Amazing things are happening in Research and Scholarship at Bates! From recently awarded grants to new publications to upcoming opportunities and workshops, there’s always something going on!

Upcoming ORSP Events and Workshops

• New to Grants Information Session
  by Maggie Diamond-Stanic
  October 22, 2026

  Monday, October 26, 2026 – 11:30 – 1 pm

  Commons 226

  Interested in funding your project, but not sure where to begin? Maybe you’ve written a proposal before, but you aren’t sure how the process works at Bates? Curious about scary-sounding phrases like export controls, budget justification, or biosketch? 

  If this is you, please join the ORSP team for a fun, interactive lunch session. Topics include planning grants to align with your career goals, the grant life cycle, proposal elements (read: it’s not just an essay), budget-building, and a general overview of how it all works. This is meant to be informational, but also casual and accessible with lots of space for questions. Please go through the lunch line, charge your meal to the event, and join us upstairs. All are welcome!

Feed Your Mind

Thanks for a fantastic 2025-2026 Feed Your Mind series! Please visit this page to see past participants, learn more, and sign up!

NEXT UP:
Wednesday, November 4th | 12 – 1pm | Commons 221/222
Shonna Humphrey, Senior Director of Sponsored Programs & Research Compliance and Visiting Lecturer, presenting excerpts on her forthcoming title:

“Soundtrack to Service: the hidden history of the U.S. military band ”  and discussing how The Department of War is the largest single employer of full-time artists in the world. Specifically featuring James Reese Europe, the Harlem Hellfighters, and how they shifted perceptions of martial sound, introduced the world to ragtime jazz, and laid the ideological framework for the Civil Rights Movement.

Recently Awarded Grants

Congratulations to the following faculty, who were recently awarded funding to support their research and scholarship! For a complete list of all awards received by Bates College organized by Funder please visit the Awards to Bates College page.

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• Laurie Baker receives funding from the Maine Space Grant Consortium
• Asha Tamirisa receives funding from the LEF Foundation
• Tristan Koepke receives Library for the Performing Arts 2026 Dance Research Fellowship
• Dylan Freas receives funding from the American Chemical Society
• Tristan Koepke receives funding from the Maine Humanities Council
• Ifrah Shahi receives NIH Maine INBRE Research Award
• Geneva Laurita receives Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award
• Carrie Diaz Eaton receives continued funding from Hewlett Foundation
• Bates Dance Festival receives Funding to Support the 2026 Festival
• Nick Balascio receives National Science Foundation grant

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View All Grants awarded to Bates faculty organized by Funder