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Religion Research Guide: CONFERENCES & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

This guide is designed to aid undergraduate students in their studies in all areas of religion.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

Since its creation in 1965, NEH has awarded more than $5.6 billion for humanities projects through more than 64,000 grants.

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AWARD OPPORTUNITY FOR RELIGION UNDERGRADUATES

Carrie D. and C.J. Walker Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship provides assistance for undergraduate Religion majors and minors through a merit award and/or a research and travel grant.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION

American Academy of Religion (AAR) Grant Opportunities

The American Academy of Religion offers many different funding opportunities for members, including travel grants, scholarships, research grants, and more.

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Awards & Grant Opportunities

The SSSR offers several awards and funds numerous grants for scholars already working in the field and for students.

USC LIBRARIES - WONDERLAND AWARDS

The Wonderland Awards are an annual multidisciplinary competition, open to students from all California universities, which encourages new scholarship and creative work related to Lewis Carroll (1832–1898). The inaugural awards were hosted in 2005 and there are now more than 400 student submissions in the Wonderland Awards Archive.

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USC LIBRARIES - INFORMATION LITERACY COURSE ENHANCEMENT GRANTS

This grant opportunity is designed to foster curricular implementation, through re-design of a syllabus and/or assignment, of the USC Libraries Information Literacy Outcomes for Undergraduates and/or the SAA/ACRL-RBMS Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy. Disciplinary faculty collaborate with librarians, acting as instructional designers, to revise a course or major assignment sequence to accomplish information literacy learning outcomes.

Grants are offered in one of two tracks:

  • The Primary Source Literacy Track focuses on integrating primary source literacy concepts through the use of materials from Special Collections.
  • The Information Literacy Track focuses on all other types of information, including but not limited to scholarly sources, popular and social media, and student-produced work.

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USC LIBRARIES RESEARCH AWARD

The Annual USC Libraries Research Award recognizes excellence and creativity in the use of USC Libraries’ research collections and services. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit papers or projects they have completed at USC in a for-credit class or through independent study.

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THETA ALPHA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY AWARDS

Theta Alpha Kappa (TAK), the National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology.

Clark Award Essay Competition: For undergraduate and graduate students, winning essays are published in the Journal of TAK.

TAK Graduate Student Fellowship Awards Program supports students who are pursuing graduate programs in religious studies and theology.

TAK Undergraduate Achievement Award is an honor given every other year by each local chapter of TAK, funded by the national TAK office and given to a student selected by the local chapter representative.

OFFICE OF RESEARCH AT USC

USC offers faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and research administrators a wide range of internal and external funding sources for research and other scholarly projects.

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