The Knight Campus announced its fourth cohort of Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars, this month. The program pairs promising undergraduates with research mentors — graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members — immersing them in a 12-month, comprehensive research experience in Knight Campus-affiliated labs.

While these next generation leading scholars are taking on independent research projects in a diverse set of fields, they are also finding creative ways to conduct their research remotely. This year’s cohort is the largest to-date and includes:

• Students from labs that are members of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
• Expanded philanthropic support. Every position is now funded by donors, industry, or intramural partner.
• Support for women in STEM. Cohort is Female 68.8%; Male 25.0%; Non-binary 6.3%
• Support of Oregon residents: 68.8% are graduates of Oregon high schools