Guidelines for Graduate Student Travel
and Research Support
Eligibility for Departmental Travel Funds
All regularly enrolled in graduate students who are in good standing in the Department and who are presenting a paper at a recognized academic conference are eligible to apply for travel support up to a maximum amount of $300 each academic year from the Travel Support Fund of the Department. Additional support for travel is also available from the Karpus Fund (restricted to travel undertaken in connection with a research project relating to Peninsular Studies) and the LoAnne Crane Award.
Application Procedure for Departmental Travel Funds
Applications for support from the Department's Travel Support Fund must be submitted on the appropriate form to the Director of Graduate Studies before the time of travel and will be reviewed by the Graduate Committee on an ongoing basis through the academic year.
All requests for conference travel support must be endorsed by the student's adviser and accompanied by an official letter of acceptance from the conference organizers.
Basis of Evaluation of Applications for Departmental Travel Funds
The merit of each proposal will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
- Relevance of the paper to the student's main field of concentration;
- Prestige of the conference for which the funds are requested (to be assessed by the Graduate Studies Committee);
- Applicant's stage of advancement within the graduate program.
Other Sources of Travel and Research Support
In addition to travel funds provided by the Department, there are a considerable number of other sources of travel and research support at the university of which the student should be aware. These include, but are not limited to the following:
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Graduate Research Small Grants Program, administered by the College of Humanities
http://humanities.osu.edu/studentinfo/grads/genfunding.cfm
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The International Dissertation/MA Thesis Research Travel Grants and the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Grants, both of which are administered by the Office of International Affiars
http://oia.osu.edu/
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The Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship and the Presidential Fellowship, administered by the Graduate School
http://www.gradsch.osu.edu/Content.aspx?Content=55&itemid=2
and
http://www.gradsch.osu.edu/Content.aspx?Content=48&itemid=2
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The Coca-Cola Critical Differences for Women dissertation grants, administered by the Department of Women's Studies
http://www.criticaldifference.osu.edu/DissertationGrants.htm
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The Tinker Foundation Travel Grants, administered by the Center for Latin American Studies
Tinker Foundation Travel Grants [PDF].
Announcements about the opening of competitions for these various awards are made periodically throughout the year. Further information may be obtained by consulting the Director of Graduate Studies of the Department.
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