Conference Travel Grants

Travel grants for students to present faculty-mentored research at an academic conference. Check deadlines well in advance!

UGAR Conference Grants: General guidelines

Conference grants are awarded ONLY for costs directly associated with conference attendance (e.g. registration, travel, accommodations) and NOT for personal expenses such as professional clothing.
The presentation can be a talk, poster, or other format, and the student can be an individual author or one of multiple authors on the project.
Students must be recognized in the conference or meeting program as a presenter in order to be eligible for a conference grant.
- Funding is not awarded for students to attend conferences if they are not presenters.
- Funding is not awarded for presenting at a conference on campus or a conference that is sponsored by Dartmouth.
The research must have been conducted in collaboration with or under the supervision of a Dartmouth faculty member (college or professional school faculty)
Research conducted for a class is not eligible for funding. Contact the department or program that offered the class to determine whether they offer conference funding.
Students are eligible for one Senior Conference Grant and one Undergraduate Conference Grant during their undergraduate years at Dartmouth (see below).
- Students will be awarded one grant per conference – students may not apply for both grants for the same conference.

Timeline:

Applications are accepted each term from the first day of the term through the last day of regularly scheduled classes.
Applications are reviewed twice each term:
- Friday of week 5
- Last day of classes

Process:

When the student submits an application, the student's faculty research mentor will receive a notification requesting their endorsement of the application.
Applications will ONLY be reviewed if BOTH the student application AND the faculty endorsement have been submitted by the review date.
Applications will not be reviewed for conferences that have occurred prior to the review date.
Funding decisions will be sent within two weeks of the review date.
Funding will be available 2-3 weeks after award notifications.
Once funding has been disbursed for a given term, no further applications will be considered until the following term.

PLAN AHEAD! No exceptions will be made to this timeline and process.

Maximum of $1000

The presentation must be at a national or international academic conference (e.g. Society for Neuroscience, the American Geophysical Union, American Astronomical Society)
- Presentations at an undergraduate research conference held by another college/university are not eligible for these grants (but see Undergraduate Conference Grants below)
Only seniors are eligible
- In some cases, grants may be awarded to students presenting research after graduation. The student must provide a compelling justification for the request, and the conference cannot take place more than 1 month after graduation. The student must apply for the funding at least 2 weeks before they graduate.

Maximum of $500

Presentation can be at a national/international conference OR an undergraduate research conference

Funding for students to present research at conferences:

Neukom Institute Travel Grants: For presenting research that involves computational techniques in any academic discipline
Leslie Center for the Humanities Student Professional Development Fellowships: for internships, conferences, workshops, or other professional development activity related to the humanities.
Irving Institute Student Grants for Professional/Educational Growth: funding to attend or present research at an academic conference
Academic departments: Some academic departments/programs have funding for students to present at conferences. Funding is generally restricted to majors. Contact individual departments/programs for information.

Other potential sources of funding for presenting and/or attending conferences: