Applications are open now for the Phi Kappa Phi Undergraduate Summer Scholarship and the Carl and Sterling Franklin Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.
The PKP Undergraduate Summer Scholarship offers awards up to $1,000 to support summer research or creative projects by USC students. All USC sophomores and juniors with GPAs of 3.7 or above are eligible, and the deadline to apply is Friday, April 24.
The PKP Carl and Sterling Franklin Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship provides support for the first year of graduate or professional study. It is open to all USC students who are PKP members – including students who have been invited to join during the current spring semester. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 10.
The annual awards support USC students at different stages in their academic journeys. Both are offered by the USC chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) Honor Society housed at the USC Libraries. The recipients will be announced at the PKP Spring Initiation Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, in Bing Theatre.
More information about application instructions, deadlines, eligibility, and funding levels is available on the PKP Scholarships and Awards page.
Last year’s PKP Undergraduate Summer Scholarships supported research projects by USC students Ava Grosley, Isabel Jansen-Montoya, and Vera Wang during the summer of 2025. Grosley studied how modern adaptations of classic fairytales shaped views on childhood. Jansen-Montoya studied how early Reformation texts reveal the spread of Martin Luther’s theology and its role in the era’s political transformations. Wang studied wildfire risk management and policy reform in California.