OURCI Award Application Information
Research Awards Deadlines:
- Fall semester - October 13, 2023
- Spring semester - March 22, 2024
Travel/Conference award deadline:
- Fall semester - October 13, 2023
- Spring semester - March 22, 2024
What is Research and Creative Inquiry?
Research and/or creative inquiry is broadly defined to include any faculty-mentored scholarly or creative project or undertaking, whether disciplinary or interdisciplinary, pure or applied, theoretical or practical.
What is a Research or Travel/Conference Award?
Research awards are available to students who are actively participating or wanting to participate in faculty-led undergraduate research or creative inquiry projects. The funds for the awards can go toward student time spent on the project or project supplies.
Travel/conference awards are available to students who are ready to present their undergraduate research or creative inquiry project. Funds can be spent on travel (hotel, airfare) or conference registration.
Who is eligible to apply?
- Manhattan, Polytechnic, and K-State's Global Campus undergraduate students may apply.
- Eligibility is extended to all Kansas State University undergraduate students in good academic standing.
- First-time and previously unfunded applicants are given priority consideration; however, all eligible students are continually invited to apply.
Links to more information
More information about the Research Awards
More information about the Travel/Conference Awards
If you experience any problems or have a question about the application, you may contact the staff at the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry. Please email ourci@ksu.edu.