Research Division announces awardees for 2025-26 OURC/Baker Fund fall cycle

The OURC/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at Ohio University.

The program supports projects that range in scope from initial stages to those that are near completion, with funding requests of up to $15,000.

Funding for this program is provided by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and an endowment from 1926 College of Arts and Sciences graduate Edwin L. Kennedy and his wife, Ruth, a 1930 graduate of the Patton College of Education.

The OURC/Baker Fund received a total of 13 proposals in the most recent funding cycle for a total funding request of $178,902. The committee selected four recipients for the fall cycle, totaling $59,980 in funding.

OURC/Baker Fund Awardees

• Zhihua Hua, Environmental and Plant Biology
  "Developmental Dynamics of Arabidopsis Skp1-F-box Complexes: Insight into SCF Regulation"
  Amount Funded: $14,998
• Charles Buchanan, Interdisciplinary Arts
  "Animal Fantasy in the Illuminated Initials of a Twelfth-Century Hagiographic Manuscript"
  Amount Funded: $14,982
• Matthew Rosen, Sociology and Anthropology
  "Tirana Year Twenty-Six "
  Amount Funded: $15,000
• Matthew Presutti, Art + Design
  "The Sustainable Fiber & Dye Garden Experiment"
  Amount Funded: $15,000

Proposals for the spring cycle have a deadline of Thursday, Feb. 12.

Inquiries about the program should be directed to Carma West at westc@ohio.edu.