F. Research Financial Support

OU Funding Resources for Research

Original Work Grant and Travel Award

  • OU Graduate Student Senate provides $49,000 a year to graduate students for travel and original work grants.
  • Travel Awards are $500 and Original Work Grants are $750.

College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Research Fund

  • provides up to $1,000 for research and travel.

OHIO Student Enhancement Awards

  • provide up to $6,000 support for research and travel for a student and mentor to attend a professional meeting to present results

The 花季传媒 Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)

  • subscribes to to assist the University community in locating funding opportunities:

  • provides full listing of American Psychological Foundation鈥檚 programs ordered by application deadline. Use the dropdowns to narrow your search based on eligibility, topic, sponsor, or program type, or search for a specific program.

Internal Funding Opportunities for Psychology Graduate Students

Departmental Research Award Procedures

The Department of Psychology has created the Competitive Graduate Student Research Fund as a means of encouraging and supporting graduate student research. These funds may be used to support special research needs, such as purchasing specialized tests, instruments, or software, paying participants, or covering extensive mailing costs. These funds may not be used for travel to a conference. Because the Department tries to support as many students as possible, generally awards will be limited to $600 or less.

Proposal Guidelines

Proposals should be submitted electronically to the department chair and must include the following:

  1. Abstract. Include a brief description of the project.
    • Indicate whether the research is non-degree related or whether it is part of a thesis, comps, or dissertation.
    • Indicate whether or not the research has received approval from the IRB.
  2. Budget. Include a detailed budget, briefly explaining why each item in the budget is necessary to the project.
  3. Funding.
    • Indicate whether you have sought funding for this project from any source outside of the department. Include the date of submission and the organization.
    • Indicate whether you have received research funds from the department in a previous round of the competition for these funds.
  4. Advisor approval. Have your advisor electronically sign the proposal or send the department chair an e-mail to indicate his or her support for the project.
  5. Vita. Include a curriculum vitae for each of the investigators.

Excluding the vitas, proposals must not exceed two pages.

Criteria

Only projects that have already received IRB approval will be funded. Please do not submit a proposal until you have received IRB approval for your study. Deserving projects will be awarded funds on a first come, first serve basis. If the requested funds exceed the available funds, preference will be given to the following:

  • students who have not received research funds from the department in a previous round of this competition
  • students who are proposing a collaborative research project that crosses area or section boundaries
  • students who have sought external funding for their projects
  • pre-master's students seeking support for degree-related research
  • post-master's students who have been first authors on conference presentations or on manuscripts submitted for publication

Deadline:

Proposals will be accepted until the funds have been exhausted. All funds must be spent by the end of the fiscal year (June 30)