FUSE Program
About the Program
The Fellows for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (FUSE) program, formerly known as the Sorin Scholars, admits 10-12 high potential first-year students across all colleges and schools through a competitive application process during the spring semester. We select a cohort of students who have excelled in terms of scholarly engagement (e.g., research, creative endeavors, leadership) but are not part of an existing honors or scholars program on campus. Members of the FUSE program are supported through specialized advising, unique programming, and priority funding consideration. Our fellows represent a wide-ranging, dynamic, and interdisciplinary group.
Benefits of the Program
CUSE supports the intellectual development and professional trajectories of our FUSE students in several ways. As a FUSE student you will...
- Receive personalized, one-on-one academic mentoring and advising from the Sorin Scholars coordinator and CUSE's fellowship and research teams. This coaching is an invaluable resource for helping you sharpen your research ideas, for locating potential funding sources, and for winning prestigious fellowships and awards.
- Have access to our intellectually robust programming and events. This includes exclusive opportunities to meet with diverse leaders from Notre Dame's community to learn research skills, discuss cutting-edge scholarship, and use your training to help serve others in your community.
- Receive priority funding from CUSE to help support research, creative endeavors, service-learning events, and internships.
- Play an active role in designing campus events, such as the FUSE Annual Lecture that features one of ND's top-rated professors.
- Join a vibrant, motivated, and interdisciplinary group of undergraduate fellows who are impactful leaders on campus and in their respective fields.