Graduate students and faculty are invited to apply for up to $1,000 in funding to organize CSWS Research Interest Groups (RIGs) for the 2026-27 academic year.
RIGs provide participants the opportunity to discuss readings of emerging and established feminist scholars and share their research. Funding may be used to pay for reading materials, catering, visits by scholars, on-campus symposia and conferences, and similar campus events. Groups are encouraged to use RIGs as the foundation for future conferences and symposia, course development, and publications.
This year's funded RIGs include:
Feminist Science & Technology Studies – a reading group for literature, comics, digital humanities projects, video games, and other texts related to feminist science and technology studies.
Gender, Nation, and Mediterranean Mobilities – a networking and collaborative space for scholars focused on themes of gender, race, and mobility in the Mediterranean, including reading discussions, works in progress talks, and invited speaker panels.
Pedagogistas: Feminist Pedagogies Lab – a space for sharing resources, collective support, and collaborative knowledge production through cowritten articles and podcasting.
Decolonial, Feminist Futures of Comics Studies – a reading group to discuss texts that support the an inquiry into the future of comics studies through antiracist, feminist, ecocritical, and interdisciplinary approaches, as well as hosting guest speakers and panels in collaboration with community partners.
Decolonial Philosophies Collaboratory – a collaborative space for workshopping graduate student research on decolonial feminism(s), as well as organizing a transnational interdisciplinary conference on the theme of “Decolonization and Global Justice.”
Intersectional Theory Primer for Psychology Students – a reading group and guest speakers to provide a strong theoretical foundation in intersectionality frameworks within subdisciplines of psychology.
Considering Contemporary Women’s Studies and Black Studies Contributions to Postfoundational Methodological Thought in the Social Sciences – a reading group to discuss contemporary feminist philosophy of science and social science, Black studies and Black feminist theories of inquiry, and anti-oppressive scholarship.
RIGs are interdisciplinary and engage scholars from across the UO community. Where possible, RIG applications should draw graduate students and faculty members from different departments and ranks. RIGs organized by graduate students must have a faculty advisor as an active co-coordinator.
RIG funding applications for the 2026-27 academic year are due by 5 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2026. Application information is available on the CSWS website.