Berkeley’s MMUF program guides the intellectual and professional development of Fellows to realize their greatest potential as graduate students, preparing them to become successful faculty researchers and instructors, and role models for future generations.
MMUF at Berkeley
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program at UC Berkeley is for students with exceptional academic promise in the humanities or social sciences, and the passion to pursue academic careers that will expand scholarly inquiry through historically underexamined questions and disciplines. The program provides mentorship and resources, guiding students’ intellectual and professional development, and supporting their academic aspirations. The MMUF program prepares students to become successful graduate students, faculty members, and role models for future generations.
Fellows meet regularly with faculty and graduate-student mentors, and through weekly workshops that feature speakers and skill development, they have opportunities for professional enrichment and preparation for graduate school. Fellows develop their research and analytical skills, applying them to their senior theses, which also serve as final research projects for the program. Ultimately, the MMUF program at UC Berkeley prepares Fellows to apply to and enter graduate school, and to earn doctoral degrees that will lead to faculty careers.
Since the program’s inception in 2008, Berkeley MMUF Fellows have been accepted into graduate programs at the University of Chicago, Princeton University, New York University, Purdue University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, and Cambridge University and Oxford University (UK), among others.
Applicants must be second-semester Sophomores (or have at least 4 academic-year semesters remaining as undergraduate students at UC Berkeley) and have a GPA of approximately 3.4 or higher. The MMUF program commits to funding Fellows for two years.
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program is open to all UC Berkeley rising juniors and transfers, regardless of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or any other protected class status. MMUF is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that welcomes participants from all backgrounds.
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