Do you want to study harder? Dig deeper? See the world from a new perspective? As an Elon University Fellow or Scholar, you will. And you’ll love the challenge.
Fellows Programs
Elon offers these challenging programs:
- Honors Fellows for students in any major
- Business Fellows for majors in accounting, business analytics, economic consulting, economics and innovation, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, international business, marketing, project management or supply chain management
- Communications Fellows for majors in journalism, strategic communications, cinema and television arts, communication design, media analytics and sport management
- Elon College Fellows for majors in the arts and humanities, social sciences and natural and mathematical sciences
- Engineering Fellows for students majoring in engineering
- Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows for students in any major who want to maximize their leadership potential
- Nursing Fellows for students majoring in nursing
- Teaching Fellows for majors in education and teacher licensure programs
Learning Opportunities
In each of these programs, you will have exceptional learning opportunities such as these:
- Special courses and faculty mentoring
- Housing options such as a living-learning community for Fellows
- Paid research assistantships or internships
- Scholarships ranging from $7,500 to $13,500 per year
Scholars Programs
All Scholars receive $5,000 scholarships, which are renewable annually for up to four years. Elon offers these exciting programs:
- Change Makers Scholars for students interested in civic engagement and creating solutions to real-world issues
- Data Analytics Scholars for students in any major interested in studying data analytics
- Elon Sports Vision Scholars for students interested in the sports industry
- Elon Vocal Scholars for musically talented students dedicated to service through singing
- Health Professions Scholars for students interested in preparing for careers in health-related fields
- Innovation Scholars for students interested in finding their creative or entrepreneurial passions
- Legal Professions Scholars for students interested in preparing for legal careers
- Public Health Scholars for students interested in becoming leaders in public-health related disciplines
Learning Opportunities
In each of these programs, you will have exceptional learning opportunities such as these:
- Special courses and faculty mentoring
- Peer networking
- A $5,000 scholarship per year
Applying for Fellows and Scholars Programs
The following information might be helpful as you consider applying for the Fellows and Scholars Programs:
- To access the Scholarship application via your Elon Acorn Account, you must first submit a first-year application before Jan. 10.
- First-year applications must be submitted before Jan. 10 to apply for Fellows or Scholars.
- Fellows and Scholars applications must be submitted no later than Jan. 15.
- Students may apply for a maximum of two programs. For example, a student can apply for Honors Fellows and Innovation Scholars or two Fellows Programs as long as it’s one school-based (Business, Elon College, Communications or Teaching) and one non-school-based (Honors or Leadership) program or both non-school-based programs (Honors and Leadership). Students will be considered for any of the programs in which they indicate interest.
- All applications are reviewed after Jan. 15. Fellows finalists are selected by faculty committees. If you are a finalist, you will be invited in February 2023 to Fellows Weekend, which is March 3 and 4.
- Scholars decisions will release in early February 2023.