Nicklin Fellowship
A Lumen Christi Institute program supporting University of Chicago undergraduates as they pursue academic and intellectual interests, especially on existential questions of being
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Lumen Christi Institute is a University of Chicago-based center dedicated to fostering the study and understanding of Catholic thought, culture, and intellectual tradition. The institute provides programs, seminars, and fellowships that encourage rigorous engagement with philosophy, theology, and the humanities, aiming to cultivate thoughtful reflection, dialogue, and scholarship among students and the broader academic community.
Launched in 2023, the Nicklin Fellowship was developed and promoted with funding and guidance from the First Analysis Institute in partnership with the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago.
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The Nicklin Fellows are a select group of undergraduate students who receive a competitive, application-based fellowship offering exclusive access to research and development grant funds. These grants support projects that align with the fellows' intellectual interests, such as organizing reading groups, hosting speakers, planning movie nights, developing Fundamental Questions seminars, or writing papers for journals.
The fellowship aims to foster academic and intellectual exploration, particularly around existential questions of being, while cultivating intellectual friendships grounded in a shared love of truth, beauty, and goodness.
Nicklin Fellows are required to attend three sessions of a Fundamental Questions seminar in the fall of 2023, participate in one other Lumen Christi event per academic year, and be undergraduate students at the University of Chicago.All student projects should adhere to the guiding principles of the Lumen Christi Institute.
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For more information on the program and how to apply for the fellowship, click here.
Testimonials
Nicklin Fellowship 2024 cohort
Being a Nicklin Fellow has enabled me to embody the University's intellectual spirit more than any other activity or class, and my work this quarter has been among the most rewarding experiences of my college career
Arjun Mazumdar,
University of Chicago
Graduating class of 2025
The Nicklin Fellows Program was one of the highlights of my freshman year at the University of Chicago. The Nicklin Fellows Program gave me the opportunity to personally engage with scholars that the Lumen Christi Institute brings in, broadening my exposure to various thinkers even further
Jacob Neplokh,
University of Chicago
Graduating class of 2027