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Graduate Student Travel Grants

All funds have been awarded for the 2007-2008 academic year!

Offered by the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, and the Graduate Student Council

Guidelines and Deadlines for Submission

Students in good standing who are currently enrolled in  master’s or doctoral degree programs may apply for GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS  to support the costs of their travel to national or international professional meetings held during the 2007-2008 academic year.  The meetings should be clearly relevant to the degree being sought and should be meetings of associations or groups with a national or international membership base or support. 

Funds will be available to support graduate students who:

  • will be presenting research or creative activity which the student authored/co-authored, created/co-created.  The presentation or activity must have been peer-reviewed. Documentation must be included with the travel grant application that the submission has been accepted.
  • are conducting or participating in workshops or professional development activities that will substantially enhance their professional skills or capabilities;

Students are eligible if the travel qualifying under A (above) occurs on or after September 1, 2007   and before August 31, 2008

Limitations

  1. Students may receive only one Travel Grant for the academic year.
  2. Priority will be given to students who have not previously received a Travel Grant.
  3. Preference will be given to students who are first-authors of scholarly research or creative presentations and are attending the professional meeting with their major professor or a faculty member with whom they work.
  4. The maximum amount awarded will be $300 per student and students must receive at least $100 in matching funds from their departments or other appropriate sources (e.g., other university offices, grants, contracts, private foundations).
  5. For projects that involve more than one student, a maximum of two Travel Grants can be awarded.
  6. A Vita limited to one TYPED page must accompany the application. Vitas submitted in prose form invalidate the application.
  7. Applications must be submitted on the application form available from the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies.
  8. Only TYPED applications will be considered.
  9. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  10. Students may apply if they have not yet received feedback concerning whether or not their submission has been accepted. In these cases, documentation of the student’s submission must be attached to the application. Students who file such Travel Grant applications may receive a Travel Grant award pending acceptance of the submission.  Students holding pending awards must notify the Graduate School immediately upon notification of acceptance or rejection of the presentation or activity. If an awardee’s submission is rejected, the Travel Grant will be awarded to another student.

Filing application

  1. Applicant fills out the application. (MUST BE TYPED)
  2. Applicant submits application to his/her Department Chair (or the grant account holder) who will   verify the matching funds which will be provided.
  3. After obtaining verification, the application is sent to the Graduate School.

Deadlines

  1. For Fall 2007, applications are due by November 7 and awards will be announced Nov. 16th.
  2. For Spring 2008, applications are due by February 18 and awards will be announced by March 7th.
  3. For travel that occurred in Fall semester, 2007, completed travel vouchers must be submitted within 14 days of  completion of travel or within 14 days of award notification from the Graduate School if travel has already occurred.
  4. For travel that occurs in Spring semester, 2008, completed travel vouchers must be submitted within 14 days of completion of the travel or within 14 days of award notification from the Graduate School if travel has already occurred.
  5. For travel completed during August, 2008, completed travel vouchers must be submitted to the Graduate School by August 15, 2008.
  6. Failure to comply with these deadlines will result in the Travel award forfeiture.
  7. Awards will be made by a committee appointed by the Graduate Dean. 

Go to the Travel Grant Request Form

* You may print out and fill in the request form by the traditional means you have used with other PDF documents. However, this form also gives you the option of filling in blanks electronically, if your computer is set up for it. (This is the same kind of fill-in form that the IRS uses for tax forms. Check here for instructions provided by the IRS.)