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Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Research Travel Grant 
Congratulations to the Spring 2025 Award Recipients! 
Katelynn Biggs (Music):  “Integration of Female-Composed Music in Secondary Horn Curriculum,” She: Festival of Women in Music 
Josiah Courtney (Music): Midsouth Horn Workshop 
Aiden Evano (Music): National Trumpet Competition  
Jackson Keeney (Music and Accounting): National Trumpet Competition
Drake Williams (Music): National Trumpet Competition  
This award is intended to support undergraduate researchers in the Humanities and Arts by providing funds to support research-related travel, including presentations at regional, national, or even international conferences, and original research at museums, libraries, or other archives. We are excited to see more undergraduates from these fields participating in research at OSU! 
This award is organized by the OSU Center for the Humanities; funding has been made possible with donor contributions. Questions? Contact jennifer.borland@okstate.edu  
 

Application cycle twice a year (Spring and Fall) – the application form will be posted here when available. 

Spring 2025 Information 

Eligibility: 

  • Undergraduate students with majors or minors in the arts or humanities (Art, Graphic Design, and Art History; Music; Theater; English; History; Languages and Literatures; Philosophy; Interdisciplinary Programs) 

OR 

  • Undergraduate students with a specific arts or humanities research project 

For the Spring 2025 round of funding, travel must take place before August 1, 2025. Total award amounts will be dependent on number and needs of applications, but full funding is possible. 

 

Students who have applied for a conference or other research opportunity but are waiting for confirmation may still apply, as long as the planned travel will happen before 8/1/25. Funds will not be released until travel is confirmed. 

Award notifications will happen no later than the first week of March, 2025.
 

The application must include: 

  • A brief proposal describing your project, how the travel benefits you, travel plans, presentation format, etc. 

  • A projected budget of expenses, including airfare, transportation, lodging, meals, registration, photocopying/scanning, etc. 

  • Documentation of research or presentation plans, such as a conference program or acceptance notice, letter from an archive, etc. 

  • The name and email address of a mentor or faculty advisor who can vouch for your research plans. 

  • Disclosure of any other travel or research funding for which you have applied for this trip. Please note the status of those applications (under consideration, pending, awarded, etc.). 

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