History Research Grant

The History Department at Western Oregon University is pleased to offer a History Research Grant to history majors in their senior year. This grant is designed to support student research or internship costs for the History 499 Senior Seminar course. The grant amount varies year to year but has historically been in the range of $200-$350.

Students who have completed all of the Fall and Winter Senior Seminar requirements are eligible for the research grant.

To apply, history majors entering the History 499 Senior Seminar in the spring term should submit the following materials to the Chair of the Department of History no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday of the second week of spring term.

A one-page cover letter. For Thesis Students: The cover letter should include your name, the working title of your paper, a statement of your thesis and an outline of the revisions you are making to your original research paper. Please discuss the specific tasks that remain to complete the research for your senior thesis and how you would use this grant to support the completion of that research. For Internship Students: The cover letter should include your name, the site of your spring internship and the name of your site supervisor, and a brief description of your tasks and responsibilities for the internship. Please discuss how you would use this grant to support your internship work. 

A one-page budget. Provide an itemized list of your budget needs and a paragraph discussing how you would use the research grant funds. (Past examples have included photocopying, purchase of books or other research materials, travel to Portland or Eugene for archival or library research, travel costs for internship, etc.)

A copy of your most recent unofficial transcripts. You may use a print-out from your Wolf Web account.

A copy of your original paper.

The application materials must be submitted to the history chair by Friday of the second week of spring term. You may bring them to the Social Science Division office at HSS 231A during business hours.

The research grant will be awarded by the history faculty in a competitive process. In addition to the application materials described above, the history faculty will also consider the completion of fall/winter assignments such as the annotated bibliography.

Contact Professor Kimberly Jensen, Chair, Department of History, at jenseki@wou.edu if you have additional questions.