REEI DOMESTIC CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS
Deadline to apply: February 1, 2020
Applications for funding of faculty travel to conferences in North America (including Canada, Mexico, etc.) will be evaluated and awards made twice a year. Grants will not exceed $400, and faculty are encouraged to combine REEI funds with other IU sources. Only regular Russian & East European Institute affiliated faculty are eligible for support. Please contact REEI for information on becoming a faculty affiliate.
The spring application deadline is February 1 for travel that will be completed by August 14 of that year.
Applications will be ranked on the following basis:
1) paper presenters;
2) officers of national professional organizations whose attendance is required for committee or board meetings;
3) round table participants and panel commentators;
4) panel chairs; and
5) others.
There are no application forms. Applications should be submitted in the form of a memo either on paper or(preferably) by e-mail to martrott@indiana.edu and should include:
1) faculty name (and any change in contact information from last year);
2) name of conference;
3) confirmation of participation on program (if it is not printed in a national newsletter that REEI receives); and
4) short abstract or title of paper or 1 paragraph statement of importance of faculty member's attendance.
After the applications are ranked according to the above priorities, a final funding decision will be made as soon as possible after the application deadlines. Consideration will be given to the significance of the conference, the number of times REEI has supported the faculty member's travel in recent years, and the overall budget situation.
ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offers intensive advanced study of Turkish at Bogazici University during the summer 2020. Participants must have two years of Turkish language study or the equivalent. The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend. The application deadline will be in early February, 2020
Graduate Travel Awards
GRADUATE CONFERENCE TRAVEL AWARDS
The College Arts and Humanities Institute announces a competition (two times per year) for graduate students to support costs related to travel to professional conferences at which the student is presenting a paper.
Eligibility: Any Ph.D. or MFA student in the arts and humanities (in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University) may apply.
Students must be enrolled at IU in order to apply for and receive award funding.
REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA
Applications must consist of:
- 1-page cover letter outlining the significance of the conference in relation to the student’s work
- curriculum vitae
- brief abstract of the paper to be given (no more than 200 words)
- documentation that the student has had a paper accepted for the conference
- letter of support from a faculty advisor or the departmental DGS outlining the student’s progress toward the degree and the significance of the conference in relation to the student’s work
- documentation that there are no outstanding charges (zero balance) on student’s bursar account
Additional guidelines and best practices:
- applications should be written for an interdisciplinary audience of reviewers
- students should identify the significance of the conference in relation to their research/dissertation/MFA project, and career development/path
- do not use acronyms: names of conferences, methods, approaches, etc., should all be spelled out at first
Awards may be up to $1000.
Recipients must wait an academic year before reapplying.
2019-20 Deadlines:
- Friday, September 13, 2019 (for travel on or after October 15, 2019 — decisions are expected by October 11)
- Friday, February 7, 2020 (for travel on or after March 15, 2020 — decisions are expected by March 13)
NB: If other internal or external funding is received for the same project, CAHI requires notification, and reserves the right to adjust or reassign awards in light of this information. Awards cannot be given retroactively for conferences already attended before the date of award notification. Funding will come in the form of a fellowship that will be processed through SIS and credited to the recipient’s bursar account.
Please submit all materials electronically to cahi@indiana.edu by 5 p.m. on the date of the deadline.
DISSERTATION OR MFA THESIS RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS
The College Arts and Humanities Institute announces a competition (two times per year) for travel costs related to travel for the purposes of research (visits to archives, fieldwork, etc.).
Eligibility: Any Ph.D. student in the arts and humanities (in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University) who has completed all course work, been advanced to candidacy, and who is at work on the dissertation. MFA students must be within one year of completing their thesis work.
Students must be enrolled at IU in order to apply for and receive award funding.
REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA
Applications must consist of:
- 1-page cover letter outlining the research to be done and the necessity of the travel
- curriculum vitae
- brief abstract of the dissertation or thesis project (no more than 200 words)
- budget outlining expected costs
- letter of support from a faculty advisor, outlining the student’s progress toward the degree and the significance of the research trip in relation to the student’s work
- documentation that there are no outstanding charges (zero balance) on student’s bursar account
Additional guidelines and best practices:
- applications should be written for an interdisciplinary audience of reviewers
- students should identify the significance of the research trip in relation to their dissertation/MFA project, and career development/path
- do not use acronyms: names of conferences, methods, approaches, etc., should all be spelled out at first
Awards may be up to $2000.
2019-20 Deadlines:
- Friday, September 13, 2019 (for travel on or after October 15, 2019)
- Friday, February 7, 2020 (for travel on or after March 15, 2020)
NB: If other internal or external funding is received for the same project, CAHI requires notification, and reserves the right to adjust or reassign awards in light of this information. Awards cannot be given retroactively for travel occurring before the date of award notification. Funding will come in the form of a fellowship that will be processed through SIS and credited to the recipient’s bursar account.
Please submit all materials electronically to cahi@indiana.edu by 5 p.m. on the date of the deadline.
REEI/MELLON GRANTS FOR FACULTY TRAVEL AND RESEARCH
Faculty grants-in aid of research
The Russian and East European Institute administers the Mellon Faculty Grants-in-Aid of Research Program funded by the REEI Mellon Endowment. Under this program, all regular Institute faculty are eligible to apply for research grants of up to $700 per year. Priority will be given to the support of innovative proposals that show clear promise of developing into research projects of major significance and ultimately attracting substantial outside funding.
Priority will also be given to proposals that encourage research collaboration between faculty and graduate students and to well-qualified applicants who have not previously held grants under this program. Recipients of REEI Summer Faculty Research Fellowships are not eligible to receive this award a second time for the same project in a single academic year. Among the kinds of activities which might be supported are:
- Travel and per diem to initiate or complete research for a project.
- Support of research assistants.
- Source materials acquisition, photo-copying and computer expenses.
- Clerical support.
Application materials needed:
- The application form, including a budget statement and project description;
- A current curriculum vitae;
- Two letters of recommendation, one of which should come from the departmental chairperson.
Applications and supporting materials are due on October 1, January 15, and April 1, each year.
REEI-MELLON GRANTS FOR FACULTY: APPLICATION
Faculty international travel grants
REEI has set aside special Mellon Endowment funds (up to $850 per faculty member) to assist a limited number of faculty members in traveling to conferences abroad during each academic year. Applicants should be presenting a paper or otherwise participating in the program as a chair or discussant on a panel or roundtable. Note that for those traveling to conferences in North America (Canada, Mexico, etc.) should apply for the REEI Domestic Conference Travel Grants.
Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to apply to the Office of International Programs for travel support as well.
Application materials needed:
- Application form for Faculty Travel Grant/International
- Itemized budget of expected expenditures;
- A copy of the preliminary conference program showing the panel on which the applicant will be participating (or confirmation of faculty member participation from conference organizers);
- An abstract of the paper;
- Faculty members not presenting a paper should include a brief statement (one page) addressing the importance of their attendance for participation on a panel of for other purposes;
- Current c.v.
Applications are available at REEI or download the application.
Applications and supporting materials are due on October 1, January 15, and April 1 of every year
REEI-MELLON GRANTS FOR FACULTY: APPLICATION
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