Currently closed to proposals until 2025.
The Student Academic Success Research (SASR) Grants program is coordinated by the Student Success Research Lab. The program provides funding for research projects that focus on improving, expanding, and/or revising Ohio State student success programs and services, with a special emphasis on student groups that have been underserved or minoritized (e.g., underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students, low-income, first-generation, regional campus, or community college transfer students, women in STEM, LGBTQIA+).
Multiple research projects may be funded each year, with awards between $5,000 to $25,000, and typical project timelines of one to two years. The submission window typically opens around the winter break and closes around Spring Break. Proposals are reviewed by a team of researchers and practitioners from multiple colleges, campuses, and academic units from across the university.
Proposals should focus on either student recruitment/graduation, academic success, or affordability among current or prospective Ohio State undergraduate and graduate students; this focus may include challenges to success, such as institutional or program climate. Investigators are particularly encouraged to incorporate research questions or a focus related to first-generation students, regional students, transfer students, or minoritized students.
Funded projects may have access to OSU-held data (including OSU large-scale survey and student record data), as appropriate to meet the project’s research goals.
Investigators are welcome to contact us to discuss their project idea, learn more about data access facilitation, explore potential collaborations, and determine if their project is an appropriate fit. Please email the Assistant Vice-Provost (Shanna Jaggars.2) and the executive assistant (Katie Dean.903).
For information about previously-funded proposals, see the list of SASR Grants on our
Projects page.