Faculty Support for Student Research & Creative Activity
Student Grant Program for Research & Creative Activity (SRCA)
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis beginning in early fall
Funded by the SUNY Oneonta Foundation, Inc. and the SUNY Oneonta Alumni Association through charitable gifts and grants to SUNY Oneonta; overseen by the University Senate Committee on Research and the Faculty Center (Scholarly Activities)
The Student Research and Creative Activity (SRCA) Grant Program provides a robust opportunity to engage your students in experiential learning that can potentially align with and further your own scholarship. SRCA offers three tracks with various levels of funding and engagement including the Shadow track for students who want to explore an existing project and what it is like to be part of that work, the Traditional track for students who are ready to take a more independent role, or the Summer Fellows track for an intensive opportunity to conduct research and a creative project in a compressed timeframe when classes are out of session. Whether you’re engaging students in research or creative activities as part of your own work or as a mentor to a student driven project, the Faculty Center can help support your scholarship.
Traditional Track
Traditional and Shadow track applications received after November 9, 2026
will be reviewed in spring 2027
The Traditional Track awards funding for (I) independent research and creative activity (CA) projects conducted by undergraduate or graduate students with faculty sponsorship, and funding for (II) research teams working on a sustained research program. Budget requests are dependent on application type, as detailed in the guidelines.
Shadowing Track
The Shadowing Track is intended to broaden student engagement in research/CA, whereby a student with little-to-no experience joins a faculty member’s research/CA endeavor as an “observer” or a junior team member. Budgets can include up to $500 for project expenses + faculty mentor and ‘shadow’ student stipends.
Summer Fellowship Track
Summer Fellowship track applications are due March 22, 2027
The Summer Fellowship Track is intended to assist undergraduate students with costs related to participating in actively mentored summer research/CA including campus-based independent research/CA with faculty mentorship, research assistantships for campus-based faculty projects, or off-campus directed field work or other research/CA endeavor with a SUNY Oneonta faculty mentor.
