Graduate Research

Graduate students have access to research and scholarly activities encompassing a wide range of academic interests. Our students confront crucial global challenges with industry-leading researchers and attend valuable workshops and forums. Kansas State University is equipped with state-of-the-art research facilities, including the future National Bio and Agro Defense Facility, ensuring graduate students have access to the answers they need.

• Graduate research has many benefits, including the possibility of funding your education.

• Students involved in research projects also may be eligible for awards, including the University Distinguished Professors Graduate Student Award.

• The USDA APHIS NBAF Scientist Training Program, or NSTP, offers support for MS, PhD, or DVM/PhD students in target laboratory-based fields of study such as microbiology, virology, molecular biology, diagnostics, and bioinformatics.

• The Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research Program awards grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering, up to $5,000 for astronomy research, and $2,500 for vision-related research.

• Visit the Graduate School for more information about graduate research.

• Explore funding opportunities through the Funding Connection, a weekly publication of the Office of Research Development, and explore other resources and events designed to support those engaged in research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery.

• The Kansas Academy of Science offers student research grants. The organization welcomes student-authored articles in the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science and student participation in its annual meeting.