Lampert Scholars are required to complete either an internship at an organization that focuses on issues related to the institute’s areas of inquiry or an independent research project during the summer after the junior year.
At the end of summer, all Lampert Scholars will be required to submit a serious lengthy paper based upon their summer internship or research experiences. Under the supervision of a Colgate faculty sponsor, a mentor at the internship organization, or in some cases, both, students should aim to produce a high-quality paper that can form the foundation for a senior seminar or honors thesis project, and, ideally, be eligible for submission to a student journal.
Prospective Scholars interested in the internship route should begin the process of identifying positions well before the application deadline, as they will be required to provide a detailed description of their efforts to date in the application. In searching for internships, students are strongly encouraged to draw upon the resources of the Career Services office and to consult with the institute, so as to maximize the likelihood of obtaining a position that best suits their interests.
Prospective Scholars who wish to conduct an independent research project should submit a carefully researched and detailed proposal that describes an analytical question, literature review, hypotheses, and methodology. The research topic should be related to the institute’s areas of inquiry.
- A student with a US-based internship will receive a Lampert Fellowship equal to the higher of (A) $1000 or (B) $5500 minus the student’s total employer compensation.
- A student with a foreign-based internship will receive a Lampert Fellowship equal to the higher of (A) $1000 or (B) $6500 minus the student’s total employer compensation.
- Scholars doing independent research will receive a grant of $5500 if conducting the work in the United States, or $6500 if a significant amount of the research will be performed abroad.