NOTE: The priority application deadline for the Transfer Scholars program will be August 15, 2023. Review of applications will be ongoing until positions are filled.
For the 2023-2024 academic year, there will be a special cohort of Emerging Scholars that is specifically for incoming transfer students who are interested in biology and mathematics research. Details about this Transfer Scholars Program are slightly different than the regular Emerging Scholars Program, so read below for more details!
Students in Transfer Scholars participate in the typical activities of the regular Emerging Scholars Program, including:
To be eligible to apply for Transfer Scholars, you must be a degree-seeking, transfer student at KU who will have their first semester at KU in the fall 2023 semester. Transfer students are defined as those who are admitted to KU through the Transfer application. Students apply for this program the summer before they start at KU. Current KU students are not eligible.
IMPORTANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Students must be enrolled full-time (12 credit hours) at KU for the Fall 2023 semester and must accept a $2,000 Federal Work-Study (FWS) Award for the upcoming academic year at KU: Transfer students will need to inquire if they are eligible for a Federal Work-Study award. They should contact their financial aid counselor or submit a Federal Work-Study Request. More information about the Federal Work-Study award can be found here: https://financialaid.ku.edu/understand-aid/work-study. Please email Zach Puckett (zpuckett@ku.edu) of Financial Aid & Scholarships if you have any questions or to determine if you are eligible.
Review the Transfer School job descriptions here.
If you are selected as a Transfer Scholar, you will work with a professor as a research assistant. Please review the job descriptions.Engineering research positions #13, 16, 17, or 18 will be coordinated by Prof. Justin Hutchison (jhutch@ku.edu), and the molecular biosciences position #56 will be coordinated by Prof. Rob Unckless (unckless@ku.edu). Currently, the program can accommodate up to 6 Transfer Scholars.