Graduate Conference Travel Grant

Funding Amount
Up to $2,000
Deadline
Apply 30 Days Before Travel
Audience
Graduate Students
Opportunity Type
Other
Sponsoring Unit
Kellogg Institute

The Kellogg Institute offers this grant to doctoral student affiliates for travel to academic conferences where they are presenting papers.

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Key Dates

No later than 30 days prior to the start of proposed travel.

Submission Requirements

A complete application consists of:

  • Conference Grant Application form which includes budget questions, including information on other sources of funding. The Kellogg Institute will support per diems up to 50% for food of the domestic and international rates available on the State Department website at www.GSA.gov. Per diem allowance on partial days of travel (first and last days of trip) will be half the approved per diem rate.
  • Budget item(s) supporting documentation (e.g. airbnb quote)
  • A letter that explains: How this conference will contribute to your scholarship and the connection between this work and the core democracy theme of the Institute
  • An up-to-date Graduate CV
  • Documentation of conference participation: Please upload document (in PDF) showing confirmation of conference participation (e.g., written confirmation, conference program) or, if another forum, a copy of the formal invitation to present your research.
  • Support from the student’s principal advisor
  • An official Notre Dame transcript (e-transcripts will be accepted)

Contact

Lupe Ramirez, senior program manager of visiting fellowships and graduate student affairs, gramirez@nd.edu