Dr. Benjamin Mays
Portrait by Robert Templeton
How to Apply
Spring 2010
Applicants must be of second semester Sophomore standing and have a minimum 3.2 GPA.
• Application form (available as an interactive pdf file here; please note that forms completed electronically must be submitted electronically as an email attachment)
• Statement of purpose (up to 3 pages)
• College-level writing sample (up to 10 pages)
• Three letters of recommendation, of which two must be from faculty members. Faculty members should use the pdf form available here. PLEASE NOTE: Student applicants MUST fill out the top portion of this form and sign it before passing it along for recommenders to complete.
• As an applicant for the MMUF program, you are required to apply for one of the summer research programs listed in on our Resources page. Most deadlines are approximatey February 1. For the few programs
that require you to be an MMUF scholar, indicate on your application that you have applied for the UC Berkeley MMUF program.
Please submit all materials to:
Mail:
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program
c/o Josephine Moreno PhD
158 Barrows Hall, MC#2990
Berkeley, CA 94720-2990
FAX:
(510) 643-6762
Email:
morenojm@berkeley.edu
Timeline
Application Deadline: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Finalist Interviews: late February/early March 2010
Notification of program admission: mid-March 2010