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[Currently no fellowships are available.
Information will be posted here should this change.]
Bernard Lown Fellowships
“The most valuable gift one can give to a student is a good example.”
- Dr. Bernard Lown ’42
Dr. Bernard Lown is Professor Emeritus of Cardiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, Senior Physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the founder of the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation. A graduate of The University of Maine (1942, Honors) and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Lown is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading cardiologists. Dr. Lown is a pioneer in research on sudden cardiac death. He invented the defibrillator, discovered cardioversion and introduced the drug Lidocaine, used worldwide to control disturbances of the heartbeat. He is the author of hundreds of articles and monographs and published the book The Lost Art of Healing in 1996.
Dr. Lown co-founded the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in 1980 and accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace in IPPNW’s behalf in 1985. [Dr. Lown's Nobel Prize acceptance speech can be found at http://www.ippnw.org/Lown.html.] Dr. Lown is also the Founder and Chairman of SatelLife, a Boston-based non-profit organization. He is recipient of 20 honorary degrees from universities in the United States and abroad.
Bernard Lown Fellows Mission Statement
Dedicated to improving the world through active research and humanitarian effort towards peace and international understanding.
The Bernard Lown Fellows Program is dedicated to advancing the ideals found in the humanitarian research and work of Dr. Bernard Lown ’42. These scholars work with a spirit of global understanding on issues common to all people and nations around the world.
Bernard Lown Fellows are students in The Honors College at The University of Maine whose undergraduate thesis research engages the humanitarian themes found in the work of Dr. Bernard Lown. These students explore social responsibility in science and medicine, peace through international cooperation, and in the words of Dr. Lown, “people as the ultimate arbiters of their own destinies.”
Bernard Lown Fellows conduct research to make a positive difference in the lives of others by discovering and investigating truths about society, taking an active role because “hope without action is hopeless.”
“I have learned to let imagination roam into the gossamer terrain of the weave of great dreams. Above all I have come to appreciate that there are humans out there who stand proud and principled and are ever ready to challenge injustice whatever the odds, whatever the costs.” - Dr. Bernard Lown
Guidelines:
- The Bernard Lown Fellows are awarded $2500.
- All students intending to enroll in Honors 498 the next academic year are eligible.
- Fellowships are granted based on the evaluation of a written proposal, previous work in Honors and the major, and the potential to produce outstanding thesis work.
- Financial need may be considered in the decision-making process.
- The number of fellowships awarded is dependent upon funds available.
- The fellowship committee may consider special exceptions to the above guidelines on a case-by-case basis.
- The fellowship committee consists of the Honors Secretaries from each College and is chaired by the Dean of The Honors College.
Process:
- To be considered for a Honors College Thesis Fellowship, application
packages must include
- a letter of application describing your thesis project, how it relates to the above themes, and how the fellowship will support your work in that endeavor, and
- a letter of support from your prospective thesis advisor, addressing your potential for your thesis project.
- Completed application packages must be received at the Honors Center no later than 4:00p.m. on 13 April 2006.
- Applications will not be accepted later than this deadline.
Notification:
The fellowship committee will notify applicants as to the decision on their proposals no later than three weeks after the submission deadline.
To apply for the scholarship please
complete the application ( The application is posted in PDF format. To
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