Graduate Student Professional Travel Awards

The Department of Human Sciences offers matching Graduate Student Professional Travel Awards of $250 for graduate students who present original research at professional meetings related to their area of study.

Purpose

  • Provide a significant professional development experience to Human Sciences graduate students
  • Encourage graduate students to share their research within the academic community
  • Recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship
  • Facilitate exchange between students, faculty, administration and the public

Eligibility

  • Graduate students actively seeking a degree in the Department of Human Sciences and those students advised by a department faculty member may receive department funds one time per academic year, in either autumn, spring or summer semester.
  • The applicant must be a presenter at a professional meeting or conference (i.e., applicant’s paper must have been accepted prior to completing application and their name must appear in the acceptance document). The award is not intended to support discussants or respondents.
  • Matching funds up to $250 from a faculty advisor and matching financial support from any other university office, most typically the college's Office of Research, Innovation and Collaboration.
  • In return for travel support, the recipient agrees to acknowledge the support of the Department of Human Sciences in a footnote on the conference paper and/or on a title page of their presentation.
  • Application for funds must be submitted before travel.

Steps to apply

  1. Submit your proposal to present at the conference or professional meeting and present document that it was accepted.
  2. Request and obtain written confirmation from your faculty advisor to fund up to $250, either in the form of a letter or email.
  3. Apply for ORIC Travel Grant funds of up to $250.
  4. If cost of travel exceeds funds provided by the advisor and ORIC, the department will match up to $250.
  5. Once funding approval is confirmed via email, the student will submit a spend authorization in Workday.