Student Research Grants Competition - Conference Presentation
This competition includes awards for graduate students traveling to present research at a conference or presenting at a virtual conference. Conference Presentation travel occurring between July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 is eligible for this award. For the Spring 2021 academic semester, applicants must be presenting at a minimum of two (2) virtual conferences to qualify for a Conference Presentation award. Please visit our program site and carefully read through the information presented regarding Conference Presentation funds before applying. Included is information on deadlines throughout the year, eligibility, award levels, FAQs, and more.
Important COVID-19 Update
Due to travel restrictions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Conference Presentation award funds may be used for virtual conference expenses.
- Award
- $1,200
- Organizations
- The Graduate School
- Deadline
- 06/30/2021
- Supplemental Questions
- Applicants can apply for SRGC - Conference Presentation or SRGC - Research Travel awards multiple times in one fiscal year (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021), but you can only be awarded once. Have you already applied for, not necessarily been awarded, an SRGC – Conference Presentation or SRGC - Research Travel award this fiscal year?
- Will you be presenting at and/or serving on a panel for at least two (2) conferences between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021? Please note that to qualify for a $1,200 award to attend a virtual conference, you must be presenting and/or serving on a panel at a minimum of 2 virtual conferences.
- If you are an international student: Are you currently residing outside of the United States?
- Conference Name & Conference website:
- Conference Location:
- Conference Dates (Note: Conference must start between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021). Please use the following format: mm/dd/yy - mm/dd/yy:
- Presentation Type:
- Please submit the name and email address of your faculty advisor or PI for this travel grant. When you save this application, an email will be sent with a link asking them to confirm your budget and that you will be presenting at the conference. No formal letter of recommendation is required.
- Provide the documentation you received from conference organizers confirming your presentation’s acceptance. Email acceptance, converted to a PDF, is an acceptable form of confirmation. If you have more than one PDF (ex. for multiple conferences), use the Adobe online PDF Merge tool to combine PDFs into one single PDF, or use the next question to upload another document.
- Please upload any addition documentation for your application.
- Please upload your conference abstract as a PDF.
- Please upload your proposed budget using our Travel Budget Template. Additional directions are found in the template.
- Award recipients are expected to be good stewards of university resources. Please describe the costs found in your budget and what you have done to ensure you have been economical in your choices.
- What is your total budget? This should include all expenses you expect to incur, not just those costs for which you are requesting funds.
- Choose the award level you are requesting. Please note that to qualify for a $1,200 award, you must be presenting and/or serving on a panel at a minimum of two (2) virtual conferences.
- Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all university-sponsored travel requiring an overnight stay (ground or air) requires approval from your college dean and/or Vice Chancellor. Single-day ground travel does not require approval. All air travel, regardless of length, requires approval. If your conference requires travel, please upload a completed Interim Essential Travel Request form approving your conference presentation travel. If presenting at a virtual conference, leave blank.
- Please upload a summary of your travel plans, if applicable. If presenting at a virtual conference, leave blank.
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