Graduate Student Travel
Awards (Effective
November 2003)
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The department's A.E. Martell Travel Awards and Martin Corera Travel Awards
provide funds that are awarded on a competitive basis for the purpose of supporting
graduate student travel to scientific meetings or other appropriate scholarly
activities.
The department feels that such
travel opportunities are essential for the scientific growth and development
of
students.
Travel funds will be awarded twice each year. The deadline for Summer- and
Fall-semester travel award applications is March 1 each year, with
announcements
of recipients being made no later than April 1. Applications for
Spring-semester
travel awards are due by October 1 each year and recipients will be
announced
by November 1.
Applications for travel awards should include the following information:
Your name, year in graduate school at TAMU, and expected graduation date;
list of your publications (published and submitted only) and previous
presentations; research advisor's name;
your e-mail address, and your office/lab phone and room numbers; type
of scholarly activity for which support is requested (name of meeting,
location, etc.); the nature of your involvement at this activity (if
presenting a poster or giving a talk, please attach abstract). If this
is not a
commonly known
meeting
(examples of common meetings might include ACS, AVS, MRS, ECS, and Gordon
Research Conferences, etc.) please describe the format of the meeting
in one paragraph (number of participants, talks running in parallel or
serial, and anything else that is unique about the meeting). If the activity
or meeting organizers provide travel grant opportunities for graduate
students, please indicate if you plan to apply for these funds. Indicate
if your research advisor will be contributing to your travel cost for
this meeting, and if so to what extent (be sure to discuss this first
with your advisor!). Provide an estimated budget for your trip, including:
airfare, lodging, meals, registration, and other anticipated costs (indicate
source of your budget information). Explain what you have done to minimize
the cost (sharing a room, staying over Saturday night to obtain reduced
airfare, etc.). In one paragraph explain how this meeting will impact
your graduate student experience at TAMU. Indicate how
much you are requesting from the department. Awards typically range
between $400-$500, but all requests will be considered.
Selection:
Awards will be made based on the following criteria:
The meeting's ability to enhance the graduate
student experience. This will include issues such as the size of the meeting,
the extent to which students will be in contact with other students, faculty,
industry representatives, and so forth. Extent of participation in the meeting
(poster, oral presentation, etc.). Extent of matching funds from the meeting
organizers, research advisor, or other sources. Evidence of previous participation
at local (TAMU and the surrounding areas) meetings and related activities
(IUCCP, Friday noon seminar presentations, ACS regional meetings
in Texas, etc.); number of previous departmental travel grants awarded (no
more than one per academic year may be received).
Application Form
for Travel Awards
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