Discover Research Grant

Discover Research Grants are small awards intended to support faculty travel to a conference where they will present professional research that aligns with the Discover Pillar of the OU President’s Dynamic Strategy by addressing either: (a) healthy aging, or (b) energy and the environment. There are four (4) Discover Research Grants available for the 2024-2025 academic year.

What is the amount of funding?

The Discover Research Grant is $2500.

Who may apply?

Both full-time College of Business tenure-track and instructional faculty are eligible to apply, although tenure-track faculty receive preference for the program. Tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply any time during the 2024-2025 academic year.  Instructional faculty are eligible to apply starting on Jan. 13, 2025 (first day of the spring semester), if funds remain available. If faculty submit a co-authored project, the aggregate amount of funding available for any one Discover Grant (including grants where multiple faculty are co-authors) is $2500, although faculty may split the grant equally between COB coauthors.

How may the funds be used?

Funds may be used to support attendance at (e.g., conference registration fees) and travel to (e.g., airfare, hotel, mileage, per diem) an academic conference where faculty will present a poster, paper, or other presentation on the research. Grant funds may be combined with other grants/awards (e.g., COB seed grants) as well as faculty’s departmental annual travel allocation. 

When should the funds be used by?

Funds must be used by June 30, 2025 (end of the fiscal year).

What is the submission deadline?

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, until available funds are exhausted. Grants are awarded on a first come, first served basis.

Submission guidelines

An electronic submission (preferably in PDF format) as an attachment to an email, is required. Submit materials to Nick Panagopoulos , the ICCIT Chair.

Application Template

1. Date
2. Applicant
   1. Name
   2. Rank
   3. Department
   4. Email
3. Co-Applicant
   1. Name
   2. Rank
   3. Department
   4. Email
4. Title of Research
5. Research Abstract
   1. Provide one paragraph abstract summarizing the research and how it relates to (a) healthy aging or (b) energy and the environment.
6. Conference Information
   1. Conference Name
   2. Conference Location
   3. Conference Date
7. Conference Acceptance Documentation
   1. Provide documentation of conference acceptance