Graduate Student Travel Awards
Department Awards
Graduate student Xiaoren Chen presenting at the 2006 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Department has funds to help graduate students offset the cost of travel to national or international meetings at which they are presenting their work as either a platform talk or a poster.
- Awards of up to $300 are available
- Students must be presenting work at the meeting to qualify for a travel award
- Students are eligible to receive a Departmental travel award once per academic year
Students should submit a request to the Graduate Program Director at least six weeks prior to the meeting. The request letter should include: the full name (no abbreviations) and date of the meeting, title of the presentation, presentation format (talk or poster) and state the desired award amount (not to exceed $250) and be signed by both the student and the student's advisor. The request must also be accompanied by the conference abstract which includes the full list of authors and a letter of acceptance from the conference.
University Awards
Professional Development Award
The Professional Development Award of up to $500* also is available through the Office of Graduate Studies. The deadline for application for a travel award is one month prior to the time of travel.
*The University Travel Award requires matching funds from some other source, and this requirement is satisfied by the Department's Travel Award.
The Commission on the Status of Women's Student Travel Award
The Commission on the Status of Women's Student Travel Award has a value of up to $100. The award is intended to improve the position of women at the University of Delaware in two ways: by encouraging all graduate and undergraduate students to present scholarly papers and participate in panel discussions and other activities dealing with women's issues; and by supporting women students participation in professional organizations. Application deadlines occur during the spring and fall semesters.
Support for International Research, Internships, and Performances
Support for International Research, Internships, and Performances is available from the Office of Graduate and Professional Education and The Center for International Studies. This competitive grant program will provide funding of up to $5,000 to advanced graduate students at the doctoral and master's level campus wide to support global research travel during the summer of 2009 through winter session 2010 that will significantly enhance scholarship opportunities and/or provide interesting and important venues for creative work and internship experiences. Application deadline is February 16, 2009.
Support for Collection-Based Research
Support for Collection-Based Research is available from the Office of Graduate and Professional Education and the Center for Material Culture Studies. Graduate students must travel to historic sites and museums to study collections and to utilize library and archival holdings for dissertation and thesis research and data collection in material culture studies and other disciplines. This matching competitive grant program will provide funding of up to $300 to graduate students at the doctoral and master's level to support short-term collection-based research travel. A student may apply for funding only once each fiscal year (July 1 - June 30).
