URC Meadow Brook Hall Research Conference Grant Award

Each academic year, a total of $3,000 in funding is available from the URC to support a faculty research conference.  

• The conference should promote visibility of OU at the regional, state, national or international level. Proposals are expected to clearly articulate how the conference would impact research at OU. This type of interchange at the leading edge of significant scholarly effort should be both stimulating and productive. The conference may take place any time within a 30-month period after the award is formally announced by the URC.
   
• Interested departmental and cross-departmental groups are invited to submit proposals through infoReady REVIEW.  Refer to page one of the guidelines for application submission due dates.  An estimate of the size and composition of the conference group should be included as well as a budget. The names of OU participants and the nature of their participation should be delineated as well as the names and nature of the involvement of participants to be drawn from the larger scholarly community. (This may be presented in the form of a program brochure draft.) 
   
• The budget should detail expenses for supplies, meals, lodging, honoraria, publicity, travel and secretarial-student support. In addition, details of proposed or approved matching support from other sources and expected revenue, providing a full budget of expenses and revenues for the conference, should be included.