Student Research Support

The Department of Religious Studies provides generous support for undergraduate and graduate student research.

The department awards a $400 stipend to Religious Studies majors and minors who present a poster at the UI Undergraduate Research Festival.

The department offers a research-assistant course (RELS 4940) in which undergraduate students can work closely with a faculty member to gain valuable research experience.

We also make available a large number of scholarships:

• Schoen Interfaith Scholarship
• Rev. Louis P. Penningroth Scholarship
• Alice Lampe Heidel and John B. Heidel Award
• Karl Hoffman Scholarship
• Pres. & Mrs. Eugene Gilmore Scholarship  
• John P. Boyle Award in Catholic Studies  
• Barbara W. and Rex Montgomery Religious Studies Award
• E. P. Adler Award
• Helen Goldstein Undergraduate Research Paper
• Robert and Mary Ann Small Stenger Religious Studies Scholarship
• M. Willard Lampe Scholarship
• Dr. Michelene Pesantubbee Religion and Social Justice Award 

The department also provides generous support for graduate students, including support for travel and summer research.