The Women’s and Gender Studies Program has announced the 2025-26 Jane Schubert Student Grant with nominations being accepted until Jan. 23, 2026. Grants support community and academic projects and activities related to women’s and gender issues.
Current undergraduate, graduate and professional students, as well as university-recognized students organizations are welcome to apply using an online application.
Past grants have been awarded in support of a wide range of activities, community projects, as well as academic projects, such as:
- Brining an international poet to UDM to recite her work and speak on trauma, journey and the modern stories of Muslim women.
- The publication and performance of a student chapbook of written and visual art that engaged issues of gender.
- A PhD capstone project on vicarious trauma and its effects on sexual assault nurse examiners.
- Travel to an academic conference to present research on mental health interventions for Black women.
- The Chemistry Club’s Women in Science Symposium.
Students should complete the online application form.
Please direct any questions to Lee Eshelman (eshelmlr@udmercy.edu), Women’s and Gender Studies affiliate faculty and chair of the WGS Grants Subcommittee.