Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

MMUF Institutions

Each year, new MMUF undergraduate fellows are selected from applicants in the rising junior classes of MMUF member institutions.

These fellows join the rising and graduating senior fellows in their institution’s MMUF program, where they are provided with mentoring and financial support as they prepare for entry into PhD programs and eventual careers as scholars and faculty members.

Participating institutions in 2025 include:

Amherst College | Amherst, Massachusetts

Barnard College | New York, New York

Bowdoin College | Brunswick, Maine

Brooklyn College | Brooklyn, New York

Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island

Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California

California State University Consortium

  •   California State University at Dominguez Hills | Carson, California
  •   California State University at Fullerton | Fullerton, California
  •   California State University at Long Beach | Long Beach, California
  •   California State University at Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California
  •   California State University at San Bernardino | San Bernardino, California

Carleton College | Northfield, Minnesota

City College of New York | New York, New York

Claremont Colleges Consortium | Claremont, California

  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College
  • Scripps College

Columbia University | New York, New York

Connecticut College | New London, Connecticut

Cornell University | Ithaca, New York

Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire

Duke University | Durham, North Carolina

Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia

Grinnell College | Grinnell, Iowa

Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts

Haverford College | Haverford, Pennsylvania

Howard University | Washington, DC

Hunter College | New York, New York

Macalester College | St. Paul, Minnesota

Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois

Oberlin College | Oberlin, Ohio

Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey

Queens College | Queens, New York

Rice University | Houston, Texas

Smith College | Northampton, Massachusetts

Stanford University | Stanford, California

Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

UNCF Consortium

  • Allen University | Columbia, South Carolina
  • Benedict College | Columbia, South Carolina
  • Bennett College | Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Bethune-Cookman University | Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Claflin University | Orangeburg, South Carolina
  • Clark Atlanta University | Atlanta, Georgia
  • Dillard University | New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Edward Waters College | Jacksonville, Florida
  • Fisk University | Nashville, Tennessee
  • Florida Memorial University | Miami Gardens, Florida
  • Hampton University | Hampton, Virginia
  • Huston-Tillotson University | Austin, Texas
  • Interdenominational Theological Center | Atlanta, Georgia
  • Jarvis Christian College | Hawkins, Texas
  • Johnson C. Smith University | Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Lane College | Jackson, Tennessee
  • LeMoyne-Owen College | Memphis, Tennessee
  • Livingstone College | Salisbury, North Carolina
  • Miles College | Fairfield, Alabama
  • Morehouse College | Atlanta, Georgia
  • Morris College | Sumter, South Carolina
  • Oakwood College | Huntsville, Alabama
  • Paine College | Augusta, Georgia
  • Paul Quinn College | Dallas, Texas
  • Philander Smith College | Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Rust College | Holly Springs, Mississippi
  • Saint Augustine’s College | Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Shaw University | Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Spelman College | Atlanta, Georgia
  • Stillman College | Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Talladega College | Talladega, Alabama
  • Texas College | Tyler, Texas
  • Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, Mississippi
  • Tuskegee University | Tuskegee, Alabama
  • Virginia Union University | Richmond, Virginia
  • Voorhees College | Denmark, South Carolina
  • Wilberforce University | Wilberforce, Ohio
  • Wiley College | Marshall, Texas
  • Xavier University | New Orleans, Louisiana

University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, California

University of California at Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California

University of California at Riverside | Riverside, California

University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois

University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico

University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University of Puerto Rico | Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

University of Texas at Austin | Austin, Texas

Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri

Wellesley College | Wellesley, Massachusetts

Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut

Whittier College | Whittier, California

Williams College | Williamstown, Massachusetts

Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut

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