Research Resource is an online newsletter published three times per academic year. It features exciting and innovative research, scholarship, and creative activity happening in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This newsletter keeps faculty, staff, and students informed while celebrating their excellence and success.

Upcoming grant and fellowship deadlines

Check out this extensive list of grant opportunities available internally and externally. CLAS Grant Support Office maintains this list and its staff are happy to help if you have questions or need support. 

Recent grant awards

CLAS is a powerhouse of research, discovery, and creativity. That is reflected in the grants our faculty receive as they work to advance scholarship in their areas of study. 

Meet the researchers in CLAS

Meet the faculty members and students conducting research in CLAS.

Portrait of Alyssa Park

CLAS history faculty member awarded NEH grant

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Alyssa Park, associate professor in the Department of History, will use the funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities to travel to South Korea to conduct research for her upcoming book.
Collage of portraits of faculty members

CLAS faculty receive prestigious honors to further research and creative projects

Monday, May 13, 2024
From the Guggenheim to the Fulbright and more, faculty in our college are receiving national recognition for their outstanding work. Learn more about each recipient and recognition.
Portrait of Nate Jenkins

CLAS assistant professor receives prestigious awards from American Physiology Society

Monday, May 13, 2024
Nate Jenkins, assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Physiology, received the Wang Young Investigator Award and the EEP Section New Investigator Award for his extensive research on the influence of lifestyle behaviors on physiology.
Four portraits of student researchers

Meet these CLAS student researchers

Monday, May 6, 2024
Learn more about the exciting work of students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Darius Stewart

CLAS doctoral candidate receives prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowship

Monday, April 29, 2024
Darius Stewart, a PhD candidate in English, is one of 45 graduate students nationwide to receive a competitive fellowship that includes an award of up to $50,000.
Schaeffer Hall

Meet 15 CLAS graduate students awarded prestigious fellowships to support their research and creative work

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Marcus Bach and CLAS Dissertation Fellowships have been awarded for the 2024-2025 school year. Learn about the students and their projects.
An image showing four CLAS faculty who received Early Career Awards

Four CLAS faculty researchers secure prestigious early career awards

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Continuing an upward trend of University of Iowa faculty securing prestigious early-career grants, four investigators from the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science have been awarded notable grant awards to advance their careers.
Picture of people working on the TRACERS mission

CLAS physics and astronomy faculty closer to launching instruments for TRACERS mission

Monday, February 19, 2024
The team of University of Iowa researchers and graduate students has been working on TRACERS, which is funded by NASA, since 2019. The two satellites are anticipated to launch in April 2025.