Launched in 1997, the mission of the Investigative Studies Program is to:
- Provide students with an opportunity to pursue their research and creative interests in a manner not found in a typical class setting
- Promote intellectual curiosity and stimulate creativity in students in an academic discipline or between disciplines
- Foster a sense of learning, sharing, and commitment with a community of scholars.
Aimed at the College’s most academically gifted and highly motivated students, the Investigative Studies Program at Marietta provides Summer Fellowships for undergraduates interested in pursuing unique research and creative projects, as well as Travel Fellowships for the presentation of findings at regional and national conferences.
The Supplies Grants program provides student researchers with a small fund from which they can purchase consumable materials or supplies for a current research or creative project. The annual Investigative Studies Symposium provides a showcase for the Summer Fellowship recipients to share the results of their projects with the Marietta College community.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Suzanne Parsons
McCoy Professor of Biochemistry
Gilde-Grose Distinguished Professor in the Sciences
Director of Investigative Studies Program
Investigative Studies Announcements
Key Dates for Spring 2025
Travel/Virtual Conference and Supply Grants
- Round 1: due Friday, February 21, by midnight
- Round 2: due Friday, March 28, by midnight
Research Fellowships for Fall 2025
- due Friday, April 11, by midnight
All Scholars Day 2025
- Thursday, April 24 (classes canceled except labs)
- Abstracts: due Friday, March 21 by midnight — submit here
Submit all grants and fellowship applications via email to Dr. Parsons: ksg001@marietta.edu.
- All Scholars Day
All Scholars Day is a campus-wide celebration of scholarship at Marietta College. All students, faculty, and staff are expected to participate in ASD — it is such an important day that no class meetings are held on ASD! ASD allows students to share their research, creative projects, and senior capstone projects with the Marietta College Community. Students give talks, poster presentations, demonstrations, and performances for audiences across disciplines, demonstrating the importance of the liberal arts at Marietta College.
- Investigative Studies Summer Fellowships
The goal of the Student Summer Fellowship Program is to encourage undergraduate student-faculty collaboration in investigative studies. Summer Fellowships are designed to support students for a six-week period so that students may work with a faculty member on a project of mutual interest.
- Investigative Studies Travel and Supply Grants
Travel and Supply grants are available to help students both with the cost of traveling to present their work or learn at academic conferences and virtual events and of consumable goods for their research projects.
- Investigative Studies Research Fellowships
The goal of the Student Research Fellowship Program is to encourage undergraduate student-faculty collaboration in investigative studies. Research Fellowships are designed to support students during the academic year so that they may work with a faculty member on a project of mutual interest.
Major: Actuarial Science
Minor: Theatre
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michelle Jeitler, Mathematics
Current Research Project: A Statistical Analysis of Mental Training in Backyard Ultra Marathons
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Parsons, Biochemistry
Current Research Project: Activation of PARP-1 in apoptosis induced by different parabens in human melanoma cells