Congratulations to Lily Brown on receiving the Auvil Scholars Fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year! Administered by the Washington Apple Education Foundation, this fellowship provides $1,500 in scholarship support. Lily will be working on a collaborative project between the Shen Lab and the Konkel Lab on the chicken gut microbiome. We are deeply grateful to the donors whose generosity makes this award possible and helps create meaningful research opportunities for undergraduate students.