Applications for the FY26 Program are now being accepted and are due no later than 5:00 PM EST on December 10, 2025!
IGP Graduate Student Competition
Objectives:
- Provide graduate students with an opportunity to gain experience with research methods in food, agriculture, environmental sciences, human ecology and related social sciences.
- Introduce graduate students to the grant-writing and peer-review processes.
- Stimulate faculty-graduate student collaborations and mentoring of graduate students by CFAES faculty.
Eligibility:
- Be enrolled throughout the duration of the project as a graduate student in one of the following colleges at Ohio State: CFAES, Education and Human Ecology or Veterinary Medicine.
- Have a primary faculty advisor with a CFAES appointment.
- Be in good academic standing, have at least 9 months left in their program and not plan to graduate prior to December 2026.
- Students are eligible to receive only one grant every three years.
Proposals for Fiscal Year 2026 are due Wednesday, December 10th, 2025. All proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. EST on the deadline date. No exceptions will be made.
Questions
Please direct all questions and concerns regarding the IGP FY 2026 competition to CFAES-IGP@osu.edu.