Funding Opportunities

Graduate Student Travel Awards

The semiannual Graduate Student Travel Awards Program provides funding for graduate students to travel to meetings, conferences, or symposia where they will present their research. All graduate students at The University of Arizona who are engaged in ISPE-related interdisciplinary research are invited to apply. Up to ten awards will be offered each semester with a maximum individual award of $500.

Requirements

1. You must be a current UA student at the time of travel.
2. You must be engaged in ISPE-related interdisciplinary research, which is defined as research that reflects ISPE's mission and focus areas, and that involves at least two disciplines.
3. You are eligible to receive one travel grant per academic year.
4. You may apply as many times as desired.
5. You must travel during the original proposed travel dates.
6. If you receive an award you must submit a two-page summary within two weeks of completion of the travel describing how you benefited from attending this meeting.

Application Procedures

1. Proposal cover sheet, coversheet.pdf
2. Two-page letter explaining why it is important to participate in the meeting,
3. Abstract,
4. Detailed budget with all anticipated costs. The maximum award will be $500. You should detail how the ISPE Travel Award will be augmented to facilitate your travel and how you will be covering other travel expenses,
5. Letter of recommendation from an ISPE faculty member.

Send proposals to:

Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
Attn: Teresa Carochi
715 N Park Ave, 2nd Floor
PO Box 210156
Campus Mail

teresac@email.arizona.edu

Selection

Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of ISPE faculty. Partial or full funding may be awarded at the discretion of the panel and the director of ISPE.

Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, Arizona Research Laboratories

The University of Arizona

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