Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowships

The Kling Program empowers students to pursue a funded humanities research project of their own design over the course of their third and fourth years, to engage in interdisciplinary work and conversations about the role of the humanities in college and in public life, and to polish their findings in the form of a published article in the Kling journal, Slideshow. Potential Kling Fellows are Arts and Sciences undergraduates who seek opportunities to engage in serious independent research in the humanities and/or the humanistic social sciences. In addition to receiving a research stipend each semester, Kling fellows are enrolled in the Kling seminar for each of the four semesters of the program, which offers them a chance to think deeply and collaboratively about their projects. The Kling Program is a community of scholars who engage with one another’s research across disciplines, advocate for humanities work and communities, and contribute to the development of innovative and diverse knowledges in the humanities at WashU. 

Fellowship snapshot