Resident Scholars

The Wayne Morse Center began hosting UO faculty as Resident Scholars in 2001 to provide support for high-caliber research that contributes to the scholar’s own research agenda and the Center’s programs. Over the years, more than forty UO faculty from a variety of academic disciplines have been Resident Scholars, receiving stipends to conduct and publish research addressing a range of important issues and problems confronting society.

The program is open to tenured and tenure-track faculty at the University of Oregon. One Resident Scholar is selected each spring and receives a $15,000 award to be used during the fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. The funding can be used in a number of ways, depending on the desires of the Resident Scholar and his or her department or school.

The Resident Scholars program is designed to enrich the intellectual and scholarly environment of the Wayne Morse Center, and to support research by UO faculty that enlightens public understanding about shared problems affecting Oregon, our nation, and the world. This program places special emphasis on supporting the completion of well-developed projects, including book manuscripts, scholarly journal articles, and other publications. Plans for communicating findings to a broad audience are preferred.

The application deadline for the 2025-26 Resident Scholar award is April 4, 2025, at 8pm.

Guidelines and information for submitting applications

View publications related to past Resident Scholars' research.