# Fellowships ## expand\_more **What is a fellowship?** A fellowship is a merit based award of financial support to an individual for personal and/or academic development. Some fellowships might support you in getting an advanced degree from a foreign university. Others might support your summer research project. And still others might fund a trip to a remote part of the world for self-discovery. **What fellowships are available?** Some are well known like the Rhodes or Marshall Scholarships. But there are a large number and a wide range of fellowships available to Harvard students and the best place to learn about them is at the Undergraduate Research and Fellowships office (URAF) [website](https://uraf.harvard.edu/browse-fellowships). **Who can help me get started?** The Fellowships Committee in Leverett is a team of Leverett resident and non-resident tutors who are here to help you discover and apply for these funding opportunities. Email us at with any questions you might have. **Additional resources** - [URAF - Research - Getting Started](https://uraf.harvard.edu/undergraduate-research) - [URAF - Fellowships - Getting Started](https://uraf.harvard.edu/getting-started-information-and-advice) - [Funding and Opportunities for Undergraduates (FOUnd) database](https://found.fas.harvard.edu/) - Check out guidelines and tips including [Leverett House - Letters of Recommendation (General)](/file_url/203) and [Judy Murciano's Guide to Letters of Recommendation](/file_url/204) ## Fellowships Committee Coordinators [### Judith Murciano-Goroff ](/people/judith-murciano-goroff) Resident Tutor Fellowships, Public Service & Pre-Law My name is Judy Murciano, and I teach and advise students throughout Harvard as well as serve as the Director of Fellowships for the Harvard Law School. Before Harvard, I studied Biochem., Lit., NELC, Law, & History at Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge... ![Judith Murciano-Goroff](/sites/g/files/omnuum3146/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/leveretthouse/files/jmurcianogoroff.jpeg?itok=fhPElM_V) ## Fellowships Committee [### Kendra McLaughlin ](/people/kendra-mclaughlin) Resident Tutor Fellowships & Art & International Student Support Hi! My name is Kendra and I’ve been a tutor at Lev since 2022. I’m a PhD candidate in Film & Visual Studies, though my research interests spill into Anthropology, Critical Media Practice, and Science & Technology Studies. An alumni of the College, I also... ![Kendra](/sites/g/files/omnuum3146/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/kendra5%20copie2%20copiegood.jpg?itok=xTQjnnkX) [### Marissa Sumathipala ](/people/marissa-sumathipala) Resident Tutor Fellowships & SCR & STEM Hello Leverett! I'm currently a PhD student at Harvard Medical School in Neuroscience, where I study the function of serotonin neurons in the Dymecki Lab. I'm really excited to be back in the Leverett community with my partner, Chris Cantwell, and our dog... ![MS](/sites/g/files/omnuum3146/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/leveretthouse/files/new_crop032222_sumathipala_0819_2500_1000x1400.jpg?itok=iCzA0T9A) ## Contact