Suad Joseph Undergraduate and Graduate Research Awards

SUAD JOSEPH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS

2025-2026 APPLICATION OPEN NOW!

The Middle East / South Asia Program welcomes applications from all students while especially encouraging applicants from under-represented groups whose contributions to studies of ME/SA peoples and cultures have been marginalized or silenced.  Projects involving research conducted in languages of the ME/SA region will receive special consideration.  Research projects that recognize entrenched forms of social injustice, discrimination, neo-colonialism and/or racial capitalism, and that seek to address these problems in some way, are of special interest to the review committee.  

Grants for undergraduate students

Suad Joseph Undergraduate Student Research Grant 

Application Details

• Deadline: Sunday, January 18, 2026
• Eligibility: Open to undergraduate students in good standing majoring in social sciences or humanities doing research on the Middle East and/or South Asia or their diaspora.

Grant Amount

• Funding: Up to $500 for research in Winter and/or Spring 2026.

Application Components

1. Research Project Description (up to 500 words):
   • Your name, class year, major, and minors.
   • Faculty supervisor's name, department, and email.
   • Title of the project.
   • Description of the project.
   • List of any other research grants received in 2025-2026.
2. Detailed Budget:
   • Itemize expenses for research materials, travel, supplies, etc.
3. Recommendation Letter:
   • A confidential letter from your faculty supervisor sent via email by Sunday, January 18, 2026.

Submission Instructions

• Email all application materials to Mishaal Weatherford, ME/SA Undergraduate Advisor, at [email protected]
• Recommendation letter should be submitted separately by the faculty supervisor to [email protected].

Special Considerations

• Applicants from under-represented groups are encouraged.
• Projects involving languages of the Middle East/South Asia (ME/SA) are encouraged.

Requirements for Grant Recipients (post-award)

• Submit a one-page description of your research by Friday, June 5, 2026, and include details on where you presented or plan to present your research (e.g., conferences, publications).

Grants for graduate students

Graduate students in good standing pursuing a Ph.D. or Master's degree may apply for grants of up to $2500 for use in academic year 2026-2027 including summer 2026. Students who are awarded grants will be required to submit a one-page, single-spaced description of the research that they accomplished with the funds including information about when and where they will present or publish the research, such as a ME/SA student research conference, a UCO student research conference, or another venue. Submit application materials as PDFs attached to one email addressed to Quintin Eusebio, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies. E-mail address: [email protected]

Suad Joseph Graduate Student Research Grant