• About Travel Grants
• Eligibility
• How To Apply
• Evaluation Periods
• Priorities & Limitations

About Travel Grants

The Graduate School offers a limited number of grants to selected graduate students who are in good academic standing. These travel grants are offered to support the costs of travel to professional meetings that are relevant to their degree.

Eligibility

To be eligible, graduate students should be presenting research or a creative activity which they have authored/co-authored. It must have been peer reviewed and accepted for presentation. If acceptance is pending, students can still apply but the final award of a travel grant is contingent upon acceptance for presentation. Students who are simply attending a meeting without any active participation are ineligible for travel grant funding.

Interested students must have an approved degree plan on file in the Graduate School and must be receiving at least $100 in matching funds from their departments (or other appropriate sources).

Beginning March 1, 2012 all students wishing to apply for the TGS Travel Grant must attend at least 3 TGS Graduate Professional Development workshops. If, for any reason, you are unable to attend a workshop in person, videos of most workshops are available online. To verify that you have watched the video, please complete and submit the review form at the end. If you have attended any Graduate Professional Development Workshop, please list those in the appropriate box in the application.

Applying for a Travel Grant

1. To begin, download the Faculty Evaluation for Travel Grant Applicants (PDF) and give this to the appropriate faculty members who will verify matching funds and provide a quick evaluation. This form can be completed and electronically signed by the appropriate parties. If you prefer to print this form and gather traditional signatures, you'll need to scan it and convert it to a PDF before submitting your application.
2. Next, login and fill out the online application. The last step will be to upload a PDF of the Faculty Evaluation for Travel Grant Applications form, so make sure you have this complete before beginning the online application.
3. Once your application is submitted, you'll receive a confirmation message. Your application will be reviewed during the next evaluation period and you'll be notified of acceptance or denial within two weeks of the submission deadline.

Evaluation Periods

Travel grants can be submitted at any point throughout the academic year. The grants are awarded on a rolling basis with three evaluation deadlines throughout the semester (October 1, February 1, June 1). We notify students of their acceptance or denial 1-2 weeks after the evaluation deadline. We recommend you submit your application as early as possible, because applications that are not awarded will be forwarded to the next review period and reconsidered for funding during that period. Applications must be submitted and travel must occur within the same academic year (Fall 2011 through Summer 2012).

Priorities & Limitations

• Preference will be given to students who are first-authors of scholarly research or creative presentations.
• The maximum amount awarded will range between $300 - $500.
• Students may receive only one Travel Grant for the academic year.
• For projects that involve more than one student, a maximum of two travel grants can be awarded. The application must identify the student's co-author who is also applying for a travel grant.