Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Small Grant Program

Applicant eligibility

Must be enrolled as a masters or doctoral student at Kansas State University in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. Only students in arts, humanities, and social sciences graduate programs are eligible (see list of eligible programs below), and the project for which funding is being requested must be an arts, humanities, or social sciences focused project.

Students who were previously allocated a Small Research Grant are not eligible for funding a second time.

Eligible expenses

Funding is to support direct expenses for your research, scholarly, or creative work that is a requirement of your graduate degree, and the funds are to support only the project described in your application.

Examples of eligible expenses:

• Travel to use an archive
• Data collection
• Exhibition or performance expenses
• Materials and supplies
• Equipment and software - However, both equipment and software remain with Kansas State University when the student graduates unless the software requested is purchased as a monthly subscription. Due to limited funds available, applicants should not request funding for software currently available through Kansas State University.

Examples of expenses not covered by this grant:

• Receptions, food, or hospitality
• Indirect costs such as editing, transcriptions, or hiring students
• Travel expenses to present work at conferences or professional meetings (instead, students should apply for travel awards from their department or college, the Graduate Student Council, Student Governing Association, and professional associations.)
• Tuition, fees, or living expenses

Disbursement of funds

Grant funds will be disbursed to the department where the student's program resides, with direct payments or reimbursements to the student to be handled by the home department accountant.

• Academic Advising
• Adult Learning and Leadership
• Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Education and Communication
• Architecture
• Communication Studies
• Community Development
• Counseling and Student Development
  • College Student Development
  • Counselor Education and Supervision
  • Leadership in Academic Advising
  • School Counseling
  • Student Affairs in Higher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Dietetics
• Economics
• Educational Leadership
• English
• Environmental Design and Planning
• Family and Community Services
• Family Studies and Human Services
  • Applied Family Science
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Couple and Family Therapy
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Life Span Human Development
  • Youth Development
• Fashion Studies
• Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health
• Food Science
• Geography
• Gerontology
• History
• Hospitality Administration
• Human Ecology
  • Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design
  • Applied Family Science
  • Couple and Family Therapy
  • Hospitality Administration
  • Kinesiology
  • Life Span Human Development
• Kinesiology
• Leadership Communication
• Mass Communications
• Master of Architecture
• Master of Art in Teaching
• Master of Fine Arts
• Master of Industrial Design
• Master of Interior Architecture
• Master of Landscape Architecture
• Master of Music
• Master of Public Administration
• Master of Public Health
• Master of Regional and Community Planning
• Modern Languages
• Modern Languages-Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• Nutrition, Dietetics, and Sensory Sciences
• Personal Financial Planning
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Security Studies
• Sociology
• Special Education
• Theatre
• Theatre-Drama Therapy

Compile the following into a single PDF document, and label the file with your first and last name and SGP (e.g., Willie-Wildcat-SGP.pdf):

1. Cover page with signature from your major professor/faculty member who is supervising your graduate research, scholarly, or creative work. Cover page form (pdf)
2. One-page CV (single-spaced, 12pt font, one-inch margins)
3. One-page research summary (single-spaced, 12pt font, one-inch margins)
   • In narrative form, summarize your research (objectives, methodology overview, and contributions) and how it is significant in your field (do not exceed 1 page).
   • Explain your project in a way that can be understood by people unfamiliar with your discipline. Reviewers may not be familiar with specific methods, materials,
4. Project plans and budget and grant impact (no page limit)
   • Provide a detailed, itemized plan for how grant funds will be used, and outline specific research expense items and their cost. A general category such as "printing" or "art supplies" with a single lump sum will not be considered.
   • Describe how this grant will help you achieve the goals of your research plan. This includes an explanation of why expense items are necessary for your project.
     

Submit your single PDF document in the online application form.

Applicants who have a well-defined research plan (including a detailed project budget) that has been approved by their major professor/faculty supervising the research will be most competitive.

Priority application deadline: October 1, 2023.
Application review will begin October 2. Applicants who meet the priority application deadline will be notified of funding decisions by October 20.

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