The Channing Briggs Small Research Grants and will provide funding of small grants up to $5,000 to graduate students, student affairs professionals, faculty members, and research teams studying significant issues to build knowledge, connect theory and practice, and advance innovation.
Funder: NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Due Dates: July 1, 2027 (annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $5,000; funds must be used within 12 months of conferral
Summary: Supports research on significant issues in student affairs that builds knowledge, connects theory to practice, or advances innovation.
Key Information: The applicant or at least one research-team member must belong to NASPA.
The NASPA Foundation’s small research grant supports studies of contemporary, significant issues in student affairs. The program seeks research that discovers new knowledge, applies theory to practice, or advances innovation, with potential to inform the profession. Projects should relate to at least one of NASPA’s guiding principles: integrity, innovation, inclusion, and inquiry.
The program welcomes theoretical, applied, quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and historical research. Funding is for the direct costs of conducting a study, rather than conference participation or institutional overhead. Recipients are expected to share their findings through a NASPA conference presentation or a NASPA journal publication.