Grants and Writing Resources for the University of Hartford
On August 12, 2026, during a total solar eclipse in Spain, two students from the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture launched and recovered two high-altitude balloons with a team from the University of Bridgeport. One payload carried an ozone sensor and the other measured solar radiation. With funding from the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, the team spent about three months preparing. In April, 14 juniors received Junior Regents' Honor Awards as the top juniors in their colleges.
Where Students Present
The Honors Program sponsors the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Colloquium each spring. It runs as concurrent panels over four sessions, and every panel has a moderator. Senior theses and academic essays share the program with science experiments, business plans, art and engineering projects.
First-year students in the College of Arts and Sciences present too. Each of them takes a First-Year Seminar built around writing, speaking, teamwork and critical thinking, and seminar teams present collaborative projects at an annual symposium. At the 2025 symposium, alumni and faculty judged the presentations and the seminar students voted on a Student Choice Award.
Research Awards and Senior Prizes
The Honors Program's scholarships and awards list carries two research awards. The Richard J. Cardin Award in the Humanities gives up to $1,250 to honors students in humanities fields in the Hillyer College of Arts and Sciences for thesis or independent honors research, summer research included. A faculty sponsor makes the nomination, and the request includes a one- to two-page proposal with a budget.
The Elizabeth Williams Cathles Award comes from the Harrison Libraries and the Honors Program. For 2026-27 it offers two $2,000 undergraduate awards and one $3,000 graduate award, with priority for the humanities and social sciences and special consideration for projects that use the University Archives or library collections. Winners write a paper synthesizing the research and present it at the Graduate or Undergraduate Colloquium. The Belle K. Ribicoff Award goes to an exemplary graduating senior with at least a 3.7 GPA, and academic excellence is its primary criterion.
Fellowships and Graduate Funding
The same Honors Program list names campus contacts for national awards. UHart may nominate up to four students a year for the Goldwater Scholarship, and the university nominates candidates for the Truman and Udall scholarships and endorses Rhodes applicants. The John G. Martin Scholarship funds one UHart graduate for a one-year master's program in the United Kingdom.
Accepted graduate students can apply for the Graduate Future Leaders Scholarship, a $2,000 award renewable for one year, with a statement of up to 1,000 words. Many graduate programs also offer assistantships to entering and returning students.
Writing Help and Thesis Submission
Tutoring Services is on the third floor of Harrison Library, with more than 60 trained undergraduate and graduate tutors and set writing drop-in hours. Graduate students who want writing help email the Center for Student Success, and staff assess the need and arrange support.
The Harrison Libraries handle dissertation and thesis submission, online and as PDF only. Doctoral students, PsyD and DNP candidates among them, upload the final dissertation or essay to ProQuest with an unsigned approval form embedded in the file, and email a second PDF with the signed form attached separately. Master's theses go by email as a PDF, with the signed approval form as a separate attachment. The library does not print or bind copies.
Before a thesis goes to the library or a colloquium paper goes to a panel, our editors can give it a final edit for grammar and consistency. See our University of Hartford dissertation and thesis editing and University of Hartford essay editing pages, or write to editors@editorsforstudents.com.
From Our Writing Guides
Compiled by James Peterson Brown, PhD, Managing Editor of Editors For Students. Links checked October 2026.
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