It's the middle of winter here in DC but some of you may already be planning how you’ll spend your summer, and wondering if Linguistics can be a part of it! I’m here to tell you about a couple of excellent opportunities that have crossed the DUS Desk, open to undergraduates from any institution.

Penn MindCore is a paid 10-week program at the University of Pennsylvania which matches Summer Fellows with select MindCORE faculty in interdisciplinary mind and brain studies, who mentor Fellows through a research project. The application deadline is coming up soon - January 15th - so click that link to learn more about the program and potential faculty mentors!

The Michigan Diaries Project at Michigan State University is also offering full-time, paid research experiences for undergraduates this summer! This one’s for anyone interested in sociolinguistics and/or oral histories. MI Diaries will hold an informal webinar via Zoom on Wednesday, January 18 at 4pm, where you can meet the professors and graduate student mentors, and learn more about what the summer research experience will be like. Go to the links in this paragraph for more info about the project and the summer experience, and to register for the webinar.

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Of course, undergraduates at Georgetown have access to their own in-house set of Summer Research Fellowships to support projects, including the Kalorama, The Lisa J Raines Fellowship, the Provost’s Distinguished Undergraduate Research Fellowship, and the Summer Mentored Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The deadline for all of these is February 1st, so now's the time, Hoyas, to start thinking through your applications (and if relevant, possible faculty mentors for your project)!