Conference Travel Grants

• 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.
• 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 must be submitted a minimum of two weeks before the conference.
  • Plan ahead as exceptions to this policy will not be granted. If the conference falls early in an academic term, you will need to apply by the deadline in the previous term. 
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and decisions are based on the student application and the availability of funding.
  • Once funding has been disbursed for a given term, no further applications will be considered until the following term. 
• Award notifications will be sent via email within two weeks after submission of a complete application (student application form AND faculty endorsement).

How to apply:

• Students are eligible for one Senior Conference Grant and one Undergraduate Conference Grant during their undergraduate years at Dartmouth. Students will be awarded one grant per conference – students may not apply for both grants for the same conference.
• Eligibility for UGAR grants and links to the two application forms are below.

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.

Link to application 

Maximum of $500

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

Link to application 

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:

• Rocky-Mini Grants
• Discourse Funds (for promoting dialogue and influencing social change)
• Dartmouth 4E Fund (to reduce financial barriers for students)