All A-State Student Research Award Opportunities can be found here:
ADHE SURF: Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Who can apply: Undergraduate students, must have a minimum of 30 hours completed with you start the program.
Award amount: Successful students receive up to $1,250 for a full year and $625 for one semester to conduct research with a faculty mentor. Research & Technology Transfer (RTT) provides 100% match for the student stipend, for totals of $2,500 (full year) and $1,250 (one semester). In addition, students may receive up to $750 in travel funds and the faculty mentor may receive up to $750 for travel and supplies.
Description: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) offers the annual Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) competition to support all types of faculty-mentored undergraduate research projects and all academic disciplines are eligible.
Internal Deadline: October 13, 2024 at 11:59 PM
2024-2025 RTT Student Research and Creativity Travel Grant
Who can apply:All full-time undergraduate and graduate students at A-State Jonesboro are eligible.
Award amount: Students may request up to $500 for individual travel.
Description: Student research travel funds are available through RTT for students who have submitted abstracts, or the disciplinary equivalent, such as auditions, and accepted to present at a conference. Applications are accepted during both the fall and spring semesters, and will be accepted until funds are expended. Notification of presentation acceptance must accompany the application. *Note - these funds are not for funding research travel or attending a conference without presentation.
Deadline: Apply at a minimum of at least 60 days before your anticipated travel date.
Heritage Sites Student Research Grant Application
Who can apply: All full-time undergraduate and graduate students at A-State Jonesboro are eligible.
Award amount: Awards will range from $1000 - $2,500
Deadline: March 15, 2025
Description: The Arkansas State University Heritage Sites program invites proposals for its inaugural Heritage Sites Student Research Grant. All full-time students of Arkansas State University-Jonesboro (both graduate and undergraduate) are invited to submit proposals. Proposals should be for the performing or presenting of research on a topic relevant to the Arkansas State University Heritage Sites. Topics include, but are not limited to: the history and culture of the Arkansas Delta region, American roots music, the life and music of Johnny Cash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, enslavement in Arkansas, Arkansas during the Civil War and Reconstruction, sharecropping and tenant farming in Arkansas, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, agricultural policy in the New Deal, American literature during the 1920s and 1930s that connects to these sites, and scholarship on Ernest Hemingway. Projects should be completed by December 31, 2025.
The Arkansas State University Heritage Sites program develops and operates historic properties of regional and national significance in the Arkansas Delta. These sites provide educational resources for formal and informal learning, including serving as living laboratories for students. In addition, they serve as economic catalysts in communities where they are located by attracting heritage tourists from around the country. The four Heritage Sites are the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, the Lakeport Plantation Museum, and the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. More information about these sites is available at ArkansasHeritageSites.AState.edu.
This grant is funded through the proceeds of the Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle. Successful applicants may be asked to present their research at that event, or at another suitable event, the following academic year.
