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Researcher Development and Travel Grant

Apply for up to £500 to support your development as a researcher

Our Researcher Development and Travel Grants are open to PhD students and early career scientists in both industry and academia wishing to undertake an activity that supports their research career. The activities applied can be virtual or in-person. Examples include, but are not limited to, presenting work at conferences, developing new skills by attending training courses or developing networks by organising a scientific meeting.

Please see the “ Who can apply ?”  section below for full details of new deadlines this year. Please  contact us  if you have any questions or doubts.

Our  Grants for Carers  and  Accessibility Grants  are also available to support those with caring responsibilities or who need additional assistance to participate in a professional development activity. Researcher Development and Travel Grant applicants may also apply for one of these grants if needed for their activity.

Please note that if you require funding to attend the 9th EuChemS Chemistry Congress in July 2024, separate bursaries will be available for this in the near future. We will not be able to consider Researcher Development and Travel Grant applications to attend this meeting.

Who can apply?

In order to be eligible, you must meet the following criteria:

• You are an  RSC member  (of any category)
• You are either: (1) a PhD student actively undertaking a PhD course in the chemical sciences, or (2) a researcher in the chemical sciences (including post docs, research technicians and research assistants), working in academia, industry or any sector, within 10 years of leaving full time education (at the time of the application deadline).

Career breaks will be taken into consideration e.g. a period of parental/adoption leave, family commitments, illness, or other exceptional circumstances; In addition, applicants can only receive one Researcher Development and Travel Grant every three calendar years. For example if you are awarded a grant in 2024 you are eligible to apply again for funding in any application round that awards funding in 2027 or later. This restriction does not apply to Researcher Development and Travel Grants awarded in 2023 or earlier.

Please ensure you read our  Terms and Conditions fully before you begin your application. Our  Frequently Asked Questions document also provides further details about eligibility and the application process.

What can I apply for?

You can apply for a grant of up to £500 towards an activity that develops your skills and experience as a researcher.  Examples include but are not limited to:

• Knowledge e.g. conference participation
• Skills e.g. researcher development tools or projects, such as training courses
• Networking e.g. funding towards organising a scientific meeting or visiting a collaborator.

All costs should be essential to undertake the activity, as well as reasonable and appropriate for the activity.

Please read our Terms and Conditions for full details.

We also wish to caution applicants about the dangers of predatory conferences. For further information, please see Appendix A on our  Terms and Conditions  document.

Important note about travel and in-person activities

We advise grant holders who are travelling or participating in in-person activities to continue to follow relevant institutional, government or other guidelines and policies. We also recommend you ensure you have insurance or access to additional financial support in case your costs unexpectedly increase, for example, if you are unexpectedly required to self-isolate at your travel destination, if an event you’re hosting needs to be postponed or if you are affected by flight cancellations.

Application timelines

Please note for fairness and transparency to all applicants, we must apply our rules consistently. This means that we do not allow late applications. You are welcome to apply in the next application round providing you meet all eligibility criteria of that round.

Round 2 2024

Round 3 2024, round 4 2024, application process.

Applicants will be asked to provide information on:

• Information on the activity for which they seek funding; 
• How they will benefit from participating in the activity; 
• Details on how any awarded grant funding will be used;
• A declaration from either their Supervisor, Line manager or Head of Department in support of the application. The declaration cannot be provided by the applicant. 

All applications will be checked by RSC staff. Applications will not be considered for funding if: 

• You do not meet our eligibility criteria (see section 3 of Terms and Conditions); 
• Your activity takes place before 1 July 2024; 
• Your application is incomplete (see section 5 of Terms and Conditions); 
• Your funding request exceeds £500; 
• Your application includes ineligible costs (see section 6 of Terms and Conditions); 
• The application does not make clear how the activity will develop research skills and/or a research career; 
• The application does not make clear what the funds requested will be used for.

All remaining applications will be considered for funding. In the event that there are more applications than available budget, funding will be allocated at random.

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31 Travel Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants to Fund Your Next Trip Abroad

DO YOU HAVE A worthwhile project or field of study that involves traveling? If so, consider having your travels funded through a grant, fellowship, or travel scholarship.

Begin by contemplating where you want to go and potential projects you could build around those destinations. (Or vice versa.) Always wondered how sustainable agriculture works in Guam? How about local conservation practices in Central America? Once you have a clear vision of a travel / research project, begin looking for funding possibilities that give you the most freedom to pursue your goals.

When applying, take advantage of the resources and support systems you have. Your school, present or past, will have an adviser who can help you navigate the application process.

Writing grant proposals can take a lot of time, but good advice can help focus your efforts. Your school or area may even offer their own scholarship opportunities–talk to your department or your study abroad office.

Finally, even if funding from your school or other org close to home isn’t an option, you’ll find lots of other opportunities out there to fund your travel / project.

Major Grants

These are highly sought-after, competitive post-college grants that offer a full ride for a year or two of graduate study overseas.

Marshall Scholarship fully funds 2-3 years of graduate study in the UK. Open to US students finished with or finishing college.

Rhodes Scholarship funds two years of graduate study at Oxford. Includes full tuition and expenses and living stipend.

Fulbright offers year-long fellowships to American graduating seniors, grad students, young professionals and artists for study abroad or to teach English abroad. Program requirements vary by destination.

Watson Fellowship funds one year of independent research. $25,000. Open to graduating seniors from participating, small American colleges.

Program-based funding

These include grants tied to participation in the giver’s program, and can take various forms.

Institute for International Public Policy Fellowships is a five year program with study abroad component to prepare underrepresented minority undergrads for careers in international affairs. Open to US citizens or permanent residents who apply sophomore year.

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships multi-year program also for women and members of minorities underrepresented in foreign service. Open to US citizens to apply by Feb. of sophomore year. Foreign service commitment.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a State Department program supporting study abroad. Up to $5000 offered to enrolled students with financial need.

Rotary Ambassadorial and World Peace Scholarships fund study and language training abroad for undergraduates and masters degrees for graduate students in international studies, peace studies, and conflict resolution to be completed at one of seven Rotary Centers. Ambassadorial grants from $11000 to $24000 depending on duration of study.

Fogarty-Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research from the NIH funds one year of clinical research training abroad. $25,000 plus $6000 for additional travel and materials expenses. Open to graduate students in health professions.

CIEE Scholarships offers several grants to participants in CIEE’s study abroad programs. Certain grants fund study in particular regions. Essay required upon return. Must demonstrate financial need.

AIFS Scholarships offer a variety of grants covering up to full tuition and airfare for individuals in AIFS programs.

SIT Scholarships fund participation in SIT program. $500 to $5,000. Based on financial need.

Hispanic Study Abroad Scholars reduces costs of Global Semesters programs. Open to students attending member institutions of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship is a multi-year program of summer institutes and study abroad. Funds up to 1/2 of junior year study abroad tuition. Open to underrepresented minorities.

Regional Grants

These grants are tied to study or travel in specific regions or countries of the globe.

NSEP David L. Boren Scholarship pays for undergraduate students to study in understudied areas of interest to national security. $8000 to $20000 depending on duration of study. Comes with federal government service requirement.

NSEP Boren Fellowship for graduate students. $12000 to $30000 maximum award. Federal service requirement.

Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes funds study of a list of lesser-studied languages. Covers all program costs. Open to US citizens enrolled in a college or university.

The Killam Fellowships Program fund semester or academic year study in Canada. $5000/semester plus a travel allowance. Open to US or Canadian undergraduates.

George J. Mitchell Scholarship sponsors one year of graduate study at an Irish University. Funded by the US-Ireland Alliance. Includes tuition and stipend. Open to American citizens, ages 18 to 30.

BUTEX Scholarships offer $1000 for US students accepted to study at a member University of the British Universities TransAtlantic Exchange Association. Simple application due by September 1.

American-Scandinavian Foundation Awards for Study in Scandinavia offer fellowships of up to $23000 and grants of $5000 to fund study or research. Open to college graduates.

DAAD Fellowships from The German Academic Exchange offers a range of study and research grants to undergraduates and graduate students for summer or school-year study in Berlin.

Kress Travel Fellowships in the History of Art funds research in Europe towards dissertation. $3500 to $10,000. Open to American pre-doctoral students in art history

IREX Short Term Travel Grants Program Fellowships for researchers holding graduate degrees for up to eight weeks in Eurasia. Research must be broadly related to policy concerns.

Freeman Awards for Study in Asia supports study in Asia for students demonstrating financial need. $3000-$7000 based on the duration of study. Open to undergraduates with little to no experience in country of travel.

Bridging Scholarships are offered by the Association of Teachers of Japanese , to fund travel and living expenses for academic study in Japan. Grants range from $2500 to $4000.

Monbusho Scholarships available to current and graduated students between 18 and 30. Funded by the Japanese government. Short term exchange program of particular interest to current undergrad and grad students.

Huayu Enrichment Scholarship for Mandarin language study in Taiwan. Stipend of approx US$790/month. Open to overseas students who apply through their local Taiwan representative.

Halide Edip Adıvar Prize For current undergraduates who have not studied Turkey. $1000. Open to American and Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Other funding

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants towards study abroad. $1000. Open to all students of universities with a Phi Kappa Phi chapter.

NSF: Developing Global Scientists and Engineers offers funds for international research and study to undergrads, grad students and doctoral students in science and engineering fields. Grant

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PhD Network

Travel funding.

The PhD Network offers travel funding to enable PhD students to present research in venues that will provide professional development and visibility to enhance careers.

• PhD students are invited to make a request once a year for up to $500 in travel funding from the PhD Network.   Students are encouraged to submit funding requests two months prior to the event to allow major expenses to be paid in advance (by the student’s department) if an award is given.  Requests for travel funding are reviewed the first week of each month.  All requests made by the last day of the previous month will be reviewed with decisions announced within 2 weeks.  It is expected that requests for travel funding will be matched with another source and does not exceed 50% of the total cost of the travel.  For example, a trip that costs $800 will be awarded a maximum of $400 in PhD Travel Funding (not $500). The student’s advisor, department, or college will be expected to contribute a minimum matching $400. Individual PhD student start-up funding may not be used as the matching source.

Please read the PhD Network Travel Funding Policy before applying. Please direct questions to [email protected] .

Complete the form below to request travel funding.  In addition to answering the questions below, you will be asked to upload a single document in the form of a pdf file:

• A short proposal describing how you intend to use PhD Network travel funds.

Upload a pdf file consisting of your proposal for the use of the PhD Network travel funds.

Your proposal should include, in this order:

a) Describe the purpose of the travel

b) Describe the visibility to you and your PhD program resulting from the travel

c) Describe the benefit to your dissertation research and to your career

d) A detailed travel budget including transportation, accommodation, up to $60/day for food, registration fee(s), other anticipated expenses, in this format :

e) Explain the source of matching funds. Individual PhD student start-up funding may not be used as the matching source.

f) Include a description of outcomes if the requestor has received PhD Network travel funds previously

g) Acceptance letter for any presentation (paper or poster), role or relevant invitation applicable to your attendance at the meeting.

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UCLA Doctoral Student Travel Grants for Conferences, Professional Development and Off-Campus Research (DTG)

The purpose of the Doctoral Travel Grant (DTG) is to encourage eligible UCLA doctoral students to present their work and network at conferences in their field, to support travel associated with off-campus research and to enable students to take advantage of off-campus professional development opportunities

Eligibility

• Doctoral students with PhD, DEnv, and DMA degree objectives are eligible. Students enrolled in the Medicine MD, Dentistry DDS, and Law JD programs are not eligible. Students in self-supporting programs (e.g., EdD, MBA) are not eligible. Doctoral students who seek a classification change to a Master program are not eligible for this award once the classification change has been approved.
• US citizens, permanent residents, international or registered California AB540 students. For international students, funding is subject to eligibility in regard to visa type. For those under AB540, funding will be provided only if AB131 is still in effect for the duration of the award.
• Doctoral students may or may not be advanced to candidacy at the time of travel.
• Students must engage in the activity and seek reimbursement within seven years of entering the doctoral program. This time period includes those terms when students were engaged in master’s-degree study during the course of their doctoral program.  Students in their eighth doctoral year and beyond are not eligible for this funding.
• Student must not have any unresolved incompletes (I grades) on record at the time the travel took place.
• Student must have been registered/enrolled in a minimum of 12 units during the academic term in which the research/travel/professional activity took place and for which reimbursement is being requested. For summer travel, the student must have met this requirement in the previous Spring quarter and register/enroll in the subsequent Fall. In absentia registration is acceptable. Students are eligible to request funding that occurs in the last week of the term prior to filing their dissertation, if they have registered and enrolled for the term.
• $1,000 ($100 minimum for each reimbursement request)
• Funds are reimbursed in the form of a financial support award. For international students, this means that appropriate taxes will be withheld
• Each eligible new and continuing UCLA doctoral student will be provided up to $1,000 total reimbursement that can be used, in whole or in part, at any time through the student’s seventh year in the doctoral program, as long as the student and the activities meet the eligibility requirements
• Past recipients of the Dissertation Year Award (DYA) are no longer eligible for this program.

Allowable Expenses

Expenses may include:.

• Transportation
• Lodging (at a commercial venue; no stays at someone’s home)
• Conference/Workshop registration and fees (which may include meals for participants)

Expenses may not include:

• Computer or other electronics or equipment (e.g., MP3 player, camera)
• Alcoholic beverages
• Transcription services
• Dissertation editing
• Tuition and/or fees for credit-bearing courses
• Recreation/social events
• Incidentals during trip
• Supplies, materials & other costs associated with the research or professional development activity (e.g., software, flash drive, etc.)
• Payment to participants or research study subjects

Funds must be requested within a reasonable amount of time, no earlier than 30 days prior to travel and not to exceed 30 days after travel has been completed. Please allow up to two weeks for processing.

Student Procedures

By participating, students understand that they are giving their consent to disclose application information to University officials and to relevant funding committees.

• Click on the link for the DocuSign form.
• Enter Full Name – Department in the name field. Please note that a copy of the completed form will be sent to the email address.
• Do not edit or delete the [email protected] Sending the form to askgrad email is required for processing.
• Select all types of activity that are applicable – Conference Travel, Professional Development, Field Research.
• Students can submit multiple forms if they have more than ten items.
• Provide details about the expenses in the additional information field, such as the name of the professional organization, conference or other information about the expenses.
• Students who are presenting at a conference must attach proof of invitation or proof of attendance.
• A form cannot be edited once it is submitted. Students can submit a new form to correct a mistake. Be sure to include a note about the new form in the additional information section.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I request for the Doctoral Travel Grant in advance, before my trip occurs?

Can travel for eligible activities through the Doctoral Travel Grant originate from anywhere in the world to my selected destination or must travel originate from Los Angeles?

We place no restrictions upon where travel starts.

I am applying for the Doctoral Travel Grant. My travel may include a stop to visit family or friends or for other personal purposes. Given this, which portion of my travel would be covered?

Only the portion(s) that directly pertain to conference, research and/or professional development activities.

I have $500.00 left in my Doctoral Travel Grant fund and no future need to use these remaining funds. Can I transfer my balance to another UCLA doctoral student?

No, funds are exclusive to the student and are non-transferable.

I’ve learned that I’m ineligible to participate in the Doctoral Travel Grant program. How can I appeal for funding?

There are no avenues for appeal. We encourage you to reach out to your home academic department for resources.

How do I ask for funding beyond the $1,000 maximum under the Doctoral Travel Grant program?

The maximum a student may receive from the DTG funding is $1,000. If you need additional  funding, please contact your home academic department.

I have expenses for multiple trips. How do I submit these requests for the Doctoral Travel Grant?

You can submit one docusign and notate under the “Additional Information” section where you are going and the types of activity that will be done during your trips.  The minimum request must be at least $100.00.

Will I need to provide documentation of the conference or receipts/invoices for the trip?

No. The form will allow you to list your expenses. No receipts, invoices, or documentation will be needed.

Is there a minimum amount of reimbursement necessary to apply for the Doctoral Travel Grant?

The minimum award amount must be $100.

What constitutes off-campus professional development reimbursable under the Doctoral Travel Grant?

Workshops or summer research institutes designed to promote research knowledge, skills, mentorship and networking opportunities that are short-term and non-credit-granting/non-grade-based.  Academic-based courses are not eligible.

Eligible: www.nursing.upenn.edu/live/news/529-penn-nursing-hosts-the-15th-annual-summer-research  

Not Eligible: www.mbl.edu/education/courses/neurobiology/

Do conferences, professional development and/or research activities conducted on campus qualify under the Doctoral Travel Grant program?

Yes. However, you are encouraged to participate in activities that are external to UCLA.

Will conferences, professional development and/or research activities conducted off-site but administered via UCLA qualify for the Doctoral Travel Grant program?

Yes. However, you are encouraged to participate in activities that are not affiliated with UCLA.

Can I request for funds through the Doctoral Travel Grant for attending a conference?

Yes, if you meet all eligibility criteria.

May a UCLA doctoral student be reimbursed through the Doctoral Travel Grant for registration costs of workshops or seminars offered by the conference?

May a UCLA doctoral student who is on a Leave of Absence or who withdrew during the quarter they attended the conference receive funds from the Doctoral Travel Grant?

No, a student must be registered or enrolled in a minimum of 12 units or be  in-absentia when they travel.

If a UCLA doctoral student is registration  in-absentia during the quarter they attended the conference, research or professional development, will a Doctoral Travel Grant request be permitted?

Yes, the student may apply for reimbursement.

A UCLA doctoral student attended a conference in the summer and is not registering for the following fall term. The student has filed or is on leave of absence. Can this student receive the Doctoral Travel Grant?

Does the UCLA doctoral student have to be considered a domestic student in the United States to qualify for the Doctoral Travel Grant?

No, both international and domestic students who are registered and enrolled in the quarter they travel are qualified for reimbursement.

Does the Division of Graduate Education reimburse the student directly for approved Doctoral Travel Grants?

I’m a dual degree candidate at UCLA. Am I eligible for Doctoral Travel Grant funding?

You are eligible only if you were under a qualified doctoral degree track while undertaking conference, research and/or professional development activity. This applies to students with PhD, DEnv, DrPH and DMA degree objectives at UCLA. If you happen to be under a degree track such as MD at the time you engaged in conference, research and/or professional development activity, you would not qualify for funding.

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What are Research Travel Grants?

Research Travel Grants (RTG) are small grants that support research travel, both domestically and internationally, in preparation for a student’s thesis or dissertation. RTGs do not support travel to present at conferences.

Funding for these grants generously comes from the following endowments:

• Class of 1890 Fellowship
• Walter B. Cline Memorial Fellowship
• Norman J. Dewitt Memorial Award in Humanities
• Albert Howard Award
• Frieda M. Kunze Fellowship
• Patrick R. and Kathryn J. Lewis Graduate Fellowship Fund
• Eva O. Miller Fellowship
• Shevlin Fellowship
• Hugh J. and Elizabeth R. Thompson Fellowship Fund
• Alexander P. Anderson and Lydia Anderson Fellowship

HOW MUCH IS THE AWARD?

Doctoral candidates: up to $3,000

Doctoral pre-candidates: up to $1,500

Master’s students: up to $500

Grant awards do not provide tuition and/or health insurance benefits.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?

• U.S. citizens, permanent residents, graduate students lawfully in the U.S. on a non-temporary basis, MN Dream Act graduate students, and International students
• Applicants must be actively pursuing a research-based graduate degree at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities or Duluth campuses
• Applicants must be enrolled in tuition-bearing credit at the graduate tuition rate during the term in which they apply
• Applicant must have research travel days during the term in which they apply
• Applicants are eligible to receive one award at pre-candidacy level (master’s or doctoral pre-candidate) and one award at candidacy level
• Master's students are ineligible if they have already received a Judd Travel Grant; cannot receive RTG and Judd Grants simultaneously
• Doctoral candidates are ineligible if they have previously received a Thesis Research Travel Grant
• Applications for conference travel will not be considered

HOW DO I APPLY?

Graduate students apply directly through the electronic application form .

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE?

Applications accepted October 1-31 for Fall research travel (selection by November 15)

Applications accepted February 1-28 for Spring research travel (selection March by 15)

Applications accepted June 1-30 for Summer research travel (selection by July 15)

WHAT ARE THE APPLICATION MATERIALS?

The applicant will upload a single PDF of the application materials in the following order:

• Research Proposal (1-page maximum), see details below
• Budget Statement
• Curriculum Vitae (2-page maximum), see details below
• IRB/IACUC Documentation, see details below
• Unofficial UMN graduate transcript

Depending on the nature and location of your proposed research, you may need to submit additional application items. Please see the FAQ below for more details.

Required PDF title format: Last Name, First Name - Name of Graduate Program

WHAT IS THE REVIEW AND LOTTERY SELECTION?

The Graduate School Fellowship Office (GSFO) and an interdisciplinary faculty review committee review all applications each cycle to determine 1) eligibility requirements are met and 2) application is recommended for funding. All applications recommended for funding will go into a lottery system, one recommended by UMN OIT, for award selection.

APPLICATION MATERIAL DETAILS

+ research proposal.

• One-page maximum , single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman type, 1-inch margins. Key references, diagrams, or pictures may be included (they are not required) on a single additional appendix page (no formatting requirements).
• Include a working title for your research project at the top of the proposal.
• Describe your research plan in terms that are accessible to a non-specialist. Avoid jargon. If jargon must be used, please define the language.
• Explain the importance of the proposed travel and the direct impact it will have on your thesis or dissertation.
• If your research is part of a larger group project, be specific about your role and independent contribution.

+ CURRICULUM VITAE

• Two-page maximum , single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman type, 1-inch margins
• Focus on publications, presentations, academic accomplishments, and awards

+ IRB/IACUC DOCUMENTATION

Please consult the IRB and/or IACUC webpages for additional information.

If your research involves Human or Animal Subjects, provide the date of IRB/IACUC approval and documentation of approval (1-2 pages).

If your project involves human or animal subjects but IRB/IACUC told you that approval is not needed then provide the email or letter stating this decision.

If your Advisor has IRB/IACUC approval that covers this research project then provide that approval page (1-2 pages).

If your research does not involve Human or Animal subjects then submit the Human Subjects Statement (requires Advisor signature).

If your IRB/IACUC application is still pending, provide documentation to show the submitted request (1-2 pages). Once received, IRB/IACUC approval can be submitted directly to [email protected]. If selected to receive a Research Travel Grant, funding is contingent upon proof of IRB/IACUC approval and/or decision.

+ Do I need to obtain a language evaluation to conduct my research?

If you are conducting research in another language and you are not a native speaker of the language, you will need to obtain a language evaluation. Please email [email protected] for more information.

If you are a native speaker of the language, please include a signed statement indicating the language which will be used to conduct research and that you are a native speaker of that language. You may sign this statement yourself.

+ Do I need to obtain a letter of affiliation?

Depending on the nature and location of your proposed research, you may need a letter of affiliation.

A letter of affiliation demonstrates to faculty reviewers that, if selected to receive grant funding, you will be able to successfully carry out your proposed research. Reviewers are hesitant to approve funding if there is any doubt that the research can be successfully conducted.

If you are conducting research in a library archive, museum, or other public space, you can submit an email from an employee that verifies that you will have access to the required materials. If the archive/materials in question are available to the public, you can include a copy of the webpage highlighting the pertinent information.

If you have questions about a letter of affiliation, please email [email protected] .

+ Do I need a letter of affiliation to conduct surveys?

Yes, because you will want to provide proof to reviewers that you will be able to successfully conduct your proposed research. If you are conducting surveys, please provide documentation that demonstrates your ability to connect with the appropriate resources (e.g. community, business, and/or scholarly contacts).

+ WHAT ARE THE DATES CONSIDERED FOR EACH CYCLE?

The cycles correspond to the semesters or terms in the current academic year.

Fall cycle requests are accepted for research travel start and/or end dates between September 1 - December 31.

Spring cycle requests are accepted for research travel start and/or end dates between January 1 - May 31.

Summer cycle requests are accepted for research travel start and/or end dates between June 1 - August 31.

The travel dates can span more than one term. Applicants should apply to a cycle during which they will have some or all of their travel days taking place. In addition, in order to be eligible for funding, if selected, the applicant must be enrolled in the corresponding fall semester, spring semester, or summer term in which they are applying for an RTG.

If travel dates span more than one semester, and an applicant is not selected for funding during one cycle then they can apply again during the next cycle that contains research travel dates.

+ How is the RTG funding disbursed?

Research Travel Grants (RTG) count as estimated financial aid assistance and are disbursed via scholarship upload to a recipient's student account. Once posted to the student account, and if there is no current past due balance, then the RTG will disburse into a recipient's bank account via direct deposit, if set up, or a paper check will be mailed to the address on file.

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Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Research Travel Grants for Graduate Students

Do you need to travel internationally for your short-term research or fieldwork?

The Einaudi Center sponsors international travel for individual Cornell graduate students. If you’re traveling between the United States and a host country for activities directly related to your dissertation or thesis research, Einaudi can help you get there. 

Two-Time Recipient: Research in New Delhi

Requirements 

• Travel grants cover international airfare for activities directly related to the student’s dissertation or thesis research.
• The awards do not fund travel to international conferences or expenses other than international airfare.
• Travel must originate and end in the United States.
• Minimum stay abroad is 14 days, and maximum stay is six months.
• Awards are based on the proposal submitted at the time of application.
• Travel must take place between May 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025, and cannot be funded retroactively. 

International Travel Approval

Due to the high rate of vaccination among the Cornell community, the university is relaxing some of the COVID-19 travel restrictions. However, all students must register their travel in the Travel Registry and follow the guidelines .

Graduate and professional students do not need to petition for travel to CDC  or Department of State 1, 2, or 3 level countries. Travel to level 4 countries must be approved by the International Travel Advisory & Response Team (ITART).

To receive the award, selected students must follow the university’s guidelines to  petition for permission to travel internationally , to be submitted no earlier than six weeks and at least two weeks before the scheduled travel. In addition, students must participate in a short, online international travel predeparture orientation course in order to receive travel approval.

Please be aware that regardless of your destination, approval may be withdrawn if there is a change in the risk level of your destination or if we find you violate any contingencies of approval given. In such instances, you will be required to refund the award.

Applications Open

November 13, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. ET. 

March 8, 2024  at 12:00 p.m. ET. 

Up to $2,000. 

Eligibility

Graduate students or students enrolled in Cornell’s professional schools are eligible, with the following exceptions:

Students graduating in May 2024

• Students who have not used 2023 awards

Email the Einaudi Center ( [email protected] ). 

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Travel grants help graduate students conduct research across the globe.

By Katya Hrichak

The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, which provide financial support for research degree students to conduct thesis or dissertation research away from campus. With a special round of funding in addition to standard fall and spring rounds, this was the largest group of Research Travel Grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.

Students used the grants domestically and internationally to visit archives, speak to experts, and use specialized facilities to further their research. Germán Reyes , a doctoral candidate in economics studying how standardized test score gaps lead to eventual income inequality, used his grant to travel to the Brazilian National Institute of Educational Studies.

“I needed access to identified administrative records, and the only way to access such records is through a secured data room located in Brazil,” he said. “This research project would not be feasible without traveling.”

Government doctoral candidate Tessy Schlosser and creative writing master’s student Esther Kondo Heller shared similar experiences.

Schlosser traveled to Austin, Texas to visit the largest collection of secondary sources on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 1600s Mexican poet, philosopher, nun, and social critic. She seeks to answer questions about Sor Juana’s political thought on the relationships between patriarchal and colonial-imperial power, about which little has been written.

Kondo Heller, who is studying how emotions are expressed through East African Taarab music, found that there was not much online about Taarab musician Sitara Bute. While her searches did not lead her to the information she sought, she did find a professor in Nairobi with a collection of undigitized materials and an open invitation to visit.

“This is when I knew that I would have to go to Nairobi, which has been made possible through this grant,” she said.

Students use their awards to access technology and locations, too. Mechanical engineering master’s student Sai Pratyush Akula visited the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois to perform experiments using the Advanced Photon Source, a piece of equipment only available at the laboratory. His research uses 3D printing to design degradable implants for use in the human body.

For creative writing master’s student Michael Lee , who explores the interrelated histories of European colonialism and industrial warfare through lyric poetry, the grant will fund visits to the Imperial War Museum in London, death camps in Poland, and specific infrastructure in Norway.

“Only so much can be gained from books, especially in poetry,” Lee said. “You have to go out into the world if it’s the world you’re attending to.”

In addition to lowering barriers to research travel caused by rising costs, this year’s extra third round of funding was intended to mitigate the strain the pandemic placed on research degree student progress.

“Some students were able to pivot their research during the shutdowns, but we know that many others had to delay critical research travel. We want to help them complete their research as efficiently as possible now that restrictions have eased,” said Jason Kahabka, associate dean for administration. “Students are eager to lock in summer research plans, and we want to help make that happen.”

GLI Funding Opportunities

The GLI offers several different funding opportunities to support students in a wide range of endeavors, from leading on campus through programming to pursuing professional development and training opportunities beyond Vanderbilt. We encourage graduate students to become familiar with the different funding available on campus and to apply for a wide range of funding during their tenure at Vanderbilt.

Graduate School Conference Travel Grant

Nature of the Grant: Students are encouraged to present their research at major regional, national, and international conferences. The Graduate School Travel Grant to Present Research will provide up to $1,000 in travel support for graduate students presenting their research at major meetings and conferences. Students may apply for one travel grant per budget year (July 1-June 30) for domestic or international travel. Students are allowed a total of three travel grants during their tenure at Vanderbilt.

Please include your Estimated Travel Grant Budget  with your application.

• 23-24 Travel Application
• 24-25 Travel Application

To apply the students:

• Must be a Graduate School student (PhD, MA, MFA,  MLAS , & MS).
• Must be first author and presenter of research conducted at Vanderbilt.
• Must be attending a major regional, national, or international conference.
• Must have travel authorization from their department prior to travel.
• Must begin their travel in the year the grant is awarded (grants are awarded per budget year July 1-June 30).
• Must use the award for the conference listed in this application .
• Cannot have received a prior travel grant during the academic year.
• Cannot have received more than 2 prior travel grants during their tenure at Vanderbilt.

Complete all parts of the InfoReady application, attach a copy of your abstract with the full author list included, and upload documentation from the conference organizers confirms your abstract has been selected.** Applications must be completed at least two weeks before you travel. Grants are limited to $1000. Additionally:

• Airfare must be booked in World Travel/Concur.
• International travel must be registered: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/global/travel-registration/

**Graduate students in the Creative Writing program: In lieu of presenting original research, students must be a Vanderbilt representative at a premiere creative writing conference (ex: The Association of Writers & Writing Programs) as (1) a presenter at the Bookfair or (2) a current editor of The Nashville Review. In place of an abstract, the student must submit a statement of purpose (1-page) that outlines their role at the conference and how participation will benefit both them and the University. For conference documentation, please provide documentation of participation in the conference and/or proof of participation on The Nashville Review.

Dissertation Enhancement Grants

The GLI provides awards of up to $2,000 for research expenses related to a student’s dissertation. These funds are granted on a competitive basis and are designed to support PhD Students with outstanding potential to accelerate progress on their research, adding depth or breadth to their work. 

• Preference will be given to PhD candidates engaged in full-time dissertation research. However, all Ph.D. students in good academic standing are eligible to apply.
• Student must have authorization from their department’s Director of Graduate Studies (DGS).
• Students are allowed one GLI Dissertation Enhancement Grant per academic year and they may receive this award no more than twice during their career at Vanderbilt.
• Grants are limited to $2,000, and all charges must comply with Vanderbilt finance policies .
• The GLI reserves the right to award less than the full sum requested by successful applicants, based on the degree of need demonstrated by the proposal and budget, the number of successful applications, and the total available funds.
• These awards are not a substitute for, nor a supplement to, graduate stipends, and they may not be used to fund credit-bearing coursework .
• Award funds will either be provided directly to award recipients or directly to vendors via the Oracle procurement system.
• Awards cannot be applied retroactively.
• Funds may only be used as proposed in the application.
• Proposed research activities must be completed within the funding period outlined above.
• Applicants MUST be prepared to move forward with the proposed work if awarded a grant. 
• We ask that students be responsible stewards of GLI resources. If the awardee cannot move forward with the proposed work, they must notify the GLI immediately. Recipients who fail to use their funding, barring extenuating circumstances, will be ineligible for future GLI DEGs.

Spring 2024 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Joseph Benthal, Human Genetics Cody Christensen, Leadership & Policy Studies Sarah Hagaman, English Allison Lake, Human Genetics William Lowery, Chemistry Lindsay Martin, Biological Sciences Catherine McCormack, Anthropology Alexander Tripp, Political Science Perry Wasdin, Chemical & Physical Biology

Fall 2023 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Jessica Fletcher,  History Monika Grabowska,  Biomedical Informatics Krista Haapanen,  Human & Organizational Development Lauren Kasper,  Physics & Astronomy Sara Kirshbaum,  Political Science Leigh Anne Tang,  Biomedical Informatics Katherine Turk,  Earth & Environmental Sciences Olawunmi Winful,  Anthropology

Spring 2023 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Bryce Belanger,  Earth & Environmental Sciences Yunli Chu,  Cancer Biology John Gillespie,  History James Held,  Biological Sciences Sarah Jessup,  Psychology Anne Kruse,  Economics Taralynn Mack,  Human Genetics Mariana Ramirez Bustamante,  Political Science

Fall 2022 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Jeremy Espano,  Interdisciplinary   Material Sciences Payam Fathi,  Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Richard Hall,  Leadership, Policy, & Organizations Graham Johnson,  Biomedical Engineering Margaret Shavlik,  Psychology & Human Development Trevor Thomas,  History Simon Ward,  Electrical Engineering Heesun Yoo,  Political Science

Spring 2022 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Shashwat Dhar,  Political Science Vineet Gupta,  Religion  Dylan Irons,  Political Science Kathryn Marshalek,  History Emily Overway,  Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Brayan Serratos Garcia,  Spanish & Portuguese Elizabeth Teeter,  Earth & Environmental Sciences Emily Thompson,  Hearing & Speech Sciences Linh Thi Thuy Trinh,  Cell & Developmental Biology

Fall 2021 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Elvira Aballi Morell,  Spanish & Portuguese Rachel Brown,  Cancer Biology Taylor Engdahl,  Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Nathan Frisch,  Anthropology Shounak Ghosh,  History John Gillespie,  History Richard Hall,  Leadership, Policy, & Organizations Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli,  Mathematics Daniela Osorio Michel,  Political Science Kathryn Peters,  Anthropology Steven Rodriguez,  History Martina Schaefer,  History Martin Schmitz,  Economics Katerina Traut,  Political Science

Spring 2021 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Kensey Bergdorf,  Pharmacology Amanda Brockman,  Sociology Christopher Khan,  Biomedical Engineering Matthew Knowles,  Economics Qimin Liu,  Psychology & Human Development Eli McDonald,  Chemistry Guangtao Nie,  Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Mohsin Rahim,  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Fall 2020 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Darwin Baluran,  Sociology Ellen Casale,  Special Education Genna Chiaro, Earth & Environmental Sciences Maria Luisa De Melo Tupinamba Jabbur, B iological Sciences Walter Ecton,  Leadership, Policy, & Organizations Kyle Garland,  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Phyllis Johnson,  Anthropology Sangeun Kim, Political Science Gabriela Ore,  Anthropology Katherine Snyder,  Biological Sciences Paige Vega,  Cell & Developmental Biology

Spring 2020  Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Kaitlen Cassell,  Political Science Kellie Cavagnaro,  Anthropology Azadeh Hadadianpour,  Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Alison Hessling,  Hearing & Speech Sciences Sangeun Kim,  Political Science Alexander Korsunsky,  Anthropology Justin Marinko,  Biochemistry Michaela Peterson,  Earth & Environmental Sciences Terren Proctor,  Anthropology Facundo Salles Kobilanski , Political Science

2019 Dissertation Enhancement Grant Awardees

Keitlyn Alcantara,  Anthropology Bradley Baker,  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Kaitlen Cassell,  Political Science Gabriella DiCarlo, Neuroscience Brandt Gibson,  Earth & Environmental Science Lydia Harmon,  Earth & Environmental Science Lauren Henry,  Psychology and Human Development Phyllis Johnson,  Anthropology Yu-ri Kim,  Sociology Shih Liang,  Hearing & Speech Sciences Jessamyn Perlmutter,  Biological Sciences Lam Pham,  Leadership, Policy & Org Derek Price,  German, Russian and Eastern European Studies Katherine Snyder,  Biological Sciences Jennifer Stewart,  Clinical Psychology Yan Yan,  Biological Sciences

Dissertation Enhancement Grants FAQs

Dissertation Enhancement Grants are available to students for adding a unique element to their dissertation that enhances the work by increasing its depth or breadth beyond the basic requirements of their dissertation committee.  The most important component of the application is to demonstrate that the award will support work that goes beyond the scope of the dissertation committees requirements. Funds should not be used to support fundamental components of the dissertation. Student should ask themselves, “If I did not add this component to my thesis would it still be accepted?” If the answer is no, it will not be a strong application. The selection committee will evaluate applications based on the following criteria (1) a succinct and digestible overview of current dissertation work written for an interdisciplinary audience; (2) a clearly articulated proposal to enhance the dissertation beyond the essential requirements of the dissertation committee, including clear project goals, a feasible timeline and a strong justification for how the work adds a special element to the dissertation;  (3) a budget justification that demonstrates planning, an understanding of costs, responsible use of funds, and a need (no other funds available).

Yes,  all PhD students in good academic standing are eligible to apply . However, the dissertation enhancement grant does not support fundamental dissertation research. For this reason, preference will be given to PhD candidates – students who have an approved dissertation proposal – engaged in full-time dissertation research, as it is expected that candidates have a clear understanding of what is fundamental to completing their dissertation and what is an extra element that will enhance the essential elements required by their committee. All PhD students are eligible to apply, to accommodate students who are well into their research but who have not completed their candidacy requirements. In these cases, the applicant should address their candidacy status in the rationale section of the application, or they can ask their letter writer can do so in their recommendation (preferable as the rationale is a critical part of the application and space is at a premium).

Examples of appropriate uses for a Dissertation Enhancement Grant include:

• Travel to sites of unique sources of research material, archives, and libraries.
• Consultation or collaborative work with experts in the area of the student’s research when such support is not available at Vanderbilt, for example, learning a new research methodology or interviewing an author whom the student is studying.
• Participation in a non credit-bearing specialty course or short course that will broaden the students understanding of research techniques, methods, or concepts that will enhance current dissertation work.
• Unique services not available at the university, such as sophisticated data or chemical analyses.
• The purchase of specialized small equipment items, supplies, and data sets; only if funds for such items are not available from other sources (adviser’s grant, departmental funds).
• A research assistant or other personnel to carry out work that the student could not reasonably be expected to conduct (extensive analysis of data, computer programming, etc.), but whose inclusion will greatly improve the dissertation.
• Payment of subjects participating in a research project, if the project is in addition to the basic dissertation research (e.g., is not required by the PhD Committee) and if a strong rationale is provided to show that subject payment , although not required, will enhance markedly the quality, scope, reliability, etc. of the data collected.

If travel is heavily focused on the applicants dissertation AND it adds an element that enhances their dissertation work, they should apply for a Dissertation Enhancement Grant. Please note, the purpose of travel must add to the dissertation (short course, traveling to archives, etc.) it cannot be a fundamental part of the dissertation. Students should ask themselves, “If I did not add this component to my thesis, would it still be accepted?” If the answer is no, they should not apply. If the primary purpose of travel is for professional or academic development (leadership workshop, learning skills, a conference that broadly applies to their research work, etc.) that will build the applicant’s skill set beyond their dissertation work, this travel would be better suited for a GLI Professional Development & Training Grant .  Conference travel where students will present their research is supported by the Graduate School Travel Grant and the Graduate Student Council Travel Grant .

Yes, grant funds can be used for CORES services. However, students need to be aware of the lag time for expensing in the CORES system. It may take a month or two for charges to be expensed and all costs must be expensed within the fiscal year their grant is awarded.  Therefore, all CORES services must be completed and expensed by April 30th.

Students can submit an application for a GLI Dissertation Enhancement Grant and a GLI Professional Development & Training grant in the same grant cycle.  However, they must fund different activities. If they are traveling, they must select the grant that is most aligned with the purpose of travel (see “Can the Dissertation Enhancement Grant be used for Travel?”).

There is no formal requirement to include references. The use of references is largely dependent on the content applicants include in this section of the application. If you choose to use them, they will count toward the page limit. In the past applicants have used highly abbreviated citation formats.

Figures may be used. If you choose to use them, they will   count toward the page limit.

Award funds will either be dispersed directly to the award recipient as a stipend or they will be provided directly to vendors via the Oracle procurement system (lab supplies, CORES analysis, etc.). The grant administrator will coordinate with recipients regarding disbursement at the time of the award. If you are an international student, there may be tax implications for stipend payments. Please contact ITO  to determine tax obligations.

GLI Professional Development & Training Grants

The GLI Professional Development & Training Grants will provide up to $1,000 of support for graduate students seeking non-credit bearing professional development and training opportunities to further develop their academic and professional skills. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, training workshops, short courses, conferences (where the student has not submitted an abstract), etc. Additionally, opportunities that will broaden the applicant’s skill set beyond their academic field of study (i.e. leadership training, project management short course, etc.) are encouraged.

• Be a registered Graduate School student (PhD, MS, MA, MFA, MLAS) in good standing.
• Have completed one full academic year in the Graduate School.
• Have authorization from your department (application will require DGS approval).
• Training/professional development opportunity must occur within the funding period outline in the RFA.
• Students are allowed one professional development & training grant per academic year.
• During their Graduate School tenure masters students are eligible to receive one professional development & training grant and PhD students are eligible to receive two professional development & training grants.
• Grants are limited to $1,000 and all charges must comply with Vanderbilt finance policies .
• Award funds cannot be used for credit-bearing coursework.
• Proposed professional development & training activities must be completed within the funding period outlined above.
• Award funds will be provided directly to grant awardees.
• Funds may only be used as proposed in your application.
• If traveling, airfare must be booked in World Travel/Concur (hotel accommodations do not have to be booked through the Concur system).
• We ask that students be responsible stewards of GLI resources. Students who apply for the grant must be prepared to use the funds as proposed. If the awardee cannot move forward with the proposed travel, they must notify the GLI immediately. Recipients who fail to use their funding, barring extenuating circumstances, will be ineligible for future GLI travel awards.

Spring 2024 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Lucas Borba de Miranda, Political Science Micaela Harris, Learning, Teaching & Diversity Miguel Herranz Cano, Spanish & Portuguese Junyi Ji, Civil Engineering Matthew Krantz, Biomedical Informatics Yunzhen Liang, Psychology & Human Development Arijit Sengupta, Electrical Engineering Kenton Shimozaki, Leadership & Policy Studies Kelly Tingle, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Fall 2023 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Khrysta Baig,  Health Policy Kimberly Bress,  Neuroscience Jessica Collins,  Biochemistry Natalie Favret,  Molecular Pathology & Immunology Joseph Holden,  Neuroscience KeShawn Ivory,  Astrophysics Sara Kirshbaum,  Political Science William Lamb,  Astrophysics Catherine McCormack,  Anthropology William Smith,  Astrophysics Ashley Spirrison,  Biomedical Engineering Minh Tran , Chemical & Physical Biology Jiaxin Jessie Wang,  Special Education

Spring 2023 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Audry Arner,  Biological Sciences Chaeun Cho,  Political Science Kell Cunningham,  Philosophy Rossirys De La Rosa,  Anthropology Marlna Eanes,  Learning, Teaching & Diversity Micala Harris,  Learning, Teaching & Diversity Ludwg Beethoven Jones Noya,  Religion Oliva Nunn,  Biological Sciences Johnn Peters,  Mechanical Engineering Fangheng Yuan,  Epidemiology

Fall 2022 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Allegra Anderson,  Psychology & Human Development Sarah Burriss,  Teaching & Learning Casey Butrico,  Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Sarah Glass,  Cell & Developmental Biology Ebony Hargrove-Wiley,  Basic Sciences Samantha Marshall,  English Margaret Shavlik,  Psychology & Human Development Alexander Tripp,  Political Science Sarah Williams,  Earth & Environmental Sciences Bethany Young, N ursing Science

Spring 2022 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Jeffrey Boon,  Nursing Science Sharice Clough,  Hearing & Speech Sciences Sahai Couso Diaz,  Spanish & Portuguese Danielle Dorvil,  Spanish & Portuguese Amy Hill, German,  Russian & East European Studies Sarah Jessup,  Psychology Amina McIntyre,  Religion Ludwig Beethoven Jones Noya,  Religion Courtney Rehkamp,  German, Russian & East European Studies Barbara Rodri­guez Navaza,  Anthropology Nathaniel Tran,  Health Policy

Fall 2021 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Jennifer Barnes,  Political Science Katherine Bryan,  Hearing & Speech Sciences Everett Durham, Psychology Maura Eveld, Mechanical Engineering Mariia Gorchichko,  Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Jennifer Gutman, English Thomas Horseman, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Samantha Pegg,  Psychology & Human Developmen t Gabrielle Reimann,  Psychology Margaret Rox,  Mechanical Engineering Rachel Siciliano,  Psychology & Human Development Rachel Teater,  Mechanical Engineering Janiece Williams, Divinity School Jennifer Zachry,  Pharmacology

Spring 2021 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Jose Luis De Ramon Ruiz,  Spanish & Portuguese Kelsey Dillehay,  Special Education Azadeh Hadadianpour,  Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Sara Jones,  Teaching & Learning Heather Meston,  Teaching & Learning Derek Price,  German, Russian and East European Studies Michael Rudloff,  Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Camille Wang,  Neuroscience Mingli Yang,  Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Anna Young,  History

Fall 2020 Professional Development & Training Grant Awardees

Maria Paula Andrade Diniz de Araujo,  History Cleothia Frazier,  Sociology Sarah Glass,  Biochemistry Dasom Lee, Sociology Vladislav Lilic,  History Natalie Noll,  Biomedical Engineering Kody Wolfe,  General Engineering Madison Wagener,  Psychology

Spring 2020 Travel Grant* Awardees

Stephanie Castillo,  Communication of Science & Technology Sara Eccleston,  Human & Org. Development Maura Eveld,  Mechanical Engineering Richard Hall,  Leadership, Policy, & Organizations Laura Hesse,  Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Alison Hessling,  Hearing & Speech Sciences Joseph Luchsinger,  Basic Sciences Emily Matijevich,  Mechanical Engineering Tin Nguyen,  Special Education Gloria Pérez-Rivera,  Anthropology Terren Proctor,  Anthropology Julie Sriken,  Community Research and Action Bryan Steitz,  Biomedical Informatics Rachel Teater,  Mechanical Engineering

Fall 2019 Travel Grant* Awardees

Sarah Arcos,  Biochemistry Kymberly Byrd,  Human & Org. Development Kelsey Dillehay,  Special Education Stephanie Dudzinski,  Biomedical Engineering Nicole Fisher,  Pharmacology Elizabeth Flook,  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Karin Gegenheimer,  Leadership, Policy, & Organizations Mariia Gorchichko,  Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Benjamin Hardy,  Physics & Astronomy Cody Heiser,  Basic Sciences Tempest Henning,  Philosophy Kuniko Hunter,  Biomedical Engineering Geena Ildefonso , Basic Sciences Caitlyn Kirby,  Biological Sciences ( https://caitkirby.com/blog/2019-12-CIRTL-forum.html ) Lindsay Kozek,  Neuroscience Aaron Lim,  Medicine Garrett Marshall,  Mechanical Engineering Kayleigh McCrary,  Economics Zachary Tripp,  Mathematics Allie Utley , Religion Zhiyu Wan,  Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Kayleigh Whitman,  History

Spring 2019 Travel Grant* Awardees

Julianne Adams,  English Laura Adery,  Psychology Keitlyn Alcantara,  Anthropology Joshua Allen,  Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science Baig Al-Muhit,  Civil Engineering Mehnaaz Asad,  Physics & Astronomy Megan Ashley Aumann,  Neuroscience Sean Bedingfield,  Biomedical Engineering Rudraprasad Bhattacharyya,  Civil Engineering Luis Bichon,  Physics Pietra Bruni,  Psychology Sahai Couso Diaz,  Spanish & Portuguese Karen de Melo,  Spanish & Portuguese Courtney Edwards,  Cancer Biology Benjamin Hacker,  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Gloria Han,  Psychology Ella Hoogenboezem,  Biomedical Engineering Ying Ji,  Human Genetics Chris Ketchum,  Creative Writing SangEun Kim,  Political Science Kishundra King,  Religion Kristine Koutout,  Economics Alison Lutz,  Religion Lisa Madura,  Philosophy James Martes,  Political Science Jonathan Martin,  Biomedical Engineering Victoria Martucci,  Human Genetics Ray Matsumoto,  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Curtis Maughan,  German, Russian & East European Studies Haley Mendoza-Romero,  Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Ayan Mukhopadhyay,  Computer Science Kathryn Peters,  Anthropology Eric Ritter,  Philosophy Barbara Rodrigues Navaza,  Anthropology Eulogio Kyle Romero,  History Martina Schaefer,  History Dylan Shaul,  Philosophy Megan Ashley Skaggs,  Latin American Studies Yi Song,  Mechanical Engineering Alexander Thiemicke,  Chemical & Physical Biology Lenie Torregrossa,  Clinical Psychology Mariann VanDevere,  English Paige Vega,  Cell and Developmental Biology Amanda Wicks,  English Jordyn Wilcox,  Neuroscience Alexander Yang,  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Laine Walters Young,  Religion Amy Zheng,  Chemical Engineering

*In the summer of 2020 the GLI Travel Grant was rebranded as the GLI Professional Development & Training Grant in an effort to support a wider variety of opportunities for students.

Professional Development & Training Grants FAQs

Professional Development & Training Grants are available to students pursuing unique opportunities to further their professional development and/or scholastic goals and interests. This includes opportunities to explore their broader field of study (beyond the focused scope of their current research projects), to explore related fields of research, and/or to acquire new skills (professional development).

The most important component of the application is to demonstrate how the award will broaden the student’s skill set, provide professional development, and/or further scholarly goals beyond the dissertation. The selection committee will evaluate applications based on the following criteria:

• a strong justification for how the proposed activities will benefit the student’s professional and academic development
• the students academic and service/leadership background.

Yes. The GLI Professional Development & Training Grant was developed to support academic and professional skill development among graduate students. This includes training workshops, short courses, attending conferences where the student has not submitted an abstract, etc. Additionally, opportunities that will broaden the applicants skill set beyond their academic field of study (i.e. leadership training, project management short course, etc.) are encouraged. If students need to travel to attend the proposed activities, travel cost should be included in the grant proposal.  

Examples of successful applications include: 

• Conference Attendance   Lasers & Electro-Optics, SACNAS National Diversty in STEM, SciPy, ASCE Younger Member Leadership Symposia, and Society for Pastoral Theology Annul Meeting 
• Workshops & Trainings   fMRI Wksp, Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling Wksp, Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Wksp, Training in Survey Methodology, Training Symposium on International Archives, Oral History Training Wksp, NSF Finding Your Inner Modeler III Wksp 
• Short Courses (non-credit bearing)  Predictive Multi-scale Design, International Critical Theory Summer School, Social Conditioning, Center for Astrostatistics summer course for astronomers 
• The GLI Professional Development and Training Grant: $1,000 available support for graduate students seeking professional development and training opportunities to further develop their academic and professional skills.
• Graduate Student Travel Grant to Present Research: a $1,000 grant available through the graduate school for students traveling to conferences where they have submitted an abstract and they will be presenting. 
• Travel grant through the Graduate Student Council : a $500 grant available to active members of GSC who are traveling to conferences where they have submitted an abstract and they will be presenting. 
• If a PhD student is traveling in a capacity that will enhance their dissertation beyond the work outlined in their PhD proposal, they may be eligible for a Dissertation Enhancement Grant .

Travel for professional or academic development (leadership workshop, learning skills, a conference that broadly applies to their research work, etc.) that builds the applicants skill set beyond their dissertation work is best suited for a GLI Professional Development and Training Grant.

Conference travel where students have submitted an abstract and will be presenting their research is supported by the Graduate School Travel Grant and the Graduate Student Council Travel Grant.

Travel is heavily focused on the applicants dissertation AND it adds an element that enhances their dissertation work, is best suited for a Dissertation Enhancement Grant .

If you are presenting (submitted an abstract) at the conference:

• The Graduate Student Travel Grant to Present Research
• The GSC Travel Grant – if you are an active member of the GSC
• Also, professional societies affiliated with the conference may offer financial support.

If you are NOT presenting at the conference:

GLI Professional Development and Training Grant – if you can provide a strong justification for how this conference will benefit your professional and academic development.

No. If a student has submitted an abstract to present at a conference, that travel is not eligible for a GLI Professional Development and Training Grant. The GLI Professional Development and Training grant was developed to provide support for travel that is focused on supporting skill development beyond the dissertation, for which funds are not as readily available. For travel to present at a conference there are several funding mechanism available, including funds available through the Graduate School and the Graduate Student Council (for active members). Additionally, departments and professional societies may offer financial support for traditional conference travel.

Note: If there is a workshop, short course, etc. associated with the conference where you are presenting that is available at an additional cost (above the basic conference registration fee), a student could apply for the workshop registration fee, but only the registration fee. Students must decide is this is a prudent use of one of their two available opportunities to receive a GLI Professional Development and Training Grant.

Applicants can apply for travel to and from internships. HOWEVER, they must make a compelling justification for the benefits of travel AND financial need (unpaid internship).

The GLI Professional Development and Training grant was developed to provide support for professional and academic skill development beyond the dissertation, which tends to have less funding mechanisms available. Field research is narrowly focused on a student’s research and for that reason would not be a compelling application. If the proposed field work is enhancing your dissertation, you may want to consider the Dissertation Enhancement Grant .

No. The GLI Professional Development and Training grant and the Graduate School travel grant support different travel purposes. The Graduate School travel grant is for traditional conference travel to a conference where a students has submitted an abstract and will be presenting their research. That type of travel is not eligible for funding under the GLI Professional Development and Training Grant.

Students can submit an application for a GLI Travel Grant and a GLI Dissertation Enhancement Grant in the same year. However, they must fund different activities. If a student is traveling, they must select the grant that is most aligned with the purpose of travel (see above).

YES. GLI Travel Grants were re-branded as Professional Development & Training grants in the fall of 2020, in an effort to include a wider array of professional development and training opportunities that do not necessarily require travel. Therefore, these grants are part of the same grant program and count towards your grant totals.

Award funds will be dispersed directly to the award recipient as a stipend payment. If you are an international student, there may be tax implications for stipend payments. 

*In the spring of 2020 GLI Travel Grants were re-branded as Professional Development & Training Grants in an effort to support a wider variety of opportunities for students.

GLI Graduate Student Programming Grant

The Graduate Leadership Institute Programming Grant was established to support student-organized programs and events that will enhance the graduate student experience at Vanderbilt. Priority will be given to proposals that support the following core objectives:

• Create leadership and professional development opportunities for graduate students.
• Strengthen interdisciplinary networks on campus and promote collaboration.
• Build diverse and inclusive communities.
• Create meaningful opportunities for graduate student engagement.

Awards of up to $2,000 will be granted through this funding opportunity. Additional funds may be available should the scale and impact of the program be deemed exceptional. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis during the academic year until funds are expended.

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Students can apply as individuals or on behalf of a student organization on campus. To be eligible the primary applicant must:

• Be a registered graduate school student (PhD, MS, MA, MFA, MLAS) in good standing.
• Have a co-sponsor(s) that will match at least 10% of the GLI amount awarded in the form of direct funds or an in-kind match (non-cash contribution of value: event space, food, etc.).
• Submit a complete application at least 6 weeks prior to the start of the program/event.
• The GLI reserves the right to award more or less than the full sum requested by successful applicants, based on the degree of need demonstrated by the proposal and budget, the program scale and impact, the number of successful applications, and the total available funds.
• Funds must only be used as proposed in the application.
• We ask that students be responsible stewards of GLI resources. If the awardee cannot move forward with the proposed work, they must notify the GLI immediately ( [email protected] ). 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis during the academic year until funds are expended. Application Materials:

• Program Proposal (2-pages): Description & Rationale The proposal needs to explain how the proposed program meets the above core objectives, provide co-sponsor information, outline expected attendance, promotion plan, and timeline, and provide anticipated outcomes and benefits of the proposed program.
• Program Budget (full event budget & specifically how the GLI funds will be used)
• Signed letter of co-sponsorship

Application materials must be submitted in PDF format via InfoReady

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please contact Irene Wallrich for application questions (615-343-7030 or [email protected] )

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The Graduate School provides support for doctoral and master's students traveling for research, to present at conferences, and for other scholarly activities.

Four travel funding awards are provided by the Graduate School: the Conference Travel Fund, the International Travel Fund, the Doctoral Research Travel Grant, and the Joukowsky Summer Research Award. An overview is available in the Graduate School Travel Funding Summary Table and below. Please visit the individual fund webpages for more details about the eligibility requirements for each.

All applications and associated documentation must be submitted online through UFunds . Students can apply for funding for their upcoming travel at any time using the application currently available in UFunds (travel dates do not need to fall into the semester listed in the application title). Please email [email protected] with any questions.

All travel must follow Brown University travel policies. International travel, in particular, may require prior approval, following the University’s International Travel Policies . Transactions with comprehensively embargoed countries , including certain academic collaborations and the exchange of research materials, may require authorization from the government. If you are considering collaborating with or traveling to an embargoed country, you must contact Brown's Export Control Team well in advance.

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Conference travel fund, international travel fund, doctoral research travel grant, joukowsky summer research award.

The Conference Travel Fund, International Travel Fund, and Doctoral Research Travel Fund all follow a funding cycle based on the academic year (June 1 through May 31). Students have a maximum amount of funding available to them each academic year. For eligible students, this includes one International Travel Fund award, one Doctoral Research Travel Grant award, and up to $700 in Conference Travel Funds (which could consist of multiple applications and awards). 

The academic year that awarded funding counts towards is always determined by the end date of the travel associated with the award . The date a student applies, is awarded funding, or requests reimbursement does not affect the academic year the award counts toward.

Graduate School travel awards are processed as reimbursements by a student’s home department. Prepaid expenses such as airfare and prepaid hotel rooms can be submitted for reimbursement prior to travel. Expenses that are not paid for in advance, as well as per diem meals, can be submitted once the student returns from travel. All documentation should be submitted to a student’s home department for processing within 30 days of the completion of travel.

Please refer to the Graduate Travel Fund Reimbursement Guidelines for details about the reimbursement process and what documentation to submit.

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Conference Travel Grant

The Conference Travel Grant (CTG) provides funds to assist PhD and MFA students attending virtual (remote) academic/professional conferences or traveling to/attending in-person academic/professional conferences on behalf of Northwestern University.

Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis. The application form for a particular quarter will remain open until the funding cap has been reached and the maximum number of CTGs has been awarded for that period.

• The application portal will open on April 29, 2024 for conferences that begin in June, July or August of 2024.

Applications must be submitted at least one week prior to the conference start date, but students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as funds are limited and there is no guarantee that funding will be available for the entire quarter. Under no circumstances will approval be given retroactively if an application is submitted after the conference has begun.

Funds awarded for travel in the 2023–24 academic year (Fiscal Year 2024) are available for use until August 31, 2024. Funds awarded in the current fiscal year do not carry forward and cannot be used in the next fiscal year (after August 31, 2024).

Eligibility

• Students must be active (not discontinued, graduated, or on leave) in PhD or MFA programs administered by The Graduate School (TGS) and within their degree time limitation at the time of the conference travel . Should students graduate or otherwise depart the University prior to travel and/or expenditure of funds, funds will not be available.
• CTG awards may only be used for voluntary attendance at academic/professional conferences in furtherance of a student’s own academic/career interests. CTG awards may not be requested or used to attend conferences that are required as part of a graduate student’s employment, or to attend courses, trainings, or extended programs.
• Students are eligible for a maximum of two grants , each up to $600/$800 (depending on discipline—see Award information below), over the entire course of their graduate career in The Graduate School and subject to availability of funds.
• A student is eligible to receive only one travel grant award during a fiscal year and cannot have already received a CTG in the current fiscal year.
• Students traveling outside of the United States must adhere to all graduate student travel policies .  Failure to do so could result in revocation of the Conference Travel Grant.
• International Students: F-1 or J-1 students must obtain work authorization before accepting any payment, honorarium, or compensation (such as travel or lodging reimbursements) from external sources outside of Northwestern for conference attendance. Compensation from Northwestern does not require work authorization and is considered on-campus employment. Contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services with questions at [email protected] .
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• the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences PhD programs of Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics, and Plant Biology and Conservation
• the IBiS, Applied Physics, and NUIN interdisciplinary PhD programs
• all PhD programs in the Bienen School of Music, Kellogg School of Management, and School of Education and Social Policy
• all PhD and MFA programs in the School of Communication
• all Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences PhD and MFA programs not listed above
• the Computer Science & Learning Science and Technology & Social Behavior interdisciplinary PhD programs

Awards must be expended prior to the end of the fiscal year in which they are awarded. Expense reimbursement requests not properly submitted and approved by the end of the fiscal year (August 31) cannot be processed

• Expense reports must be submitted within 60 days of the last date of travel (or by August 15, whichever comes first) and include prepaid expenses such as Egencia.  Failure to submit expenses within 60 days of the end of travel will result in cancellation of the award, barring exceptional circumstances.
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• Airfare/airline fees at the most reasonable and economical rate. Travel for Northwestern purposes should be booked through a preferred provider.
• Ground transportation: Taxi fares or ride shares (e.g. Uber, Lyft), including tips, are reimbursable where public transportation is not practical. Rail transportation is reimbursed if it does not exceed the cost of the least expensive airfare. Private automobile transportation is reimbursed per mile at a rate set by the University for trips up to 300 miles.
• Meals: Travelers should use reasonably priced restaurants and dining options. Alcohol is never an allowable expense. A p er diem may be used for meals instead of  tracking itemized receipts.
• Commercial rental vehicles: Commercial rental vehicles (economy, compact or subcompact) should be used only when it is impossible to use other forms of ground transportation, and when car rental does not exceed the cost of the least expensive airfare.
• Lodging: Travelers must book standard accommodations in reasonably priced, commercial class hotels, motels, and Airbnbs. Conference site hotels will be reimbursed at the actual cost. To verify the conference site hotel rate, attach the conference literature to the expense report when requesting reimbursement.
• Tolls and parking fees: Tolls and reasonable parking charges will be reimbursed.
• First class, business class, or economy plus airfare
• Airline, hotel room, or car upgrades
• In-flight Wi-Fi
• Books, magazines, newspapers
• Childcare, babysitting, house sitting, pet-sitting (see the  Dependent Care Professional Development Grant  for information on funds for dependent care during conference travel)
• Clothing, gifts, luggage, haircuts, laundry, dry cleaning
• Passports, vaccinations, visas
• Personal entertainment (in-flight movies, headsets, social activities)
• Meals and hotel stay during local (Chicagoland) conferences within a 25 mile radius of Evanston
• Non-refundable fees that result from trip cancellation
• Fees/costs related to attending or traveling to courses, extended programs, trainings , or other meetings/ events that do not fall into the category of professional or academic conference s .
• Other expenses not directly related to traveling to/from and participating in the specific conference for which the CTG was approved

Application instructions

Students must submit a Conference Travel Grant application as outlined in the Deadline information above.

Review process

The Graduate School will review Conference Travel Grant applications within 5 to 10 business days.  Students will receive a notice via email once a decision is reached.  If a Conference Travel Grant is awarded, the student's program will be copied on the email notification.

For more information, please email:   [email protected] .

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The Center for African Studies offers funding to Harvard graduate students traveling to Africa for thesis or dissertation research or for fieldwork connected to an academic project. Internships, conference travel, or research related to a start-up/business are not eligible for funding. While there is no minimum travel duration requirement, preference is given to applicants who can provide a well-organized itinerary/schedule that demonstrates how their travel is necessary to complete components of their research. Grant awards range from $1,500 to $5,000 and are intended to cover otherwise unfunded costs of round-trip economy travel and modest accommodation. Award amounts will be based on budgets, length of stay, and available funding for the award period. Research travel grants are highly competitive, and we encourage students to apply for multiple funding sources.  

Estimated Funding Ranges Based on Travel Duration  1-3 Weeks: $1,500-$3,000  3-6 Weeks: $3,000-$4,000  6-8+ Weeks: $4,000-$5,000 

Students have two opportunities to apply during the academic year: Round 1 Deadline:  October 15. Grantees may use funding awarded during the October application cycle for travel during winter break, J-Term, or the spring semester. Application opens September 15. Round 2 Deadline :  March 1. Grantees may use funding awarded during the March application cycle during the summer or upcoming fall semester . Application opens December 1. All applicants must be continuing Harvard University students.  

Eligibility:

• Applicant must be a full-time, continuing graduate student at Harvard. 
• Applicant’s purpose of travel must be for academic research. Internships and conference travel are not eligible for funding. Preference will be given to applicants traveling for thesis or dissertation research. 
• Research/work/study must take place in any African country (check Harvard student travel policies and current COVID-19 travel guidance for any restrictions). 
• While there is no minimum stay requirement, preference will be given to applicants who provide a well-organized itinerary that will demonstrate how they plan to accomplish their research goals during their stay. 
• Preference will go to applicants who have completed at least two African Studies courses, have experience in the region, and/or have language experience related to Africa.   

Application:

Deadlines to Apply:   Round 1: October 15, 2023 (For travel during Winter Break, J-Term, or the Spring 2024 Semester) Round 2: March 1st, 2024 (For travel during Summer 2024 or the Fall 2024 Semester. 

• CARAT online application form  
• Current unofficial transcript 
• Current resume/CV 
• 750-word proposal, including a description of the research/project you are planning to work on and whether it is continued research from prior time spent in Africa. 
• Detailed itinerary, including expected flight dates and plans for use of time while in Africa.  
• Detailed budget for all expenses while traveling. CAS will not pay you an hourly rate for time spent conducting research. You cannot list taxation on the grant as an expense. Funding is meant to cover expenses only. If your budget exceeds the $5,000 maximum, please describe how you plan to fund the excess expenses (i.e. Weatherhead Center grant, personal funds, etc.). Be sure to list all other grants to which you have applied and your award status. Please note that grant funds cannot be used to pay research assistants.  
• Two letters of recommendation: Letters of recommendation should be submitted through CARAT by the grant deadline. Simply notifying references through CARAT will allow you to submit your application but will not mark your application as complete. It is your responsibility to ensure all letters are submitted by the deadline. CAS does not follow up with references on your behalf. One letter of recommendation should be from the Harvard faculty member advising your project. If references have difficulty submitting their recommendations via CARAT, they may email their letters directly to Lindsay Moats at [email protected] . Any applicant who may be unable to request a letter from a faculty member for any reason may reach out to Lindsay Moats. Recommendation letter waivers can be granted on a case-by-case basis.  
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Conference Travel Grants for Students

Changes to travel grants for 2024-2025.

The Graduate School’s Conference Travel Grants are designed to encourage and support graduate students’ professional development by making it possible for students to present results of their thesis or dissertation research at important conferences in their fields. Recent trends – including substantial increases in the number of applications received and escalating travel costs – have necessitated changes to the travel grant program to ensure that The Graduate School can continue to meet this important professional development need for our students.

The following changes will be effective for travel beginning July 1, 2024:

• Each graduate student will be limited to two travel grants per lifetime. (formerly: one per year for eligible students)
• A maximum of one travel grant may be awarded to a student pursuing a master’s degree . (formerly: only for students in designated master’s programs)
• Only one of the two lifetime grants may be used for international travel. 
• Maximum travel grants will be up to $1,200 for domestic travel and up to $1,700 for international travel. (formerly: up to $1,000 for domestic travel and up to $1,500 for international travel)
• Only one grant per fiscal year (July-June) per student may be awarded. (no change)
• Doctoral students, especially those in later stages of their programs (e.g., post-candidacy), will receive funding priority .

Students who already received travel funding from the Graduate School will still be eligible for two lifetime travel grants beginning FY 2025 (July 1, 2024), provided they meet the other criteria.

Eligibility

Students must be able to demonstrate the following at the time of application:

• Students must be enrolled in a UGA doctoral or master’s program and reporting the results of their dissertation/thesis research as primary author of the publication/presentation/poster.
• Doctoral students must have completed five semesters of full-time graduate studies at UGA at the time of application. (They may include their semesters as a UGA master’s student if they pursued a master’s degree leading up to a doctoral degree objective in the same unit/program.)
• Master’s students must be in their second year of full-time graduate study at the time of application. Semesters of graduate courses completed while student is an undergraduate don’t count toward this requirement.
• Students must be registered for full-time graduate study (see below) during the semesters of both application and travel . Students travelling between semesters must be registered during the semester of application and the semester following travel.
• Full-time enrollment credit hours required: at least three (3) credit hours during Fall, Spring, or Summer semester for doctoral students admitted into candidacy. Master’s students and doctoral students not admitted to candidacy must have nine (9) credit hours during Fall or Spring semesters OR six (6) credit hours during Summer semester.
• Have a GPA of 3.5 or higher in graduate courses.
• Not have any grades of Incomplete (I) or Unsatisfactory (U) at the time of application.

Workshops, training programs, virtual conferences, and other activities (even when the student is invited) are not covered by Graduate School conference travel grants.

The following categories of students are not eligible for Graduate School travel grants: Presidential Fellows, NSF GRFP Fellows on tenure, UGA instructors or full-time employees receiving benefits, Double Dawgs, PharmD, JD, or DVM students.

Application Materials

Students do not apply directly to The Graduate School for travel funding; all travel applications must be submitted by the graduate coordinator or graduate program administrator.

Applications must include the following, demonstrating the eligibility criteria at the time of application:

• City, state/country, conference name, and dates of travel
• An abstract of the presentation/poster that includes the student’s name.
• A travel budget that includes the following categories: meals, lodging, transportation, and other expenses.
• A copy of a current unofficial transcript confirming eligibility (including enrollment requirements for semesters of application and travel).
• Official notification of acceptance from the conference (this is the only document that may be submitted after the application deadline, no later than two weeks before the outgoing travel date or application will be denied).

Departments must verify that the students are eligible and must submit all applications to the Graduate School via GradStatus by the deadline. Students do not have access to these GradStatus forms. Late submissions by departments will not be accepted. Submissions that do not include complete eligibility and application materials (with the exception of conference acceptance letters) will be denied.

Students work with their departments to secure travel authorizations and abide by all UGA, USG, and departmental policies. Students receiving travel grants will be reimbursed after submitting receipts for approved, budgeted expenses to their departments. No student will be reimbursed more than the actual cost of the trip.

Domestic Travel Grants

Applications for travel within the contiguous 48 states are made using the Domestic Travel Grants form. Travel to Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. territories requires the International Travel Grant application. The amount of the award is up to $1,200 to defray travel expenses.

International Travel Grants

All travel is subject to UGA, USG, and United States travel rules and advisories. Applications for travel to foreign countries and non-contiguous U.S. states and territories such as Hawaii and Alaska must be submitted as International Travel Grants. The amount of the award is up to $1,700 to defray travel expenses.

Rationale/Benefits

These changes will allow the Graduate School to increase the amount per travel grant, making travel more feasible and affordable and encouraging students to focus on the most critical professional development opportunities. Students will no longer have to demonstrate department matching of funds, reducing the financial and administrative burden for both departments and students. Students and departments can expect improved response times and increased likelihood of receiving travel funds.

Travel Dates and Application Deadlines for FY25 (Academic Year 2024-2025)

Funds are awarded on a quarterly basis with a limited amount of funding available each quarter. Here are application deadline dates for the upcoming year:

Travel Dates Application Deadline July 1 – September 30, 2024 June 6, 2024 October 1 – December 31, 2024 September 6, 2024 January 1 – March 31, 2025 December 6, 2024 April 1 – June 30, 2025 March 8, 2025

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Warning message, history research travel grants.

The History Department will fund research travel for PhD students with two types of awards to be disbursed between  July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

History Research Travel Grants (HRTGs) will be available both to pre-candidacy students (maximum award $2,000) and post-candidacy students (maximum award $3,000). For the latter, students must have defended the prospectus and advanced to candidacy by the time they take up the grant funding (not necessarily at the time of application).

Applications are due by March 31 and awards will be announced in April . The grants will be distributed on a competitive basis. Priority will be given to those students who do not have access to other sources of funding, whether external or internal to Yale (such as RITM or MacMillan). Applications from all fields will be considered. Applications will be evaluated by the Graduate Advisory Committee and in consultation with the Chair. In any given instance, the committee may fund only part of the request.

On completion of your research travel and before May 31, 2025 , you are required to submit to the DGS and department registrar a one-page report on the research completed with the use of this award.

All travel must adhere to the University’s guidelines on travel during the pandemic, which may change over the funding period. See this site for further details:  https://covid19.yale.edu/travel-policy . 

Reimbursement Policies and Procedures

All funds will be disbursed as reimbursements and must follow all university rules for research expenditures. Receipts need to be submitted within ten days after completing your travel. Receipts over 120 days old will not be reimbursed.

• All reservations have to be in your name
• Any airfare must be Economy class only
• All expenses must be paid for with your credit card. We cannot process the reimbursement if the payment was made by anyone other than you.
• Travel insurance is not reimburseable. 
• Travelers are permitted to use Airbnb for lodging.  The preferred method for arranging Airbnb lodging is the Yale Airbnb for Business platform, using a Yale email address.

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The following graduate students received grants from JMU’s Office of Research and Scholarship to present their work at professional conferences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Assessment and Measurement

Sarah Alahmadi received a grant to present on "What if We Ignore Non-Effortful Responses: The Impact of Rapid-Guessing on Item Parameter Estimates "  at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) in Trumbull, CT, October 2022.

Yelisey Shapovalov  received a grant to present on "Detecting halo effects in performance assessments: A Rasch measurement model simulation study", at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, Connecticut, October 2022.

Josiah Hunsburger received a grant to present on "The meaning, cost, and value of student learning outcomes: A mixed methods study", at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, Connecticut, October 2022.

Mara McFadden  received a grant to present on "Will you give good effort during the test? Simply asking increases examinees' test-taking motivation.", at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, Connecticut, October 2022.

Chris Patterson  received a grant to present a poster and presentation, "Observing how College Students Process Culturally Responsive and Antiracist items " at the Observing how College Students Process Culturally Responsive and Antiracist items in Chicago, Il, April 2023.

Katarina Schaefer  received a grant to present "The influence of item characteristics and setting on motivation fluctuation du " at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) in Trumbull, CT, October 2022.

Yelisey Shapavalov   received a grant to present "Developing criteria for evaluating the quality of state and district assetment literacy initiatives", at the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2023.

Audiology, PhD 

Rebecca Hales received a grant to present a poster on "Neurodiversity: Assessing ADHD Through Speech-on-Speech Masking in Sound " , at the American Academy of Audiology and HearTech Expo , Seattle, WA, April, 2023.

Nicole Cubbage  received a grant to present “Investigating the effects of Trpmll mutation on gut morphology" at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2023 Conference, San Diego, CA, November, 2022.

Alondra Medina  received a grant to present “Does soil stoichiometry affect leaf litter herpetofauna in a lowland tropical wet forest?" at the Neuroscience 2022 , Society for Neuroscience Conference, Austin, TX, January, 2023.

Kentrell Richardson  received a grant to present “Understanding context dependent responses to climate change in Arizona Tiger Salamanders" at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2023 Conference, Austin, TX, January, 2023.

Rysa Thomas  received a grant to present “Sex and life history-dependent variation in stress hormone receptor expression in red sided garter snakes" at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2023 Conference, Austin, TX, January, 2023.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Ashley Oginz-Wilson received a grant to present "What's shame got to do with it? A humanistic approach to sexual temporment and desire in an effort to combat shame.", at the Association of Humanistic Counseling (AHC) 2023 Conference, Denver, CO, May, 2023.

Kimberly Hughes  received a grant to present a poster and roundtable of "Deeper than Dysmorphia: H.E.A.L. interventions", at the Association of Humanistic Counseling (AHC) 2023 Conference, Denver, CO, May, 2023.

Hannah Jarrett  received a grant to present a poster of "Stages of Racial Identity Development and Race-Based Trauma", at the American Counseling Association Conference, Toronto, Canada, March, 2023.

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Faith Frost  received a grant to present a poster of "Mentalizing matters for autistic and non-autistic adults' comprehension of indirect requests", at the Meeting on Languages in Autism Conference, Durham, NC, March, 2023.

Raghav Jha  received a grant to present "Effects of age on the amplitude-modulated cVEMPs Temporal Modulation Transfer Function", at the American Balance Society Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, February, 2023.

Heesung Park  received a grant to present a poster of "Directional Effect of Target Position on Spatial Selective Auditory Attention", at the 46th Annual MidWinter Meeting of Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Conference, Orlando, FL, February, 2023.

Counseling and Supervision

Jinok Lim  received a grant to present on "Supporting International Counseling Students during COVID-19: Considerations for Counselor Educators", at the 2022 Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision conference, Portland, Oregon, October 2022.

Lynnquell Gardiner  received a grant to present a poster and roundtable of "Reimaging Self and Others: Collaborative Inquiry; Exploring Western Therapy through a Collectivistic ", at the Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC) 2023 Conference, May, 2023.

Shayna Finn  received a grant to present a 50 Minute Content Session on "Climate Change and Student Mental Health: school counselor and environmental education partnerships", at the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES) Annual Conference, Portland, OR, October, 2022.

Amelia Greenwald  received a grant to present "For the burning of them", a visual art work (woven textile), at the 2023 Fiber Arts Festival; Design Museum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, May, 202

Yulin Yuan  received a grant to present "Eff of Choas - 2022", an art exhibition - Colleged Photography, at the 2023 Fiber Arts Festival; Design Museum, Seoul Art Center Seoul, South Korea, May, 2023

Hannah Greer-Young  received a grant to present a poster on "A Multi-faceted Review of Sexual Misconduct in Education", at the South Carolina Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, February, 2023.

Occupational Therapy 

Makenna Baugus received a grant to conduct a workshop on "Under Pressure: How Occupational Balance Affects Well-Being", at the  Virginia Occupational Therapy Association, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Medelyn Bayse received a grant to present a poster on "Exploring Occupational Therapy Students and Clinical Instructor Relationships Regarding a Surge Cap", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, September, 2022.

Emily Deitrick received a grant to present a poster on "Alpaca Assisted Activities as an Emerging Area of OT Practice", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association 2022 Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Kiley Eichinger  received a grant to present on "Review of the psychological effects of pediatric burns and the impact of burn camps", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Emily Farrell  received a grant to present on "Under Pressure: How Occupational Balance Affects Well-Being, at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Erin Hood received a grant to present a poster on "Alpaca Assisted Therapy as an Emerging Area of OT Practice", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Grace Hooper received a grant to present a poster on "The Impact of Pediatric Burn Injury on the Self-Efficacy and Resilience in Adulthood", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Brandi Houck  received a grant to present on "Exploring OT Students and Clinical Instructors' Relationships Regarding Surge Capacity and Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic," at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Kayla Kamper  received a grant to conduct a workshop on, "Unlocking the Key to 3D Printing within Occupational Therapy", at the VOTA Annual Conference 2022, Richmond, VA, September, 2022.

Madeline Masi  received a grant to present a poster on "Review of Psychological Effects of Pediatric Burns and Impact of Burn Camp", VOTA-Virginia Occupational Therapy Association, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Madelyne McCrossin received a grant to conduct a workshop on "Unlocking the Key to 3D Printing within Occupational Therapy", at the VOTA Annual Conference 2022, Richmond, VA, September, 2022.

Lauren Morgan received a grant to conduct a workshop on "Under Pressure: How Occupational Balance Affects Well-Being", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association 2022 Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Lauren Murphey received a grant to conduct a workshop on "Unlocking the Key to 3D Printing within Occupational Therapy", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association, Richmond, VA, September, 2022.

Nitika Rikhi  received a grant to present a poster on "Review of Psychological Effects of Pediatric Burns and Impact of Burn Camp", at the VOTA-Virginia Occupational Therapy Association, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Brittany Scholsberg  received a grant to present a poster on "Alpaca Assisted Therapy as an Emerging Area of OT Practice", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Elizabeth Suhr received a grant to present a poster on "Alpaca Assisted Therapy as an Emerging Area of OT Practice", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

Lauren VanHill received a grant to present a poster on "Alpaca Assisted Therapy as an Emerging Area of OT Practice", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, September, 2022.

Brooke Williams  received a grant to conduct a workshop on "Under Pressure: How Occupational Balance Affects Well-Being", at the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Glen Allen, VA, September, 2022.

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Tessa Lewis-Whitson  received a grant to present a poster on "Test Buddy: Perspectives from Individuals with Aphasia on a texting pen pal experience", at the Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, March, 2023.

Psychological Sciences 

Josiah Hunsberger  received a grant to present "The meaning, cost, and value of student learning outcomes: A mixed methods study", at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT, October, 2022. Mara McFadden  received a grant to present "The meaning, cost, and value of student learning outcomes: A mixed methods study", at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT, October, 2022. Yelisey Shapovalov  received a grant to present "Detecting halo effects in performance assessments: A Rasch measurement model simulation study.", at the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT, October, 2022.

Yelisey Shapovalov  received a grant to present "Developing criteria for evaluating the quality of state and district assetment literacy initiatives", at the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2023.

Autumn Wild  received a grant to present a poster on "Normative Data Collection for the Multicultural Neuropsychological Scale (MUNS)", at the National Neuropsychological Society (INS) Conference, San Diego, California, January, 2023.

School Psychology

Sharice Mehlenbacher  received a grant to present a poster on "Layers to This: Experience of Black Women Teaching, Learning, Taking the WAIS-IV", at the BSPN Conference hosted by The Black School of Psychology Network, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2023. 

Sport and Recreation Leadership

Irina Perilova  received a grant to present a poster on "The impact of COVID-19 on para-athletes: A case study on motivation and psychological training for the 2020 Paralympic Games.", at the NASSS Conference (North American Society for the Sociology of Sport), Las Vegan, Navada, November, 2022.

Strategic Leadership Studies

Brooke Graham  received a grant to present on "Closing the Gender Gap in Healthcare Leadership: Can Administrative Fellowships Play a Role", at the International Leadership Association's 24th annual global conference, Washington DC, October 2022.

Joshua Orndorff  received a grant to present on "Adaptive Leadership in Religious & DEI Settings", at the International Leadership Association's 24th annual global conference, Washington DC, October 2022.

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In 2024, Penn Global will support 24 new faculty-led research and engagement projects at a total funding level of $1.5 million.

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Grant Program prioritizes projects that bring together leading scholars and practitioners across the University community and beyond to develop new insight on significant global issues in key countries and regions around the world, a core pillar of Penn’s global strategic framework. 

PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE HOLMAN AFRICA RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT FUND

• Global Medical Physics Training & Development Program  Stephen Avery, Perelman School of Medicine
• Developing a Dakar Greenbelt with Blue-Green Wedges Proposal  Eugenie Birch, Weitzman School of Design
• Emergent Judaism in Sub-Saharan Africa  Peter Decherney, School of Arts and Sciences / Sara Byala, School of Arts and Sciences
• Determinants of Cognitive Aging among Older Individuals in Ghana  Irma Elo, School of Arts and Sciences;  Iliana Kohler, School of Arts and Sciences
• Disrupted Aid, Displaced Lives Guy Grossman, School of Arts and Sciences
• A History of Regenerative Agriculture Practices from the Global South: Case Studies from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe Thabo Lenneiye, Kleinman Energy Center / Weitzman School of Design
• Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery Use in Botswana Public Schools Elizabeth Lowenthal, Perelman School of Medicine
• Podcasting South African Jazz Past and Present Carol Muller, School of Arts and Sciences
• Lake Victoria Megaregion Study: Joint Lakefront Initiative Frederick Steiner, Weitzman School of Design
• Leveraging an Open Source Software to Prevent and Contain AMR Jonathan Strysko, Perelman School of Medicine
• Poverty reduction and children's neurocognitive growth in Cote d'Ivoire Sharon Wolf, Graduate School of Education
• The Impacts of School Connectivity Efforts on Education Outcomes in Rwanda  Christopher Yoo, Carey Law School

PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE INDIA RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT FUND

• Routes Beyond Conflict: A New Approach to Cultural Encounters in South Asia  Daud Ali, School of Arts and Sciences
• Prioritizing Air Pollution in India’s Cities Tariq Thachil, Center for the Advanced Study of India / School of Arts and Sciences
• Intelligent Voicebots to Help Indian Students Learn English Lyle Ungar, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

PROJECTS SUPPORTED BT THE CHINA RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT FUND

• Planning Driverless Cities in China Zhongjie Lin, Weitzman School of Design

PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FUND 

• Education and Economic Development in Nepal Amrit Thapa, Graduate School of Education
• Explaining Climate Change Regulation in Cities: Evidence from Urban Brazil Alice Xu, School of Arts and Sciences
• Nurse Staffing Legislation for Scotland: Lessons for the U.S. and the U.K.  Eileen Lake, School of Nursing
• Pathways to Education Development & Their Consequences: Finland, Korea, US Hyunjoon Park, School of Arts and Sciences
• Engaged Scholarship in Latin America: Bridging Knowledge and Action Tulia Falleti, School of Arts and Sciences
• Organizing Migrant Communities to Realize Rights in Palermo, Sicily  Domenic Vitiello, Weitzman School of Design
• Exploiting Cultural Heritage in 21st Century Conflict   Fiona Cunningham, School of Arts and Sciences
• Center for Integrative Global Oral Health   Alonso Carrasco-Labra, School of Dental Medicine

This first-of-its-kind Global Medical Physics Training and Development Program (GMPTDP) seeks to serve as an opportunity for PSOM and SEAS graduate students to enhance their clinical requirement with a global experience, introduce them to global career opportunities and working effectively in different contexts, and strengthens partnerships for education and research between US and Africa. This would also be an exceptional opportunity for pre-med/pre-health students and students interested in health tech to have a hands-on global experience with some of the leading professionals in the field. The project will include instruction in automated radiation planning through artificial intelligence (AI); this will increase access to quality cancer care by standardizing radiation planning to reduce inter-user variability and error, decreasing workload on the limited radiation workforce, and shortening time to treatment for patients. GMPTDP will offer a summer clinical practicum to Penn students during which time they will also collaborate with UGhana to implement and evaluate AI tools in the clinical workflow.

The proposal will address today’s pressing crises of climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss, and growing economic disparities with a holistic approach that combines regional and small-scale actions necessary to achieve sustainability. It will also tackle a key issue found across sub-Saharan Africa, many emerging economies, and economically developed countries that struggle to control rapid unplanned urbanization that vastly outpaces the carrying capacity of the surrounding environment.

The regional portion of the project will create a framework for a greenbelt that halts the expansion of the metropolitan footprint. It will also protect the Niayes, an arable strip of land that produces over 80% of the country’s vegetables, from degradation. This partnership will also form a south-south collaboration to provide insights into best practices from a city experiencing similar pressures.

The small-scale portion of the project will bolster and create synergy with ongoing governmental and grassroots initiatives aimed at restoring green spaces currently being infilled or degraded in the capital. This will help to identify overlapping goals between endeavors, leading to collaboration and mobilizing greater funding possibilities instead of competing over the same limited resources. With these partners, we will identify and design Nature-based Solutions for future implementation.

Conduct research through fieldwork to examine questions surrounding Jewish identity in Africa. Research will be presented in e.g. articles, photographic images, and films, as well as in a capstone book. In repeat site-visits to Uganda, South Africa, Ghana, and Zimbabwe, we will conduct interviews with and take photographs of stakeholders from key communities in order to document their everyday lives and religious practices.

The overall aim of this project is the development of a nationally representative study on aging in Ghana. This goal requires expanding our network of Ghanian collaborators and actively engage them in research on aging. The PIs will build on existing institutional contacts in Ghana that include:

1). Current collaboration with the Navrongo Health Research Center (NCHR) on a pilot data collection on cognitive aging in Ghana (funded by a NIA supplement and which provides the matching funds for this Global Engagement fund grant application);

2) Active collaboration with the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana. Elo has had a long-term collaboration with Dr. Ayaga Bawah who is the current director of RIPS.

In collaboration with UNHCR, we propose studying the effects of a dramatic drop in the level of support for refugees, using a regression discontinuity design to survey 2,500 refugee households just above and 2,500 households just below the vulnerability score cutoff that determines eligibility for full rations. This study will identify the effects of aid cuts on the welfare of an important marginalized population, and on their livelihood adaptation strategies. As UNHCR faces budgetary cuts in multiple refugee-hosting contexts, our study will inform policymakers on the effects of funding withdrawal as well as contribute to the literature on cash transfers.

The proposed project, titled "A History of Regenerative Agriculture Practices from the Global South: Case Studies from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe," aims to delve into the historical and contemporary practices of regenerative agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes:

1. Research Paper: The primary output of this project will be a comprehensive research paper. This paper will draw from a rich pool of historical and contemporary data to explore the history of regenerative agriculture practices in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. It will document the indigenous knowledge and practices that have sustained these regions for generations.

2. Policy Digest: In addition to academic research, the project will produce a policy digest. This digest will distill the research findings into actionable insights for policymakers, both at the national and international levels. It will highlight the benefits of regenerative agriculture and provide recommendations for policy frameworks that encourage its adoption.

3. Long-term Partnerships: The project intends to establish long-term partnerships with local and regional universities, such as Great Lakes University Kisumu, Kenya. These partnerships will facilitate knowledge exchange, collaborative research, and capacity building in regenerative agriculture practices. Such collaborations align with Penn Global's goal of strengthening institutional relationships with African partners.

The Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (PCNB) was developed at the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. Ruben C. Gur and colleagues to be administered as part of a comprehensive neuropsychiatric assessment. Consisting of a series of cognitive tasks that help identify individuals’ cognitive strengths and weaknesses, it has recently been culturally adapted and validated by our team for assessment of school-aged children in Botswana . The project involves partnership with the Botswana Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) to support the rollout of the PCNB for assessment of public primary and secondary school students in Botswana. The multidisciplinary Penn-based team will work with partners in Botswana to guide the PCNB rollout, evaluate fidelity to the testing standards, and track student progress after assessment and intervention. The proposed project will strengthen a well-established partnership between Drs. Elizabeth Lowenthal and J. Cobb Scott from the PSOM and in-country partners. Dr. Sharon Wolf, from Penn’s Graduate School of Education, is an expert in child development who has done extensive work with the Ministry of Education in Ghana to support improvements in early childhood education programs. She is joining the team to provide the necessary interdisciplinary perspective to help guide interventions and evaluations accompanying this new use of the PCNB to support this key program in Africa.

This project will build on exploratory research completed by December 24, 2023 in which the PI interviewed about 35 South Africans involved in jazz/improvised music mostly in Cape Town: venue owners, curators, creators, improvisers.

• Podcast series with 75-100 South African musicians interviewed with their music interspersed in the program.
• 59 minute radio program with extended excerpts of music inserted into the interview itself.
• Create a center of knowledge about South African jazz—its sound and its stories—building knowledge globally about this significant diasporic jazz community
• Expand understanding of “jazz” into a more diffuse area of improvised music making that includes a wide range of contemporary indigenous music and art making
• Partner w Lincoln Center Jazz (and South African Tourism) to host South Africans at Penn

This study focuses on the potential of a Megaregional approach for fostering sustainable development, economic growth, and social inclusion within the East African Community (EAC), with a specific focus on supporting the development of A Vision for An Inclusive Joint Lakefront across the 5 riparian counties in Kenya.

By leveraging the principles of Megaregion development, this project aims to create a unified socio-economic, planning, urbanism, cultural, and preservation strategy that transcends county boundaries and promotes collaboration further afield, among the EAC member countries surrounding the Lake Victoria Basin.

Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes:

1. Megaregion Conceptual Framework: The project will develop a comprehensive Megaregion Conceptual Framework for the Joint Lakefront region in East Africa. This framework, which different regions around the world have applied as a way of bridging local boundaries toward a unified regional vision will give the Kisumu Lake region a path toward cooperative, multi-jurisdictional planning. The Conceptual Framework will be both broad and specific, including actionable strategies, projects, and initiatives aimed at sustainable development, economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental stewardship.

2. Urbanism Projects: Specific urbanism projects will be proposed for key urban centers within the Kenyan riparian counties. These projects will serve as tangible examples of potential improvements and catalysts for broader development efforts.

3. Research Publication: The findings of the study will be captured in a research publication, contributing to academic discourse and increasing Penn's visibility in the field of African urbanism and sustainable development

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a global crisis, causing more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide. By engaging in a collaborative effort with the Botswana Ministry of Health’s data scientists and experts in microbiology, human and veterinary medicine, and bioinformatics, we will aim to design new electronic medical record system modules that will:

Aim 1: Support the capturing, reporting, and submission of microbiology data from sentinel surveillance laboratories as well as pharmacies across the country

Aim 2: Develop data analytic dashboards for visualizing and characterizing regional AMR and AMC patterns

Aim 3: Submit AMR and AMC data to regional and global surveillance programs

Aim 4: Establish thresholds for alert notifications when disease activity exceeds expected incidence to serve as an early warning system for outbreak detection.

  Using a novel interdisciplinary approach that bridges development economics, psychology, and neuroscience, the overall goal of this project is to improve children's development using a poverty-reduction intervention in Cote d'Ivoire (CIV). The project will directly measure the impacts of cash transfers (CTs) on neurocognitive development, providing a greater understanding of how economic interventions can support the eradication of poverty and ensure that all children flourish and realize their full potential. The project will examine causal mechanisms by which CTs support children’s healthy neurocognitive development and learning outcomes through the novel use of an advanced neuroimaging tool, functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), direct child assessments, and parent interviews.

The proposed research, the GIGA initiative for Improving Education in Rwanda (GIER), will produce empirical evidence on the impact of connecting schools on education outcomes to enable Rwanda to better understand how to accelerate the efforts to bring connectivity to schools, how to improve instruction and learning among both teachers and students, and whether schools can become internet hubs capable of providing access e-commerce and e-government services to surrounding communities. In addition to evaluating the impact of connecting schools on educational outcomes, the research would also help determine which aspects of the program are critical to success before it is rolled out nationwide.

Through historical epigraphic research, the project will test the hypothesis that historical processes and outcomes in the 14th century were precipitated by a series of related global and local factors and that, moreover, an interdisciplinary and synergistic analysis of these factors embracing climatology, hydrology, epidemiology linguistics and migration will explain the transformation of the cultural, religious and social landscapes of the time more effectively than the ‘clash of civilizations’ paradigm dominant in the field. Outputs include a public online interface for the epigraphic archive; a major international conference at Penn with colleagues from partner universities (Ghent, Pisa, Edinburgh and Penn) as well as the wider South Asia community; development of a graduate course around the research project, on multi-disciplinary approaches to the problem of Hindu-Muslim interaction in medieval India; and a public facing presentation of our findings and methods to demonstrate the path forward for Indian history. Several Penn students, including a postdoc, will be actively engaged.  

India’s competitive electoral arena has failed to generate democratic accountability pressures to reduce toxic air. This project seeks to broadly understand barriers to such pressures from developing, and how to overcome them. In doing so, the project will provide the first systematic study of attitudes and behaviors of citizens and elected officials regarding air pollution in India. The project will 1) conduct in-depth interviews with elected local officials in Delhi, and a large-scale survey of elected officials in seven Indian states affected by air pollution, and 2) partner with relevant civil society organizations, international bodies like the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), domain experts at research centers like the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), and local civic organizations (Janagraaha) to evaluate a range of potential strategies to address pollution apathy, including public information campaigns with highly affected citizens (PHFI), and local pollution reports for policymakers (Janagraaha).

The biggest benefit from generative AI such as GPT, will be the widespread availability of tutoring systems to support education. The project will use this technology to build a conversational voicebot to support Indian students in learning English. The project will engage end users (Indian tutors and their students) in the project from the beginning. The initial prototype voice-driven conversational system will be field-tested in Indian schools and adapted. The project includes 3 stages of development:

1) Develop our conversational agent. Specify the exact initial use case and Conduct preliminary user testing.

2) Fully localize to India, addressing issues identified in Phase 1 user testing.

3) Do comprehensive user testing with detailed observation of 8-12 students using the agent for multiple months; conduct additional assessments of other stakeholders.

The project partners with Ashoka University and Pratham over all three stages, including writing scholarly papers.

Through empirical policy analysis and data-based scenario planning, this project actively contributes to this global effort by investigating planning and policy responses to autonomous transportation in the US and China. In addition to publishing several research papers on this subject, the PI plans to develop a new course and organize a forum at PWCC in 2025. These initiatives are aligned with an overarching endeavor that the PI leads at the Weitzman School of Design, which aims to establish a Future Cities Lab dedicated to research and collaboration in the pursuit of sustainable cities.

This study aims to fill this gap through a more humanistic approach to measuring the impact of education on national development. Leveraging a mixed methods research design consisting of analysis of quantitative data for trends over time, observations of schools and classrooms, and qualitative inquiry via talking to people and hearing their stories, we hope to build a comprehensive picture of educational trends in Nepal and their association with intra-country development. Through this project we strive to better inform the efforts of state authorities and international organizations working to enhance sustainable development within Nepal, while concurrently creating space and guidance for further impact analyses. Among various methods of dissemination of the study’s findings, one key goal is to feed this information into writing a book on this topic.

Developing cities across the world have taken the lead in adopting local environmental regulation. Yet standard models of environmental governance begin with the assumption that local actors should have no incentives for protecting “the commons.” Given the benefits of climate change regulation are diffuse, individual local actors face a collective action problem. This project explores why some local governments bear the costs of environmental regulation while most choose to free-ride. The anticipated outputs of the project include qualitative data that illuminate case studies and the coding of quantitative spatial data sets for studying urban land-use. These different forms of data collection will allow me to develop and test a theoretical framework for understanding when and why city governments adopt environmental policy.

The proposed project will develop new insights on the issue of legislative solutions to the nurse staffing crisis, which will pertain to many U.S. states and U.K. countries. The PI will supervise the nurse survey data collection and to meet with government and nursing association stakeholders to plan the optimal preparation of reports and dissemination of results. The anticipated outputs of the project are a description of variation throughout Scotland in hospital nursing features, including nurse staffing, nurse work environments, extent of adherence to the Law’s required principles, duties, and method, and nurse intent to leave. The outcomes will be the development of capacity for sophisticated quantitative research by Scottish investigators, where such skills are greatly needed but lacking.  

The proposed project will engage multi-cohort, cross-national comparisons of educational-attainment and labor-market experiences of young adults in three countries that dramatically diverge in how they have developed college education over the last three decades: Finland, South Korea and the US. It will produce comparative knowledge regarding consequences of different pathways to higher education, which has significant policy implications for educational and economic inequality in Finland, Korea, the US, and beyond. The project also will lay the foundation for ongoing collaboration among the three country teams to seek external funding for sustained collaboration on educational analyses.

With matching funds from PLAC and CLALS, we will jointly fund four scholars from diverse LAC countries to participate in workshops to engage our community regarding successful practices of community-academic partnerships.

These four scholars and practitioners from Latin America, who are experts on community-engaged scholarship, will visit the Penn campus during the early fall of 2024. As part of their various engagements on campus, these scholars will participate after the workshops as key guest speakers in the 7th edition of the Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean (PLAC) Conference, held on October 11, 2024, at the Perry World House. The conference will focus on "Public and Community Engaged Scholarship in Latin America, the Caribbean, and their Diasporas."

Palermo, Sicily, has been a leading center of migrant rights advocacy and migrant civic participation in the twenty-first century. This project will engage an existing network of diverse migrant community associations and anti-mafia organizations in Palermo to take stock of migrant rights and support systems in the city. Our partner organizations, research assistants, and cultural mediators from different communities will design and conduct a survey and interviews documenting experiences, issues and opportunities related to various rights – to asylum, housing, work, health care, food, education, and more. Our web-based report will include recommendations for city and regional authorities and other actors in civil society. The last phase of our project will involve community outreach and organizing to advance these objectives. The web site we create will be designed as the network’s information center, with a directory of civil society and services, updating an inventory not current since 2014, which our partner Diaspore per la Pace will continue to update.

This interdisciplinary project has four objectives: 1) to investigate why some governments and non-state actors elevated cultural heritage exploitation (CHX) to the strategic level of warfare alongside nuclear weapons, cyberattacks, political influence operations and other “game changers”; 2) which state or non-state actors (e.g. weak actors) use heritage for leverage in conflict and why; and 3) to identify the mechanisms through which CHX coerces an adversary (e.g. catalyzing international involvement); and 4) to identify the best policy responses for non-state actors and states to address the challenge of CHX posed by their adversaries, based on the findings produced by the first three objectives.

Identify the capacity of dental schools, organizations training oral health professionals and conducting oral health research to contribute to oral health policies in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region, identify the barriers and facilitators to engage in OHPs, and subsequently define research priority areas for the region in collaboration with the WHO, oral health academia, researchers, and other regional stakeholders.

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Offered Programs

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology offers extensive courses in preparatory programs, bachelor programs, masters programs, and Ph.D. programs. Although the majority of the programs offer courses in Russian, a large number of programs are primarily taught in English with a large amount to open up as the years' progress.

International students can opt to take lectures in either of the languages or even in both, the tuition fee structure at MIPT is dependent on the language of instruction and are as follows;

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Eligibility Requirements;

After finding what program you can apply for, the next step is to check if you qualify for admission at MIPT, although the application procedure is simplified thanks to RocApply’s easy-to-use application platform, all our applicants must have;

• High school leaving certificate (for bachelor admissions)
• A bachelor’s degree or diploma (for master’s admissions)
• A master’s degree (for Ph.D. admissions)
• Language requirements: applicants applying to Russian-taught programs must take language exams in Russian and English-taught programs require that applicants must show proficiency with results from approved exams like IELTS or TOEFL.

Qualification Requirements

Recently, MIPT demands that some students enrolling in specific programs must take part in certain qualifying events and interviews known as ‘Procturing’. These events are conducted online in collaboration with RocApply, beginning in June towards a September or October resumption date. Subjects written include English, Mathematics or Physics.

For graduate programs, there are also certain qualifying events which are either as an interview or a test depending on the program. Tests or interviews are conducted online via RocApply beginning in June.

Document requirements

Undergraduate

• Online application form via RocApply
• Copy of international passport or identification document
• High school leaving certificate
• Curriculum Vitae (detailing other achievements, qualifications, or awards)
• IELTS/TOEFL results
• Applicants who wish to take their courses in Russian must first enroll in MIPT’s language prep school.
• Copy of bachelor’s degree or diploma
• Copy of masters degree (for Ph.D. programs)
• Personal statement
• 2 recommendation letters from professors or previous employer
• CV or Resume
• *All documents must be notarized and translated.

MIPT provides a tuition fee waiver for applicants who score 85% and above in the qualifying exams, and also scholarships for graduates of the preparatory course, undergraduates and graduate students of MIPT, and transfer students continuing their education at MIPT. Participants of short term internships and summer and winter MIPT schools also receive tuition waivers from the university.

Select your Degree

Application requirements for bachelors:, select your field of study for bachelors, select your bachelor program, application requirements for masters:, select your field of study for masters, select your master program.

Master's in Advanced Combinatorics (MSc)

(2 years) 4 Semesters

3000€ / Semester

Master's in Neural Networks & Neural Computers (MSc)

Master's in Blockchain (MSc)

Master's in Cyber Security (MSc)

Master's in Aerodynamics (MSc)

Master's in Beam-Plasma Systems and Technologies (MSc)

Master's in Industrial Bioinformatics (MSc)

Master's in Digital Transformation (MSc)

Master's in International Business, Entrepreneurship

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in Rankings

Ranked 20th in the whole of russia, ranked 400th in the world., tuition and scholarships at moscow institute of physics and technology (mipt).

The university provides funding to international students through several schemes designed to reduce the cost of tuition or to cover the student’s expenses while studying there, funding at the university are both internal and external and happen and all foreign students at the university are eligible to receive some sort of financial assistance during the course of their program at MIPT.

MIPT Scholarship: The university awards a special scholarship to foreign understudies who show dynamic academic qualities, or students who have strong academic backgrounds and can replicate this while studying at MIPT. This scholarship is highly coveted and is awarded competitively.

Russian Government Scholarship: The Russian government reserves special funding for international students studying at MIPT. The funding scheme covers all academic costs for the entire duration of the program in bachelor's, masters, and Ph.D. levels. Interested students must apply as early as possible after being accepted.

MIPT Olympiad: The MIPT Olympiad is a healthy academic competition where excellent students display their knowledge on a variety of subjects akin to their field of study. The top students compete amongst themselves and the winner is awarded a full-ride sponsorship towards their education at MIPT.

MIPT Student Financial Support: Foreign students can apply for financial support from the university towards their living expenses in Moscow. MIPT gives stipends to a large number of its international students every month, and the awardees must continue to excel academically in order to continue receiving this financial aid.

Cost of living at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

About moscow institute of physics and technology (mipt).

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology is one of the top five universities in Russia and is well known all over the world, since its inception in 1946 as a department of Moscow State University and later as an independent organization in 1951, MIPT is has been highly regarded by scientists, engineers, and students alike.

The MIPT university-industry partnership system was introduced by its first professors, the Nobel Prize winners L.D Landau, P.L Kapitsa, and N.N Semenov. It selects talented students and provides them with a top-class education and an early entry into industrial research.

MIPT scientists perform cutting-edge research in the fields of fundamental science and push the boundaries of human understanding, creating new technologies and contributing to global development.

The university explores neural and aerospace engineering, biophysics and nuclear science, quantum optics and aeromechanics. The university research center devices mathematical models to account for all of the diversity in nature.

MIPT research labs feature international teams driven by professors with global credentials and aspirations. Nobel Laureates Andre Gain and Constantin Navoselov who won a prize in physics in 2010 are MIPT alumni.

The university is tailoring and determining the success of society and humanity through science, and introducing excellent ways to look into the future. To date, MIPT pushes the boundary of human understanding with scientific principles and learning modules that are unrivaled anywhere in the world.

Some of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Achievements.

• MIPT has ranked in the top 100 spots in world university reputation ranking in the last two years by Times Higher Education (THE)
• MIPT ranks in the top 100 world universities for subjects like Physical Science and Computer Science and ranks in the top 300 world universities for Engineering, Technology, and Life Science by Times Higher Education (2020)
• MIPT is among the topmost reputable universities in Russia, presently rated as at the top 3 higher education institutions in the country.
• In Russia, MIPT stands as the most award-winning university, bagging several industries and scientific awards throughout its history. Ten professors from Phystech are Nobel Laureates winning prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Peace, and Astrophysics. Also, many of MIPT’s research specialists and doctors have been awarded Dirac medals, BBVA Foundation awards, and prizes in Fundamental Physics both in Russia and internationally.

Student Life at MIPT

Academics: MIPT is a leading research center with about 79 well-equipped laboratories for experiments and research. The major fields are biomaterials and microelectronics, energetics and specialized machine engineering, universal and specialized quantum computers, quantum cryptography, mechanisms of aging, genomic engineering, optogenetics, biomedical cell products, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, expert systems, cybersecurity, technical vision, space technology.

Phystech Start-Up: MIPT designed a project to support and develop student ideas and projects, students join mentoring educational programs to receive knowledge, advice, and recommendation on the development of projects from successful entrepreneurs, graduates of MIPT, and experts of tech companies.

Internships: In MIPT students have the possibility to secure internships at the best Russian and international companies. The experience gained contributes largely to the success of many of its student's careers after they graduate.

Campus Life at MIPT

MIPT has a very conducive and up-to-date campus that is very comfortable for life and study at the university. Present on campus are more than 15 buildings comprising of administrative buildings, academic buildings, medical centers, dormitories, cafeterias, and the other facilities, the university campus also has 24/hours security and surveillance. Phystech’s campus is located 20 minutes from Moscow, the heart of Russia.

Social Activities at MIPT

There are more than 50 student activities and clubs that cater to several student interests, MIPT students can participate actively in any of these clubs or societies and can even carve out their own in their own area of interest with approval from the university.

Student clubs are a brilliant way to interact, socialize and build social skills that resonate with the outside world. Examples of such clubs at MIPT include;

• History Club
• Intellectual Games Club
• Painting Club
• Literature Club
• Robotics Technology Club
• Artic Projects Club and many more

MIPT has strong partnerships with many leading universities, organizations and industrial companies both locally and internationally. Many global centers of research are also affiliated with the university, with remote research units on MIPT’s campus enabling student exchange and work and study opportunities on a global platform.

Similarly, a long list of industry companies and corporate organizations have ties with Phystech, fostering internship and job opportunities for MIPT students. Some of MIPT’S partner institutions include;

• Berkely University of California
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Ecole Polytechnique
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• McGill University

Some of MIPT’S partner research centers and companies include;

• Schlumberger Research & Development
• Hitachi and GE

In MIPT, there is a unique educational ecosystem based on a 70-year history of development. MIPT’s system of instruction called the ‘Phystech System’ was proposed by its founders. The key principles were outlined from the beginning, which entails;

• First students are trained by researchers of leading scientific and technological institutions with modern technical equipment.
• Secondly, students have individual works with the university,
• Thirdly each student begins their research from their second or third year of education and
• Lastly, upon graduation, the students have great knowledge of the modern methods of theoretical and experimental research and necessary engineering knowledge to solve technical problems.

The strong teaching of fundamental knowledge and extensive practical work in partner research institutions allow MIPT graduates to build a career in any field of professional activity.

The link between study and practice means students learn to apply their theoretical knowledge in the real world.

A Forbes 2019 rating on university graduates shows that MIPT is one of the top 3 universities with the most popular graduates, taking into consideration factors like average salary, presence of billionaires, membership in boards of directors of the largest Russian and international companies.

Noteworthy is that ten of Phystech alumni are amongst the top 200 entrepreneurs in Russia, and many of its graduates have gone on to found successful start-ups and tech companies.

Why Study at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

Accommodation moscow institute of physics and technology (mipt), on campus accomodation at moscow institute of physics and technology (mipt).

MIPT provides student housing at both its Dolgoprudny and Zhukovsky locations, as of now there are 14 student halls of residence owned and managed by the university and housing the majority of its students.

The dormitories come in different types and different specifications but they are all adequately maintained and equipped with all the necessary facilities.

Some of them are student dormitories with one or two bedrooms, a central kitchen space, and bathroom area, while the others are apartment-style rooms with kitchen and bathroom ensuite.

Every room at every dormitory has 24/hours electricity, heating, and wireless internet, similarly, all dorms are guarded full-time. Amenities refrigerator, washing machine, and microwave are also provided to students in the dormitory.

The type of campus housing that a student will get is contingent on their department and level of study as dormitories are separated int different spectrums to create a more relatable atmosphere for its students.

Accommodation price at MIPT can cost somewhere between 1,000 RUB to 2,000 RUB.

Off Campus Accomodation at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

Typically, some students opt to live in separate accommodations outside the university campus where there are many private houses and apartments that cater to various student budgets and need.

There are also several dormitories and private out-of-school lofts and pads that have different costs. The expense of leasing off-campus apartments changes from area to area in proximity to the city square and they have different conditions for rent.

Commonly, the cost of leasing a one-room condo is around 1,500 to 2,000 RUB per month and it depends on how extravagant the building is and the services they offer.

Renting an apartment out of campus usually means that utilities such as electricity, water, heating, cable tv, and internet all come separate from the rent and students would have to shoulder the bills per usage.

Sports at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

The sports and recreational facilities at MIPT’s campus help develop the competing spirit of its students and staff. The university has  3 sports centers, a Phystech stadium, and an Olympic standard swimming pool. The most anticipated sporting event at the university is the 24 hours traditional football contest amongst departments of MIPT, fondly dubbed as the ‘Match of the century’.

Phystech students, staff, and alumni actively participate in this 50-year long tradition that is one of the points of pride for the institution. In recent years, the university started the same event for swimming games called ‘Swimming of the century’.

At MIPT there are over 15 sports clubs and athletic activities such as Basketball, Water Polo, Table Tennis, Alpine Skiing, Mountain Climbing, Crossfit, Athletics, Yoga, Lawn Tennis, Fitness Aerobics, Football, Chess, Dancing, and many others. MIPT prioritizes its students' fitness and physical well-being as they contribute to healthy student life.

Food at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

Available on campus are several canteens and cafeteria that serve various meals to students and staff at different hours of the day. Students who take up residence in any of MIPT’s dormitories have access to the free canteen and buffet-style service for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The university also has a break area where other external restaurant chains have taken up space serving a variety of fast food and continental meals to students. The price of feeding at the university costs about 30 RUB to 50  RUB per person depending on their food choices. 

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About moscow.

Moscow is the capital and the largest city in Russia with a population of more than 12 million people located in the Moskva River in the west of the country. Moscow for Russians is the center of everything, and everything is centered here where all the headquarters of major Russian cooperations are located.

Moscow contributes the largest to the country’s economy both in industry and influence. Although the weather in Russia is believed to be quite severe, Moscow’s weather is milder than in other parts of the country. Moscow has the best university’s in Russia, one of which is the Moscow institute of physics and technology (MIPT).

Moscow enjoys a much higher standard of living compared to other cities and has one of the highest amounts of billionaires topping cities like London and Paris. Moscow is home to all the federal authorities of the country from federal to state levels and is heralded as a city of status.

Moscow also has the largest amount of English speakers and international residents that any other city in the country, the city is also very green with more green areas than New York or London.

The city center is a serene getaway with one of the largest parks where residents come to relax and unwind at the end of the day. The social life in Moscow is one of the best in the world, with a vast array of bars, pubs, and restaurants that serve all types of cuisine to suit most budgets. 

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