The University Honors Program at SMU offerering Richter International Fellowships funded by the Paul K. and Evelyn E. Cook Richter Memorial Funds. They are designed to support independent research by students in the University Honors Program with the guidance of the faculty.

SMU is one of only 12 universities that benefit from this program.

Richter Fellowships emphasize multicultural research, but are available to students from all disciplines. Students from virtually all areas of study within SMU have been able to apply their knowledge from the classroom to real-world research experience in a diverse array of fields including: advertising, art history, medicine, anthropology, social policy, economics, theater, developmental psychology and many others.

Funding from the Richter Trusts allows the University Honors Program to make between 10 and a dozen grants of up to $6,000 annually to students who have nearly completed or have already completed University Honors Program requirements.

When students return to the United States, they are encouraged to publish their findings in national journals and present their research formally to the SMU community.

This experience is unique to the University Honors Program and is only available to University Honors Program students.

There is no boundary on where students can take their research. Since SMU received the grants in Fall 2000, 29 students have been able to conduct research all over the world, traveling to places such as Macedonia, Germany, China, Ireland, Spain, England, Cuba, Iran, French Polynesia and Kenya.

Richter International Fellowships
Summer 2003 Project Summaries