Research Award Application

The James A. Benson Memorial Undergraduate Research Scholarship Award 

The James A. Benson Memorial Undergraduate Research Scholarship Award is a $300 Research Award to recognize undergraduate students pursuing research projects that focus on issues relating to or strategies for promoting equity and inclusion for historically marginalized populations.  

The award is open to any undergraduate student enrolled at St. John’s University during the Fall 2022 semester and/or Spring 2023 semester.  The research project (e.g.: paper, blog, video, social media campaign, infographic, etc) might cite and synthesize research, and/or might apply E&I principles, practices and strategies.