The CSWS Undergraduate STEAM Summer Fellowships support research focused on gender across the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and the Arts (STEAM).
Our goal this year is $5,000—
can you help us reach it?
What are STEAM Fellowships?
The fellowship creates opportunities for STEAM-field undergraduates and faculty mentors to partner on cross-disciplinary summer research and creative projects with a focus on women and intersectional gender issues. These team-based fellowships are designed to fill a need for undergraduate research opportunities at the UO by linking creative work and scholarship to research in the sciences.
What do STEAM Fellowships accomplish?
CSWS Undergraduate STEAM Summer Fellowships will help to:
- Guide undergraduate exploration of research and experiential learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics fields.
- Provide financial awards for undergraduate research and conference presentation on pressing social issues.
- Offer faculty mentorship, advising, resources, and guidance on research skill-building.
- Provide opportunities for students to showcase research, scholarship, and creative work on campus and beyond.
- Support students whose ethnicity and socioeconomic backgrounds remain underrepresented in higher education.
- Strengthen the academic pipeline for women and minority students entering STEAM fields.
Meet our inaugural STEAM Fellows (from left):
Cing Dim, Sophia Foerster, Anisha Srinivasan, and Alex Underwood.
What projects did our 2025 STEAM Fellows pursue?
- Cing Dim, an advertising major, produced an animated video exploring generational trauma among Myanmar immigrant women in Oregon.
- Sophia Foerster, a multidisciplinary science major, addressed gender inequality in medicine by conducting lab research aimed at developing a model for treatment of osteoarthritis that takes into account sex-specific factors.
- Anisha Srinivasan, a psychology major, researched how gender influences the perception and recognition of women of color through an experimental memory-recall study aimed to test the intersection of race and gender in memory biases.
- Alex Underwood, a sociology major, documented queer histories in Eugene through intergenerational storytelling and art portraiture.
- Read: "Personal Stories Inspire Summer Undergraduate Research Projects" (2025 CSWS Annual Review)
How can you contribute?
CSWS launched a pilot of the fellowship with funding raised during our 50th anniversary year. The response was robust, but we need your help to continue this innovative new program.
Give today – your contribution will fund the next generation of cutting-edge feminist research by UO students!
