The Arts and Sciences Honors Committee seeks to support early and varied research experiences and invites proposals from departments for engaging small groups of undergraduate students in discipline-specific research experiences in which there is some unmet need regarding undergraduate research opportunities (for example, increasing exposure to early research experiences, increasing exposure to various types of research methods). The goal is to help all undergraduate students gain exposure to research in various disciplines with the hope that this exposure may help them broaden their understanding of research and engage in independent research throughout their academic and professional careers.

Departments may receive up to $15k to be used to support these experiences. Funding will go directly to students in the form of scholarships (financial aid/cost of attendance rules apply). Students must be current undergraduates earning a degree in Arts and Sciences and enrolled in at least one credit hour during the semesters of funding.

Programs may take place during Summer 2026 (students must be enrolled to receive funding), Autumn 2026, or Spring 2027. Students need to be current undergraduate students earning an Arts and Sciences degree. Students do not need to be Honors students to participate.

Please write a short proposal that includes the following topics:

1. need (for example: increasing exposure to early research experiences, increasing exposure to various types of research methods),
2. focus of research,
3. number and selection of students,
4. goals for students,
5. faculty leadership/mentorship,
6. budget,
7. semester(s) of program offering;
8. acknowledgment that students must be current undergraduates earning a degree in Arts and Sciences and enrolled in at least one credit hour during the semesters of funding.

Please submit your proposal to the ASC Honors Committee by emailing it to Assistant Dean Lindsey Chamberlain (chamberlain.55@osu.edu) by March 2, 2026. The Research Scholarships subcommittee will evaluate and select programs by late March. 

For questions or currently funded program examples, please email chamberlain.55@osu.edu.