Departmental Funds

Please contact the department staff assistant and/or the department chair for current information on how to apply for these funds. This list may not be comprehensive because of new awards and grants. Be sure to visit the department's webpage, and contact the faculty members in the department for additional opportunities and information.

Table listing funding opportunities by academic department
Opportunity What it is
Anthropology funds for research for majors
Art funds for research for majors
Asian Studies funds for research for majors and non-majors
Biology funds for research in Molecular Biology and in Organismal Biology & Ecology
Classics Hartwell Fund provides majors with funds for study or travel
Economics & Business Van Skilling Award
English Awards for English majors
Feminist & Gender Studies funds for research or events
Film and Media Studies Documentary Exploration Grant
French, Italian, & Arabic Languages

Madre Merrill Fund

Jeanne Gibbs Fund for French studies abroad

Geology funding for research or internships for majors
German, Russian, & East Asian Languages funding for travel or tuition for some study abroad in Germany
History research funds and summer assistantships
Music scholarships for music lessons for majors and minors
Physics funding for research for majors
Political Science funding for research for majors
Psychology

research funding:

Sabine Fund for Psychology majors

Vernon Smith Fund for Neuroscience majors

Religion

Sheffer Fund for research in Roman Catholic studies

Southwest Studies Benezet Research Grants for majors or minors
Sociology

O'Connor Grants for research and travel for majors

other funding for research, events, and programs

Spanish Madre Merrill Fund
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