The Edward A. Bouchet Fellowship Program, named in honor of Yale College’s first African-American graduate and the first African-American in the United States to earn a PhD, was established to increase the number of students pursuing PhDs and subsequent careers in academia who come from minority backgrounds or have an interest in addressing racial disparities. The program is an effort to improve racial and ethnic relations in university environments and to provide role models for youth.
The Fellowship, which is supported by the generosity of Heaton Robertson ’65, enables students to work on paid research projects during the academic year and to pursue full-time research during the summers between sophomore and junior years and between junior and senior years.
