Giandoni Awards

• A maximum of $30,000 will be granted during each academic year.
• All Award monies will be used for the payment of undergraduate tuition.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will evaluate all applications for overall academic merit, prior performance in the History Department, and continuing promise as a History student.
• Applicants must be rising sophomores or higher, who are enrolled as History majors or minors with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher, and who have taken at least 12 credit hours in the ODU History Department OR completed 9 credit hours in the ODU History Department plus 3 credits in History at another institution. An Advanced Placement (AP) course in history may count towards the 3 credits earned at another institution. Applicants must also make satisfactory academic progress (SAP), as defined by the Office of Student Financial Aid.
• Students must be enrolled for 12+ credits during the semester(s) in which they are to receive the award.
• Recipients who have not previously taken HIST 201: Historical Methods will be required to take the course during the scholarship semester.
• Applicants may apply for either one or two semesters of support. Awards will typically be in the amount of $2500 to $5000 but the size and number of awards will be decided at the committee’s discretion.
• Applicants may reapply in future semesters, but priority will be given to excellent students who have not yet received the Award.
• ODU’s Office of Student Financial Aid will administer the Giandoni Scholarships in History.
• Applicants must spend awarded funds within six months of award notification.

Please note that accepting a Giandoni Scholarship will NOT affect your Pell Grant eligibility.

• Awards offer financial assistance in the amount of $1,000 to $5,000 per study-abroad engagement.
• A maximum of $10,000 will be granted during each academic year.
• Award monies will be used for tuition costs, travel expenses, or other fees related to study abroad. Students will not receive financial assistance to exceed the full cost of a study-abroad engagement. They cannot combine awards with the Center for Global Engagement or other funding sources when the total financial assistance would exceed the full cost of a study-abroad engagement.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will evaluate all applications for overall academic merit, prior performance in the History Department, and the stated benefit of study abroad for the student’s current study of history and anticipated career trajectory.
• Applications may include proposals for the student to participate in short-term study abroad, semester-long study abroad, or year-long study abroad programs overseen by the Center for Global Engagement.
• Applicants must be undergraduate students enrolled in the BA program as a History Major or Minor with a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher, or a graduate student enrolled in the MA program with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, making Satisfactory Academic Progress as defined by the Office of Student Financial Aid.
• Applicants may only receive one Giandoni Study Abroad Award.
• ODU’s Office of Student Financial Aid will administer the Giandoni Study Abroad Scholarships.
• Applicants must spend awarded funds within six months of award notification.
• Please note that accepting a Giandoni Scholarship will NOT affect your Pell Grant eligibility.

• Awards offer financial assistance in the amount of $1,000 to $3,000 per research proposal.
• Each award will include a $750 stipend for the full-time faculty member advising the student research, deducted from the total award amount.
• A maximum of $9,000 will be granted during each academic year.
• Award monies will be used for tuition costs for independent research (HIST 497, or a similar course), travel expenses, database access, photocopying costs, and other research-related expenditures.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will evaluate all applications for overall academic merit, prior performance in the History Department, faculty advisor approval, and the strength and feasibility of the proposed research project.
• Applications may include proposals for student research to be conducted in a single semester, including summer.
• Applicants must be undergraduate students enrolled in the BA program as a History Major or Minor with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher making Satisfactory Academic Progress as defined by the Office of Student Financial Aid.
• Previous Undergraduate Research Award winners may reapply with a subsequent research proposal, but priority will be given to excellent students who have not yet received the Award.
• ODU’s Department of History will administer the Giandoni Undergraduate Research Awards.
• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until a final deadline at the end of the semester.
• Applicants must spend awarded funds within six months of award notification.
• Please note that accepting a Giandoni Award will NOT affect your Pell Grant eligibility.

The support will award $500 annually to the History Major with the overall highest GPA.

• The award winner must be an undergraduate History Major.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will issue this award to the History Major with the overall top GPA in the undergraduate program at the end of each academic year once Spring grades are submitted. The committee will also take into consideration the number of courses the History Major has taken in the ODU History Department.

The award will support advanced graduate students in the M.A. program while conducting independent research.

• Awards offer financial assistance in the amount of $500 to $3,000 per research proposal.
• A maximum of $6,000 will be granted during each academic year.
• Award monies will be used for travel expenses, database access, photocopying costs, and other research-related expenditures.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will be evaluated for overall academic merit, faculty advisor approval, and the strength and feasibility of the proposed research project.
• Applicants must be enrolled in the History M.A. program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students without a demonstrable ODU GPA must request a recommendation form from a second ODU faculty member and approval from the Graduate Program Director.
• ODU’s Department of History will administer the Giandoni Graduate Research Awards.
• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until a final deadline at the end of the semester.
• Applicants must spend awarded funds within six months of award notification.
• Please note that accepting a Giandoni Award will NOT affect your Pell Grant eligibility.

This award is designed to support the cost of extraordinary expenses related to specific faculty projects (research, scholarship, and/or teaching). Funding requests are accepted on a rolling basis, but the committee will specifically solicit faculty requests twice during the academic year, once in the early Fall (mid-October) and once in the early Spring (mid-March).

As part of that request, faculty will submit a paragraph outlining the nature and purpose of the request, its relationship to the larger project, and an itemized budget. To provide fair and equitable access to the funds, the committee can only approve up to $330 ($5,000 divided by 15, the current number of full-time faculty) during the Fall round of requests. During the Spring round, the amount awarded will depend on the number of requests received and the remaining funds. Please see the full description for acceptable uses of faculty funds.