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Clare Boothe Luce Scholar

Clare Boothe Luce Funding for Women in STEM

Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) can best be described as multi-talented, enterprising, and hard-working. She was an associate editor for Vanity Fair. She played an active role in the Suffrage movement. She was a playwright with an Oscar nomination. She was the U.S. Ambassador to Italy. She served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in the Reagan Administration. She played a key role in establishing the Atomic Energy Commission. Posthumously, she continues to be an advocate for women in science, mathematics, and engineering. Since 1989, 2955 women have received funding under the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM.

Black and white photograph of Clare Boothe Luce smiling.

This photo is from the National Women's Hall of Fame, into which Clare Boothe Luce was inducted in 2017.

The Clare Boothe Luce Program offers three types of grants:

 

Undergraduate Research Awards (see our 2022 Undergraduate Research Awardees)

 

Assistant/Associate Professorships (see our Current & Former CBL Professors)

 

Graduate Fellowships (not currently offered)

 

 

 

 

2023 Undergraduate Research Awardees
Julia Appleget, Class of 2024

Julia Appleget, Class of 2024

Faculty Mentor: Maryam Mobed-Miremadi

Project: Multiscale Porosity Characterization of Porous, Tough and Conductive Multi-Network-Hydrogels Fabricated Using the Sustainable Method of Ionotropic Gelation

Leonie Casper, Class of 2025

Leonie Casper, Class of 2025

Faculty Mentor: Virginia Matzek

Project: Carbon-Water Tradeoffs in Riparian Restoration Plantings

Renee Chapla, Class of 2026

Renee Chapla, Class of 2026

Faculty Mentor: Christopher Weber

Project: Characterizing Phonons of Dirac Semimetals

Charlotte Colcord, Class of 2025

Charlotte Colcord, Class of 2025

Faculty Mentor: Paul Abbyad

Project: Sorting by Interfacial Tension: Increasing Device Throughput by Integrating Deterministic
Lateral Displacement

Isabelle Fejes, Class of 2025

Isabelle Fejes, Class of 2025

Faculty Mentor: Meaghan Deegan

Project: Preparation of Alkyne-Based Pincer Ligands for the Stabilization of Strained Heterocycles

Hanna Goldberg, Class of 2025

Hanna Goldberg, Class of 2025

Faculty Mentor: Amelia Fuller

Project: Developing predictive guidelines to stabilize gold nanoparticles with peptoids

Briana Guingona, Class of 2025

Briana Guingona, Class of 2025

Faculty Mentor: Iris Stewart-Frey

Project: NicaAgua: Creating an app for climate change forecasts, information, and adaptation in
Central America through science, technology, and the arts

Fatima Mercado Luevano, Class of 2024

Fatima Mercado Luevano, Class of 2024

Faculty Mentor: Pascale Guiton

Project: Effects of Bradyzoite Infection on the Expression, Production, and Secretion of MUC2

Crisol Padilla, Class of 2024

Crisol Padilla, Class of 2024

Faculty Mentor: Leilani Miller

Project: Effect of Phosphorylation on Morphogenic Effector Genes in C. elegans Vulval Development

Aastha Chawla, Class of 2022

CBL Awardee 2021-2022

"The impact of this research project resonates with my personal mission of bettering communities with technology, and I am grateful to have had this experience. Working with graduate and PhD students on this project, attending conferences, and networking with people in the industry of IoT has offered me a deeper insight and opportunity to grow as a researcher. This research opportunity has also provided me with useful experience, such as writing a research paper and presenting our work, that I will take into my career as an engineer."

Caitlin Toth, Class of 2022

CBL Awardee 2020-2023

"As a recipient of the CBL Undergraduate Research Scholarship, I have enhanced my laboratory skill set tenfold and been equipped with a deeper understanding of what research entails...Additionally, by reducing financial concerns, this award has given me more time to follow my curiosity and practice discernment about my current trajectory. Lastly, CBL is a prestigious award with name recognition and catalyzes the dialogue I have with future employers and/or those in higher education."

 

 

 

Current and Former CBL Professors
Dr. Meaghan Deegan

Dr. Meaghan Deegan

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Dr. Amelia Fuller

Dr. Amelia Fuller

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Dr. JoAnne Holliday

Dr. JoAnne Holliday

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dr. Nicolette Meshkat

Dr. Nicolette Meshkat

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Dr. Leilani Miller

Dr. Leilani Miller

Department of Biology

Dr. Samiha Mourad

Dr. Samiha Mourad

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dr. Amy Shachter

Dr. Amy Shachter

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Dr. Weija Shang

Dr. Weija Shang

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Dr. Iris Stewart-Frey

Dr. Iris Stewart-Frey

Department of Environmental Studies & Sciences

Dr. Grace Stokes

Dr. Grace Stokes

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Dr. Betty Young

Dr. Betty Young

Department of Physics

Undergraduate researchers are welcome to apply through our portal, the Single Portal for Undergraduate Research (SPUR).

By applying through a University-wide, single application portal with a common set of guidelines, research proposals will be evaluated for quality prior to consideration for specific grants and awards for which the student and research project may be eligible

CBL Undergraduate Researchers are required to submit an annual report. Direct any questions regarding this annual report to Sam Herman: sherman2@scu.edu

Please follow this streamlined process to upload your report:

  1. Review the questions that will be asked on the report using this link.
  2. Use this Qualtrics link to submit your annual report on or before August 1.
  3. A copy of the report will be sent to your personal email. Additionally, a copy will be sent to your Faculty Mentor for review. Your Faculty Mentor will receive instructions regarding how to approve or revise your report.
  4. If revisions to your report are needed, you will receive an email from Nikki Meshkat.