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Financial Aid/Scholarships

Graduate Student Travel Fund

The School of Social Work has a limited number of scholarships available to assist students during their programs of study. The criterion for each scholarship varies. Applications are provided by the School of Social Work and are due before the start of the fall semester each year. Applications for the following scholarships are not provided until the applicant is accepted into a master of social work program.
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Graduate Student Travel Fund .
The Graduate Student Travel Fund was established to support graduate students engaged in independent scholarly research, scientific inquiry, inventive technology, and original artistic activity. The fund supports graduate student travel to meetings or events sponsored by professional organizations for the purpose of reporting the results of research, exhibiting or performing creative works, or otherwise disseminating results of their scholarly activity. This fund does not cover conference attendance for other purposes (e.g., as a non-presenting attendee or workshop participant), nor to present the findings of another's scholarly work.

To be eligible for a grant from the Graduate Student Travel Fund, an applicant must be regularly admitted to a graduate degree program, in good academic standing, enrolled in at least six hours in the semester or three hours in the session that the research takes place (students on “continuous enrollment” status are exempt from this requirement), and the sole and principal investigator.

Applicants whose research involves human subjects, animals, and/or bio-safety requirement must provide documentation of prior approval of the research proposal by the appropriate university review body.

Grants will range up to $600.00 for those applicants selected for funding. The amount will depend, in part, on the number of applications received and the budget available and, in part, on the priority given the application by the selection committee. Normally, preference is given to applications submitted before the research project has been completed. However, applicants should be aware that not all applications may be selected for funding and that not all applicants may receive the amount of funding requested. Applications are available at The Graduate College [for more information, click here]. Application deadline: September 15, November 1, and March 15.

 

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