The Maryland Summer Scholars Program (MSS) provides opportunities for University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) undergraduates to spend much of the summer working closely with faculty mentors on ambitious research, scholarly, or artistic projects. The MSS program provides awards of $3,000 to approximately 25-30 outstanding undergraduates each summer.
Many Summer Scholars expand their summer research into an independent study or honors thesis project the following autumn semester, and find that their research experience helps distinguish their applications for graduate study, fellowships, internships, employment and other competitive opportunities.
Maryland Summer Scholars (MSS) may conduct their summer research on the College Park campus or elsewhere in the U.S. or abroad as required by the nature of the project. Students whose projects require travel for an extended period of time to off campus locations (not to include regular commuting) may submit a travel supplement request as directed in the online application form.
Summer Scholars will be required to:
**As of January, 2018, MSS is using a new platform for applications. This platform allows students to upload their project proposals and transcripts directly to the application rather than emailing them as separate documents. Additionally, some ad and data-collection blockers can interfere with the new MSS application. If you find that the MSS application is not loading on your computer, please disable all blockers and try again.
**Students are encouraged to apply for any sources of funding that can assist in supporting their summer research plans. However, for students accepting MSS awards, the MSS award should constitute the sole UMD-related source of funding for their proposed MSS research. Students will be free to decline MSS awards in favor of alternate funding, if that is preferable. MSS awardees should notify MCUR promptly if they expect to receive support specifically for their summer research from additional sources. MSS awards may only be used to support the research proposed in the MSS application. MSS awards may not be used to provide supplementary support for students admitted to NSF REU, NIST SURF, or similar summer research programs that provide funding to participants.
Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research
Phone: 301-314-6786 | Email: ugresearch@umd.edu
1201 Marie Mount Hall, University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
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