For research opportunities for all Art & Sciences students, visit the College of Arts & Sciences Research page.
Undergraduate Research Funding
URCO Grants
Three Deadlines Annually: usually Feb 5 | Jun 5 | Oct 5
Send all required grant materials, including a budget signed by your mentor, to elaine.olson@usu.edu. Late submissions will not be excepted.
Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunity (URCO) awards provide a one semester, $1,000 scholarship, to support original research, scholarship, or creative work by USU undergraduates with the guidance of a faculty member. Proposals may also include requests for additional funds to cover the costs of equipment, supplies, and project-related travel.
Applicants for URCO grants must have matching funds, which require a separate application. The Caine School supports students by setting aside funds from Differential Tuition each semester to provide matching funding for URCO grants. Students applying for matching funds must be a current major in Art + Design, Music, or Theatre Arts. Proposals are funded on a first-come, first-served basis until the appropriated funding has been exhausted.
Learn More and Apply for Matching Funds
Graduate Research Funding
GRCO Grants
Deadline: Once annually, usually in June
Graduate Research and Creative Opportunity (GRCO) grants provide a $1,000 grant to support original research, scholarship, or creative work by USU graduate students with the guidance of a faculty member. Proposals include requests for funds to cover the costs of equipment, supplies and project-related travel.
The Caine School supports graduate students by setting aside funds from Differential Tuition each semester to provide matching funding for GRCO grants.
Research Funding For All Caine Students
Caine School of the Arts Student Travel Funding
Deadline: Rolling. Funding is on a first-come, first-served basis until funding is exhausted.
The Caine School of the Arts sets aside funds from Differential Tuition each semester to fund student travel to conferences and other events for students majoring in Art + Design, Music, and Theatre Arts that contribute to their professional and creative development as artists and scholars.
Summer Arts Research Grant
Deadline: March 1. Applications accepted February 1.
The Summer Arts Research Grant will fund a select cohort of highly engaged undergraduate and graduate students with majors in Art + Design, Music, or Theatre Arts through a summer research or creative experience. These students will spend ten weeks actively engaging in research with faculty mentors, have access to special training and workshops, and will come out of this grant poised to succeed in competitive applications for graduate school and national fellowships and grants.
Caine School of the Arts Differential Tuition
Deadline: Once annually, usually in October
The Caine School of the Arts offers the opportunity for any member of Art + Design, Music, and Theatre Arts, including faculty, staff or declared student major, to submit a proposal for differential tuition funding to enhance the experience of students in the Arts. Funds generated from differential tuition have supported visiting artists, classroom improvements, student travel, matching URCO, and many more projects that continue to improve students' personal academic success.
Present Your Research!
Research in the Arts Day
RAD takes place in April in support of Research Week.
Research in the Arts Day (RAD) began as an independent celebration of creative and scholarly research by students, faculty, and staff in the Arts, and has become an integral part of Research Week through its integration with Spring Research Symposium. Accommodations will be made for performance and pop-up gallery presentations. RAD takes place in April and is supported by Differential Tuition in the Caine School of the Arts.