SCR Small Grant Program (Undergraduate Students) is sponsored by Center for Science Communication Research (University of Oregon). This program offers small grants to undergraduate students at the University of Oregon to conduct science communication research, creative works, and events that advance the missions of SCR and the University of Oregon.

SCR Small Grant Program – Center for Science Communication Research Center for Science Communication Research Menu 1 SCR SMALL GRANT PROGRAM 1. 1 Do you do work in science communication? Could you use more funding?

1. 2 FACULTY, POSTDOC, AND GRADUATE STUDENT GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR ARE NOW CLOSED. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CAN APPLY YEAR-ROUND.

Do you do work in science communication? Could you use more funding? SCR offers small grants to UO faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students to conduct science communication research, creative works, and events that advance the missions of SCR and the University of Oregon.

Our interdisciplinary research collaborations advance the science of science communication and improve the understanding and use of science. FACULTY, POSTDOC, AND GRADUATE STUDENT GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR ARE NOW CLOSED. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CAN APPLY YEAR-ROUND.

Our grant program gives preference to research that focuses on one of our four key areas: Human Response and Adaptation to the Environment : How does media coverage of environmental disasters affect how people respond to risks? How do interpersonal communication networks facilitate the sharing of scientific information? What drives conversations around climate change?

How do emotions influence climate risk perceptions? Producing Positive Change in Health and Health Equity : How can physicians best present information so that patients understand and use it? What is the scientist’s role in communicating health research?

Should public health officials persuade or inform, and how do they affect decision-making? Numeracy and Critical Reasoning : How do people make decisions when science is involved? What role does numeric reasoning play in decision-making?

How do we overcome politically biased knowledge? Disruptive and Instructive Media and Technology : How do machine learning and artificial intelligence affect news production and consumption? How do game-related misogyny and sexism affect female gamers?

What interventions increase participation from underrepresented groups in STEM fields?

We offer three types of grants: Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers : Awards of up to $5,000 each for SCR Associates Graduate Students : Awards of up to $3,000 each for SCR Emerging Scholars Undergraduate Students : Awards of up to $2,000 each for SCR Emerging Scholars Applications for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are due by Friday, November 7, 2025, at 5:00pm PT.

Applications for undergraduate students are accepted on a rolling basis. To request to see a sample of a previously awarded grant proposal, please email scicomm@uoregon. edu .

Small Grant Application Guide & Checklist Our small grants program has four selection criteria: Will this project foster science communication research excellence at the University of Oregon? For example, is the research project creating innovative and useful models and/or techniques for science communication? Does this research project grow interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers at the University of Oregon?

How competitive will this research project be for external funding? External funding may include federal research grants (such as NSF , NIH , and NEH ), corporate philanthropy (such as the Ford Foundation ), private foundations (such as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , Rita Allen Foundation , and Kavli Foundation ), and University of Oregon donors.

4. Does the project have the capacity to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of science communication at the University of Oregon (in accordance with UO’s IDEAL Framework )? All expenses must be consistent with UO business expense guidelines .

Examples of allowable research-related expenses include, but are not limited to: Monetary or other incentives in surveys/experiments/focus groups, research materials or equipment, software, data sets, presentation expenses, conference registration, travel, and undergraduate wages Software subscription costs or one-time costs related to software Travel costs related to research Compensation of experimental or survey participants Summer support for faculty scholarly work, faculty release time, and up to one month of summer support for graduate students.

This funding is currently less likely, given limited resources. (Support for graduate students and stipends for faculty members during fall, winter, and spring terms are not eligible expenses.) School of Journalism and Communication Center for Science Communication Research 1275 University of Oregon Nondiscrimination and Title IX