Grants & Awards

Every year WGS South offers a number of awards to support WGSS scholarship and programming in the South:

• Institutional Mini-Grants

• Alison Piepmeier Outstanding Student Award 

Institutional members may apply for mini-grants to support activities that further the mission of their program and WGS South. Special consideration will be given to events with speakers/scholars from the region.

Awards up to $500 will be made. Award-winning events will be featured on the WGS South website. WGS South is to be credited as a sponsor of the event. A statement that acknowledges that the WGS South has sponsored or co-sponsored the event should appear on all promotional material.

The application will consist of the following:

• Formal request to Dr. Hil Malatino, WGS South President

• One-page description of the event stating needs for funding and how WGS South will be acknowledged

When an institution is awarded a grant, a copy of relevant publicity should be submitted to the WGS South Secretary for WGS South's archives.

Applications should be submitted via email to Dr. Hil Malatino, President, at HMalatino@psu.edu by February 15, 2023. Selected recipients will be notified by March 1, 2023.

Dr. Allison Piepmeier served as SEWSA (now WGS South) President from 2006-2008 with dedication and excellence. She has been a role model for the presidents who have followed in her path; a loyal and generous colleague in both SEWSA and NWSA contexts; a fierce feminist, promoter of the field, and public intellectual; and a dedicated mentor. This award was created in gratitude and in honor of her memory. It is designed to assist undergraduate students who are members of WGS South with their research and professional development or relevant activist or campus-community work.

The award is $500 and can be used for professional travel, books, supplies, and/or equipment. This grant originated in 2016 and will be awarded every other year.  Students may apply themselves or be nominated by an instructor or mentor.

Application deadline: February 15, 2023

This award is designed to assist students who are members of WGS South with research and professional development. Research should be consistent with the research mission of WGS South to foster scholarship on and activism in eliminating oppression and discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, ethnic background, physical ability, and class. The award can be used for travel, books, supplies, and/or equipment. This grant began in 2011 and is awarded every other year.

Eligible applicants:

• Must be pursuing a [B.A., M.A. and/or Ph.D.] at a university in the WGS South region and be in good standing with their program.

• Must be current WGS South members and have been members for a minimum of two years.

Preference will be given to students who are active in WGS South.

The application will consist of the following:

• A two-page proposal that addresses:

  • Aim and purpose of the research

  • Methodology

  • Significance of the research to the research mission of WGS South

• An itemized budget of expenses to be covered by the award

• A one-page curriculum vita/resume

Applications should be submitted via email to Dr. Hil Malatino, President, at HMalatino@psu.edu by February 15, 2023. Selected recipients will be notified by March 1, 2023.