Grants and Writing Resources for Georgia Southern University

In March 2026 the student-led George-Anne Media Group came back from two industry competitions with awards for its publications, among them a Georgia College Press Association first place for newspaper layout and design shared by The George-Anne and The Inkwell. In June the university reported that its Model UN team had earned outstanding delegation distinction at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York for the 15th year in a row. The delegates also won awards for position paper writing in three committees.

Where Students Present

The annual Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium (GS4) takes undergraduate and graduate work from every discipline. Sessions run at the Nessmith-Lane Center on the Statesboro Campus and at the Armstrong Center in Savannah, and a student may present at either one or both. Formats include posters, demonstrations, art displays and performances, and oral talks of about 15 minutes, grouped with other presentations under a moderator. A proposal needs a title, an abstract of 150 to 300 words and the mode of presentation.

Graduating Honors College students present thesis research every semester: at the Honors Symposium in the fall and at GS4 in the spring. The Honors Undergraduate Research Fund pays for research supplies and for conference registration and travel.

Research Money for Undergraduates

Full-time undergraduates presenting original research at a regional or national conference can apply to the Office of Research for Student Travel Funding of up to $1,000. The trip is in person, and the Georgia Southern faculty mentor attends with the student.

For summer 2027 the College of Science and Mathematics is making $4,000 awards through its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The student receives $3,000 for 25 hours a week over 10 weeks with a COSM faculty mentor, the mentor receives $500, and another $500 goes to supplies or research travel. COSM undergraduates can also submit proposals for COUR Research Grants. In the humanities, the English department's Brannen English Scholars Fund covers travel for research or conference presentations.

Prizes and Student Journals

The Department of English gives the Brannen Creative Writing Award for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students can also enter the AWP Intro Journals Project through the department; its winners are published in participating journals such as Colorado Review and Tampa Review. Each year fledge: A Journal of Outstanding First-Year Writing publishes nonfiction from ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102 and FYE courses. Calliope, a literary and artistic journal, prints student fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art and photography, and the best work in fiction, poetry and art earns the Lillian Spencer Award, which comes with a cash prize.

Department scholarships include the $750 Brittany "Ally" Harbuck Memorial Scholarship for creative writing majors and the $1,000 Eddie Ivie Scholarship for Study in Ireland.

Graduate Fellowships and Grants

A faculty advisor nominates new or current doctoral students for the Presidential Doctoral Fellowship. Fellows receive a $32,000 annual stipend, full tuition, health insurance and $3,500 a year for research and travel, and the award can be renewed for up to three years based on performance.

The Graduate Student Organization runs the Graduate Student Professional Development Fund. Its research grants reach $850 for master's candidates and $1,000 for doctoral and specialist candidates; its travel grants reach $625 and $850. A student may hold one of each per academic year. The College of Graduate Studies also gives the Averitt Award, its highest honor for graduate students, with $500 for excellence in research or in instruction.

Writing Help and the ETD

The University Writing Center is open to all Georgia Southern students, in Henderson Library on the Statesboro Campus and Lane Library on the Armstrong Campus. Sessions are in person, by online video or on a walk-in basis. Tutors work with writers on organization, clarity and revision, and help them learn to correct grammar and punctuation errors.

For theses and dissertations, the College of Graduate Studies posts Word and PDF templates and an ETD manual on its thesis and dissertation page. The college checks each submission for format, then committee members verify the document before it goes to the library. Finished work is posted in Georgia Southern Commons.

Before a thesis goes to format review or a paper goes to a professor, our editors can give it a final edit for grammar, consistency and format. See our Georgia Southern University dissertation and thesis editing and Georgia Southern University essay editing pages, or write to editors@editorsforstudents.com.

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