{"id":130,"date":"2021-07-22T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/researchers\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:30:22","slug":"support-for-graduate-students-sgs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/researchers\/funding-opportunities\/support-for-graduate-students-sgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Graduate Students (SGS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Support for Graduate Students (SGS) Awards<\/h1>\n

Purpose<\/h2>\n

The Support for Graduate Students (SGS) program will provide funds to graduate students (Master\u2019s or Doctoral) to assist with the research or creative scholarship activities required by their degree programs. Funded projects may include scientific, interpretive, creative, historical, quantitative, or qualitative scholarship.<\/p>\n

General Rules for Intramural Funding Opportunities<\/h2>\n

This program is subject to overarching rules and guidelines in place for all intramural programs. A summary of these rules may be found under the General Rules for Intramural Funding Opportunities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eligibility<\/h2>\n

The SGS program is open to all individuals who qualify as a PI and students across all colleges at NAU.<\/p>\n

Faculty who are\u00a0both<\/strong>\u00a0(1) NAU regular employees (i.e., benefit eligible) and (2)\u00a0eligible to serve\u00a0as Principal Investigators\/Project Directors on extramural grants may choose one eligible graduate student to sponsor for the SGS program (one student per faculty member). The faculty member and student collaborate to complete the application, however, it is expected that the student will be the primary author of the project narrative.<\/p>\n

In order to be eligible for support through the SGS program, the graduate student applicant must be:<\/p>\n