Faculty and Student Awards

2025 Mentorship Awards: 

March 3:  Sustained Student Mentorship Award. The Sustained Student Mentorship Award is an award given out to a faculty member who has demonstrated a record of quality mentorship of undergraduates in research. Faculty members who have won the award within the last five years are ineligible. We encourage you to self-nominate if you have been involved in undergraduate research. Applications can be submitted here. Please direct questions to Tina Schneider, schneider.290@osu.edu.

April 15:  Annual Student Mentorship Awards are given out annually to faculty who have mentored undergraduates who have participated in the Lima Undergraduate Research Forum. Applications can be submitted here. Please direct questions to Tina Schneider, schneider.290@osu.edu.

Awards Available for Students:

Research Funding

Funding may be provided for up to $500 per student to cover the cost of research-related expenses (e.g., poster, printing, travel). If there are more than two students working on one project, the sponsoring faculty member should contact the URMC as soon as is practicable to discuss the level of support required. These funds may be awarded after the research is completed or, if a student needs monetary assistance in order to complete a project, she or he may apply to the URMC at any point to receive that assistance.

Funding can be used for travel to conferences, provided students a) present research at the conference, and b) also present this research at the Lima Campus Undergraduate Research Forum. Documentation of student expenses will be required, and no proposal for funds will be approved without the recommendation of a faculty member involved in the project.

Eligibility: Any student at Ohio State Lima is eligible to receive this award with the backing of a faculty mentor.