus.
• The Math Department maintains a summer research page.
• The Physics Department maintains a summer research page.
• The Political Science Department offers the Ham Grant for Kalamazoo College students pursuing a political science-related project.
• The Psychology Department offers the Plumert-Teasley Endowed Psychology SIP Fellowship.
• The Theatre Department has the Vincent Liff ’73 Memorial Theatre Fund.