/ Scholarship Programs / Burchard Scholars Program

The Burchard Scholars Program brings together distinguished members of the faculty and promising sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated excellence in some aspect of the humanities, arts, and social sciences, as well as in science and engineering. The Burchard program format is a series of dinner seminars held during the academic year to discuss topics of current research introduced by MIT faculty members. A Burchard Scholar can be a major in any department of the Institute. No preference is given to HASS majors. All sophomores and juniors in good standing are eligible to apply.

• Letter to MIT HASS Faculty (.pdf)
• Letter to MIT Sophomores and Juniors (.pdf)
• Application and Reference Form (.pdf)
• Past Burchard Scholars

The 2008 Burchard Scholars

Alona Birjiniuk '09
Chemical-Biological Engineering

Tewfik Cassis '10
Management Science

Stephanie Chan '09
Brain & Cognitive Science and Physics

Matthew Cohen '10
Brain & Cognitive Science

Jean Cui '09
Humanities & Engineering

Mihai Duduta '10
Material Science & Engineering

Bronwyn Edwards '09
Nuclear Science & Engineering

Erin Fitzgerald '09
Biology

Matt Gethers '09
Biological Engineering

William Gibson '10
Biological Engineering and Philosophy

Emily Ho '09
Biology

Samuel Hollander '09
Civil Engineering and History

Yi Huang '09
Biology

Seo Hyung Kim '10
Mathematics

Akira Kobayashi '10
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Courtney Lane '09
Biological Engineering

Waciuma Maina '10
Biology

Carmel Mercado '09
Biology

Benjamin Park '10
Physics

Adam Paxon '09
Mechanical Engineering

Niyatee Samudra '09
Brain & Cognitive Science

Matthew Serna '09
Brain & Cognitive Science

Allison St. Vincent '09
Environmental Engineering

Gabriel Torres '09
Electrical Science & Engineering

Veena Venkatachalam '09
Chemistry and Physics

Xiaowen Zhang '09
Management Science and Mathematics