Office of Undergraduate Recruitment Grants Application

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The Office of Undergraduate Recruitment's undergraduate recruitment grant program provides funds to Arts and Sciences departments and schools to build upon established best practices and explore new strategies related to undergraduate recruitment praxis.

Application Information

Applicant's Name

Department

Email Address

If applying for a collaborative grant, please list additional names, departments and email addresses:

Grant Options

Please choose from the following options to spend your recruitment grant funds. You may select multiple items but keep in mind this might increase the project timeline and cost.

Select options:

In-person experiences (expenses related to inviting prospective students onto campus)

Student work (ambassadors, contests, etc.)

Materials: Mailer (postcard or a poster)

Materials: Handout (yield season brochure or an info sheet)

Giveaways: Stickers, pins, bags, or consult with MarComm to select purposeful merch for your unit

Table fair item: Tablecloth

Reorder from last year (no changes)

Grant Details

Project Proposal

A clear and concise statement describing the purpose of your recruitment project options selected above and how they will support departmental recruitment goals.

Do you need these items by Experience Arts and Sciences Day on February 13, 2027?

If yes, items need to be ordered by early January 2027 to allow for production time.

Project Timeline

Please detail the anticipated timeline for the start and completion of the recruitment project. The project must be completed by the end of April 2027 in order to help yield the class of AU2027.

All project proposals will be reviewed by Office of Undergraduate Recruitment staff. Please reach out to Chinwe Okpalaoka, okpalaoka.2@osu.edu, with questions.

Departments should plan to work with Arts and Sciences Marketing and Communications on any projects that have marketing or communications aspects. The Marketing and Communications Office will reach out to the department once the grant has been awarded. Any questions can be directed to asccomm@osu.edu.

All award recipients will be expected to complete a report at the end of the project to assist the Office of Undergraduate Recruitment measure the return of investment. Recipients should submit a report of their yield initiative performance by May 28, 2027.