Project-Based Exploration for the Advancement of Knowledge:

The PEAK Experiences Awards

A New Developmental Framework for Supporting Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor

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This 2020 Marshall Scholar Wants to Fix the Big Transportation Problems in the US

Northeastern engineering and economics student Michael Tormey has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, which will allow him to study transportation for the next two years in the U.K. He dreams of creating urban systems that will ease congestion, reduce pollution, and save lives.

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Award Deadlines

The following awards have deadlines fast approaching!

PEAK Experience #3: The Ascent Award

An award for those who have some experience making a project happen but need to continue developing skills, sophistication, and independence.

12/11/2019

PEAK Experience #5: The Summit Award

An award for those with the skills and sophistication to work independently and the ability to develop their own research questions and creative problems – as well as pathways to working through them.

12/11/2019

Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowship

One-year fellowships to graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. Carnegie Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the Endowment’s senior associates.

12/16/2019

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Funding for juniors interested in pursuing graduate study in preparation for a career in government or public service.

12/18/2019

NSEP Boren Fellowship

Boren Fellowships promote long term linguistic and cultural immersion, while pursuing graduate studies.

01/10/2020

PEAK Experience #2: The Base Camp Award

This is an award for those who are just starting out and trying to get a sense of what it means to “do” research and creative endeavor.

01/22/2020

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Northeastern University Bioengineering Student Kritika Singh Is Named Rhodes Scholar

Kritika Singh, a bioengineering and chemistry student at Northeastern who has dedicated herself to tackling global health issues, has been named a 2020 Rhodes Scholar, considered the most prestigious academic honor for U.S. college students.

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Spring PEAK Experiences Awards Open & Project Development Workshops

Our series of interactive workshops takes participants through the key stages of project development, from articulating the question that inspires your inquiry through writing a winning proposal--and everything in between.

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Fellowship Nominees Look to Extend Excellence from Northeastern to the UK and Ireland

Northeastern's distinguished slate of nominees for the highly prestigious Marshall, Mitchell and Rhodes Scholarships embody the best of our global, experiential research university: academic excellence, consequential research and creative endeavor, dedicated service to others, and an aspiration to improve our world.

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Meet Our Knight-Hennessy and Schwarzman Scholarship Nominees

The Knight-Hennessy and Schwarzman Scholarships, which fund study at Stanford and within China's Tsinghua University respectively, are among the newest…

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Huskies Forward Record Number of Fulbright Fellowship Applications

A record number of globally-minded, civically engaged Northeastern students and alumni, 55, proposed an impressive set of sophisticated, diverse, and…

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First Ever PEAK Experiences Awards Announced for Fall 2019!

The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to…

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SOURCE Connects Students to Ground-Breaking Faculty Projects

From autonomous driving to urban informatics, consumer psychology to health equity, fake news to smart manufacturing, attendees at the first university-wide Showcase of Opportunities for Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor learned how they can work with faculty to advance knowledge and practice in their fields—and across traditional disciplinary boundaries—to address global challenges.

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To Connect with Research and Creative Opportunities, Go Straight to the SOURCE

More than 100 faculty members from across the disciplines will preview their current and upcoming projects -- and share opportunities for undergraduates to be a part of them -- at Northeastern's first Showcase of Opportunities for Research and Creative Endeavor (SOURCE).

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Creative Endeavor and Research Experience Symposium to Showcase Innovative Student Projects

On October 1, the 2019 Summer Scholars Independent Research Fellows will present their projects and discuss their findings in the ISEC Atrium at the 2019 Creative Endeavor and Research Experience Symposium (CERES).

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The PEAK Experiences Awards

This 2020 Marshall Scholar Wants to Fix the Big Transportation Problems in the US

Research and Creative Endeavor @Northeastern Information Session Jan 14 • 5:30 pm

Cultivating a Faculty Mentor Workshop Jan 22 • 5:30 pm

Making Your Case, Working with the Library Workshop Jan 29 • 5:30 pm

Developing a Research Question or Creative Problem Workshop Feb 5 • 5:30 pm

Gilman Scholarship For Study Abroad: Information Session Feb 11 • 5:30 pm

Ethical Conduct of Research Workshop Feb 12 • 5:30 pm

Formulating a Project Proposal Workshop Feb 18 • 5:30 pm

Grad School 101 Feb 25 • 5:30 pm