Mershon Center Programming Grant
Internal — Ohio State University only
Mershon Center Programming Grant supports scholars’ conferences, workshops, lectures, and training to generate insights and advance interdisciplinary exchange on international, national, and human security.
Funder: Ohio State University
Due Dates: Rolling (Programming Grant proposals)
Funding Amounts: Support for a full academic year; partial funding may be offered
Summary: Supports research-related conferences, workshops, lectures, and training that advance interdisciplinary conversation on international, national, and human security.
Key Information: Postdocs and graduate students may apply only in collaboration with a faculty member.
Description
Ohio State University’s Mershon Center for International Security Studies offers a limited number of grants for conferences, workshops, training seminars, lecture series, and major lectures. Programming must advance the Center’s mission and benefit its constituency, offering an original angle on a security question rather than repeating widely available content. The Center emphasizes the human and social dimensions of international, national, and human security, including diplomacy, conflict, peacemaking, governance, and cooperative problem-solving.
The program encourages interdisciplinary, multi-perspectival exchange involving participants within and outside academia. Interactive formats, junior scholar involvement, and engagement across generations and backgrounds are valued. Programming should aim to generate new insights, stimulate research, or develop students’ and colleagues’ capacities, with some exceptions for public-facing events. Support includes financial resources, staff labor, and community attention.
