Support for Conference Travel
The Kellogg Institute recognizes the importance of academic conferences and acknowledges the financial barriers that graduate students may face in attending such conferences.
Purpose
To support travel to academic conferences where graduate students will present papers or are otherwise involved in scholarly activity related to their research.
Eligibility
The related research must pertain to international studies, addressing one or more of the thematic priorities of the Kellogg Institute: democratization and the quality of democracy; growth and development; religion and society; social movements and organized civil society; public policies for social justice. Applicants must be enrolled and in good standing in the departments of Economics, Political Science, History, Philosophy, Sociology, or Theology, or in the JSD Program in International Human Rights. Applications require that students exhaust departmental and Graduate School support (if it exists).
Levels of Support
Individual grants will not normally exceed $1,250 and proposals will be considered for any amount below this figure. Applicants are required to notify the Kellogg Institute of any funding received from another source; in most cases the Institute will adjust its award.
Application Procedure
Please submit:
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A letter indicating what the conference is, when and where it will be, what your participation at the conference will be, how it will contribute to your scholarship, and what your budgetary needs are. The Institute will prioritize conference participation for graduate students giving papers over those who are not presenting.
In addition, applicants must submit:
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An official transcript;
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A letter of support from the student’s principal advisor. The support letter should be sent directly to the Institute.
Criteria for Evaluating Proposals
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Quality of the proposal
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Student's academic record
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Relation of the research to Kellogg's priority themes
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Budget appropriateness
Deadline
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and should be submitted at least 3 weeks prior to travel.
Please submit your application to:
Denise Wright
Conference Travel Support Fund
University of Notre Dame
Kellogg Institute, 201 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5677
