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The Junior Summer Fellowship program enables selected juniors pursue an independent, immersive project in the summer between 11th and 12th grade. Fellows extend and enhance their knowledge beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom in destinations around the world. Successful projects will have a well-defined focus and purpose that may be academic, artistic, athletic, cultural, or creative.

A committee of current upper school faculty will award a maximum of seven $4000 fellowships to current 11th grade students. An outstanding fellowship proposal will describe a unique and immersive experience that will broaden and deepen the student’s understanding of themself and the world. While this usually involves travel, that is not a requirement.

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NOTE: The application packet is only accessible to those with a Harvard-Westlake email account.
QUESTIONS: Contact Jim Patterson, Director of the Kutler Center.

2025 Junior Summer Fellows:

Zachary Abrahamson

From Edo to Expo: The Evolution of Japanese Art Diplomacy through Ukiyo-e Woodblocks

Maximilian Coleman

Documenting Food Insecurity: Voices from Los Angeles' Streets and KneadLA's Response

Caroline Cosgrove

Vampires and Golems: The Cultural Roots of the Monsters of Eastern Europe

Calder Glass

Whispers of the Canopy: Sonic Ecology in the Pacific Northwest Temperate Rainforest

Ryan Hung

The Modern Scramble for Africa: How Superpowers gain Influence Through Strategic Investments

Siona Kirschner

What We Can Learn From Australia: How Different Countries Handle Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation

Lyra Majumdar

Denying the Mughal Empire: An Investigation into the Gradual Erasure of Mughal Art and Architecture in New Delhi, India

Nikhil Sarvaiya

Documenting Food Insecurity: Voices from Los Angeles' Streets and KneadLA's Response

2024 Junior Summer Fellows:

Samuel Cleland

Jazz in The Big Easy: Conducting Not So Easy Discussions about Race and Jazz in its Birthplace of New Orleans

Sasha Antonia Gadalov

Assimilation in Alaska: Old Believers and the Evolution of Their Identity

Ashley Ham

Uncovering the Ancient Korean History of Pottery

Saisha Kumar

The Continued Reform Efforts Following the Criminal Tribes Act on the Gujjar Community in Mumbai, India

Shiara Navarro

The Mayan Train: The Environmental Impacts of Expanding Cultural Tourism in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

Anaya Olivas

30 Years Post Apartheid: Life as a Coloured Girl in South Africa

Arielle Trakhtenberg

Two Years Gone: Lives of Ukrainian Refugees in Krakow