McGregor Undergraduate Research Program
In 1998, Calvin University received a grant from the Detroit-based McGregor Fund to establish a program of student fellowships for summer research with faculty in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The resulting McGregor Fellowship program has funded collaborative student-faculty research since 1999. Although the original McGregor investment has been exhausted, the program operates with the generous support of private donors and continues to attract Calvin's "best and brightest" students and faculty to collaborative research projects.
TO APPLY:
Faculty are instructed to fill out a proposal application in Workday by typing "create request" in the Workday search bar and find the "McGregor Faculty Program Proposal" option in the drop down menu.
- McGregor Program Process
- Program Director Responsibilities
- 2025 McGregor Mentor Expectations and Responsibilities (this document is intended for faculty)
- Past McGregor Fellows and Faculty
2025 McGregor Summer Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
| Student | Faculty Mentor | Project Title |
| Anna Perkins | Katie Good, Communication | The Family Computer: How to Tend a Digital Hearth in an Era of Splintered Screens |
| Ella Vanden Berg | Doug Koopman, Politics and Economics | Research for a book, provisionally entitled Politics and Renewal: Kuyperian Options for Structural and Personal Vitality. |
| Jeremiah Joseph and Daniel Park | Sung Soo Lim, Politics and Economics | Shifting Capital, Shifting the Middle East, Shaping the World. |
| Henry Donahue and Tori Hoppe | Samuel Smartt, Communication | All Means All: Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Documentary Editing |
| Briar Stonehouse and Hayeon Yang | Jason VanHorn, GEO, and Kevin den Dulk, Politics and Economics | Restorative Justice for Returning Citizens: A Mapping Project |
| Adrianna Offutt and Matthew Vander Wall | Kate van Liere, Historical Studies | Reacting to the Past game development: the English Civil War and the Republic (1640-1660) |
| Meral Moawad and Elizabeth Yuniwo | Julie Yonker, Public Health | Support for the Informal Caregiver: The Role of Faith Communities |