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Project Grants

LSU Discover provides funding for undergraduate student research or creative projects through our Project Grants. The purpose of these grants is to provide students a learning opportunity through participation in faculty-mentored projects. Students from any major are welcome to apply. With an LSU Discover Undergraduate Research Project Grant, currently enrolled, full-time LSU undergraduate students can receive funding for hourly wages, supplies, and travel related to a research or creative project. Students must have an LSU employed faculty member serve as their supervisor and sign their time-sheets.

A list of all previously funded students can be found at the bottom of this page.

Looking for funding to present at a conference? Visit this webpage: LSU Discover Conference Travel stipend.

Note: Beginning in Summer 2023, the Project Grant funding cycles will consist of a summer cycle and a fall/spring cycle.

Name Major Department in which research is conducted Mentor Research
Calley Chauvin Biological Engineering Chemical Engineering Michael Benton 3D Co culture of adipose derived stem cells with ER+ breast cancer cells using a microfluidic droplet trapping array to study endocrine resistance
Gillian Coleman Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Daniel Holstein Potential Effects of SSCTLD on M. Cavernosa
Morgan Coleman Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Daniel Holstein Potential Effects of SCSCTLD on M. Cavernosa
Alcina Costa Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Xiangyu Meng Impacts of Vision-Based Autonomous Driving Technology on Energy Conservation of Transportation Systems
Samantha Huszar Kinesiology Comparative Biomedical Sciences Alexandra Noel Pulmonary Effects of E-cigarette Aerosols on Juvenile Mice
Gabrielle Mellor Psychology & English Psychology Vanessa Burke You Work Like a Girl: Understanding the Regulation of Masculinity Violations in the Workplace
Celeste Patron Biochemistry Communication Sciences & Disorders Karim Johari Investigating the Effect of Frontal Aslant Tract Stimulation on Speech Production: An HD-tAtA SEG Study 
Lillian Powell Mathematics Mathematics James Madden Road Traffic Management in Baton Rouge during LSU Sporting Events
Brennan Robertson Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Vince Wilson Studies on Measuring Impulse Noises
Abby Roche Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Cassandra Glaspie Investigating the Benthic Communities Amongst the Northern Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxia Ridden Dead Zones
Amy Ruckman English English Chris Barrett Because/In Spite of Blackness: Anti-Blackness, White Privilege, and Interracial Partnerships in Shakespeare
Jonathan Russell Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Robert Rohli Are Increasing Global Sea Temperatures Linked to Changing Tropical Cyclone Induced Tornadic distribution along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast?
Cartie Whitelaw Sociology Sociology Frederick Weil Community Cooperation in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic 

Funding Cycles

Application Information

Recipient Responsibilities

Guidelines for acknowledging our support in publications and presentations

Primary Support – for research fully-funded by LSU Discover

  • “This research was funded by an Undergraduate Research Grant from the Discover Undergraduate Research Program at Louisiana State University.”

Partial Support – for research partially funded by LSU Discover

  • “This research was funded in part by an Undergraduate Research Grant from the Discover Undergraduate Research Program at Louisiana State University.”

* For posters and presentation slides, please include the LSU Discover logo (either the horizontal or vertical versions of our logo):

LSU Discover Logo horizontal

LSU Discover Logo vertical


Research Grant Recipients

Past college of agriculture recipients

past college of art & design recipients

past e.j. ourso college of business recipients

past college of coast & environment recipients

past college of engineering recipients

past college of human sciences & education recipients

Past college of humanities & Social sciences recipients

past manship school of mass communication recipients

past college of music & Dramatic arts recipients

past college of science recipients

past school of veterinary medicine recipients