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When looking for funding, check with your academic or research advisor first. They will help you find places to contact for potential funding. For Honors Program students, please investigate options for small grants and scholarship opportunities during your junior year.
Most faculty members have ongoing research and/or extension outreach programs and are engaged in scholarly activities. They write grants and receive funding to do this work. Check with potential advisors and see if funds are available. Hint – faculty always like to see students come to them with some matching $$$ - consider using another funding source below to match an individual faculty member’s funding.
Many academic units pride themselves on having our best and brightest undergraduate students involved in research and have special pools of funding available to help facilitate this. Some of the units within CFAES offer fairly extensive opportunities. Check with your academic advisor, department, or school office. Here are a couple of opportunities offered through our departments:
Animal Sciences
http://ansci.osu.edu/ugresopp.html
Hourly wage positions are available to undergraduate students with at minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. Application information is available at http://ansci.osu.edu/ugresapps.htm
Plant Pathology
http://plantpath.osu.edu/internship/program.php
Offers an 8-10 week in-depth research internship in which participants receive a $3,000 living stipend
School of Natural Resources
One undergraduate research award of $400 is granted annually to a student conducting research on wetlands and related water resources. Competition is limited to students whose advisors are affiliates of the Ohio Center for Wetland and River Restoration.
CFAES Honors Committee has a pool of funds and scholarships that may be used to offer small grants or to help offset the cost of individual honors projects for Honors students. Applications are due during Winter Quarter of your junior year. You must complete FAES H590.01 during your junior year to be eligible to apply.
The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) offers a competitive grants program to our undergraduate students called the OSU OARDC Director's Undergraduate Research Competition http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/recgp. This program is designed primarily for juniors and seniors that have completed at least 98 credit hours of coursework and is designed to provide students with in-depth research experience.
Students selected to participate will receive up to $2,800 for wages and $500 for supplies and travel. Students enrolled in the Colleges of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Biological Sciences; or Human Ecology; who (1) have a faculty collaborator (advisor) with an OARDC or FAES appointment; (2) have completed 98 credit hours; and (3) have at least a 2.5 CPR are eligible to apply. Deadline: January 5, 2006 - 5:00 p.m.
The OSU Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Academic Enrichment Grants Program. In an effort to support and enrich the academic experience of undergraduates, the USG developed this program. The program provides up to fifty – that’s right – fifty $500 grants to undergraduate students of all majors to support, among other things, research, creative work, and professional development. Application forms are available for download at http://www.usgonline.net/forms.asp.
Many professional societies offer scholarships or funding to undergraduate students to either conduct research or to travel to regional or annual meetings to present their findings. Explore this option! Free travel and an awesome resume building opportunity are just waiting for those interested in exploring this option! Here are some of the programs available:
American Society of Agricultural Engineers http://www.asae.org/membership/students/index.html
Research awards, scholarships, project designs and poster competitions, and society memberships.
Institute of Food Technologies – Student Association http://www.ift.org/iftsa/competitions/urpc.html
Research competitions as well as resources for available scholarships and fellowships.
A number of agricultural commodity groups support scholarly activities by faculty, students and staff within CFAES. Explore this option for unconventional funding; your faculty advisor can help you identify persons to contact. Many times this is an excellent place to look for matching dollars, and provides you with an opportunity to network with those working in your area of interest.
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