School of Graduate Studies

Research Support

Graduate education strives to foster an attitude of intellectual inquiry and to support students in developing research skills that may be applied in a professional context.

As a graduate student at St. Cloud State University, you will have opportunities to engage in scholarly and creative work, to apply research to professional practice and to assess the outcomes of interventions. 

Graduate student research is submitted to the institutional repository and available to researchers and practitioners around the world. Check out some of our graduate student culminating projects in The Repository. 

Writing Support

  • EAP 511/512 English language courses designed to support English Language learners in developing the reading, writing and research skills required for graduate education and professional work settings. 
  • Graduate Writing Consultants -- Graduate Studies funded writing consultants can work with students throughout the writing process from idea generation, content organization, clarity, use of style guides, editing and proofreading.
  • Graduate Writing workshop in D2L Free self-paced workshop designed to support graduate students in all aspects of writing from pre-writing through editing and proofreading projects for submission.

Research Support

 Research Opportunities

Research Funds

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs provides 20-40 student research funds each year.

The funds support academic research and creative activity by undergraduate and graduate students under the direction of a faculty member.

Funds are awarded up to $1,500 per project through an application process. The average award is $750.