Grants and Writing Resources for Manhattan University

At the 11th Business Analytics Competition, held May 18 to 20, 2026, a Manhattan student team took second place and $2,500. The O'Malley School of Business runs the contest, and the 2026 field drew 21 teams and nearly 100 undergraduate analytics students.

Paid Summer Research

The Jasper Summer Research Scholars program pays a $3,000 stipend for on-campus research with a faculty mentor. Sophomores and juniors in science, liberal arts, health professions, engineering and the O'Malley School of Business can apply, but they need a mentor and a project before they do. Scholars write a research paper and present it to the Manhattan community in September. Summer housing on campus may come with the award.

Science majors can also apply to the Kakos School of Arts and Sciences summer program, which selects roughly 30 students a year. Each one files a report of at least five pages and is expected to submit results to a peer-reviewed journal or a regional or national conference within two years.

A Grant for the Humanities

A 1940 graduate started the Edward Branigan Fund in 1976, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant later added to it. Today it pays for several Branigan Scholars Grants a year, each worth more than $3,000. Recipients spend six to nine weeks of full-time summer work on a humanities project outside their coursework, meeting a faculty advisor every week. Past projects have run 50 to 70 pages.

Applicants must be below senior standing. Finished work goes into the O'Malley Library Archives, and each scholar presents at Research Scholars Presentation Day the following fall.

National Fellowships and a Science Journal

Students aiming for external awards work with the Center for Graduate School and Fellowship Advisement. Staff help find national and international fellowships, shape research proposals and rehearse interviews. A faculty Graduate Fellowships Committee reviews any application that needs an institutional nomination.

The Manhattan Scientist publishes student and faculty research from every discipline in the School of Science. Student editors typeset each issue in LaTeX.

Writing Consultants and Thesis Deposit

Trained undergraduates from many majors staff the Writing Center. They work with writers on brainstorming, organizing material, reviewing drafts and revising, in person or online. Appointments are preferred, though drop-ins are welcome. A student who can't come in can upload a draft through the Written Feedback Portal and get written comments back. Some sections of ENGL 110 also have Writing Fellows, upperclassmen who earned an A in the course and now lead workshops for it.

Once a committee chair approves a thesis, the author submits a PDF to O'Malley Library and picks open access, access limited to Manhattan users, or no web access. In the last case the University Archives supplies copies on request.

Before a thesis goes to the library or a research paper goes to a journal, our editors can give it a final pass for grammar, consistency and format. See our Manhattan University dissertation and thesis editing and Manhattan University essay editing pages, or write to editors@editorsforstudents.com.

From Our Writing Guides

• The Secret to Better Grades: Starting Your Writing Process Early
• Methodology Chapter Secrets: Building the Architecture of Your Argument
• Writing the Abstract and Title: First Impressions Matter