Graduate Student Research and Travel Funding
As part of our commitment to graduate training, he Global Change and Sustainability Center offers small grants to eligible graduate students. Applications for research funds are accepted biannually; travel grant applications are accepted quarterly.
These funds ($1,000-$3,000) can be used for thesis-related research needs; however, the research project must be multidisciplinary, combining your thesis interest with another area of focus.
Here is a list of funded student research projects.
"This small-grant program is a terrific help to students...It greatly enhances
the collaborative nature of research on campus."
Research Support
Eligibility and Requirements
- The graduate student's advisor must be an active member of the GCSC.
- The project or activity must be in an area related to the mission of the GCSC.
- Proposed projects must be interdisciplinary, branching out from the student's current thesis topic.
- Awardees must provide a 1-page summary of their activity within one year of receiving funds.
- Awardees will be expected to participate in and present the results of their research at the annual GCSC Research Symposium.
Proposal submission
(Please use this grant application form )
- Please submit a 1-page (max) proposal describing the proposed project or activity. Include the general objectives or hypotheses, general methods and expected outcomes. The proposal should be written for individuals from different disciplines. Avoid jargon as much as possible.
- Please submit a half-page budget description. The following items are non-allowable expenses: stipends, hourly wages, tuition, or other salary-related expenses and benefits.
- Please ask your faculty advisor to submit the following by the appilcation deadline:
- a letter of recommendation
- Faculty Activity Checklist (download)
- Letters of recommendation and all application materials should be sent to gcsc@utah.edu.
Winter timeline
Deadline: January 15th
Decision: March 1st
Funds available: March 1st
Summer timeline
Deadline: July 15th
Decision: September 1st
Funds available: September 1st
We expect that this competition will occur twice annually with deadlines of January 15th and July 15th.
Students receiving awards are eligible to re-apply again for future funding.
For more information, please contact:
Laurie Mecham, Program Coordinator
Travel Support
The GCSC is committed to supporting student participation in professional meetings. Travel awards of $500 are expected to assist students in leveraging other funds (e.g., from ASUU, Departments, and Colleges) to cover meeting expenses.
Eligibility and Requirements
- The student's advisor must be an active member of the GCSC.
- The work that the student is presenting must pertain to an area of research related to the mission of the GCSC.
- The work must be interdisciplinary.
- A student may not receive more than one GCSC travel grant per academic year.
- Students who receive travel grants will be expected to participate in and present their research at the annual GCSC Research Symposium.
Application submission
(Please use this grant application form.)
- Please send a copy of the student-authored abstract that was submitted to the meeting organizers. (On rare occasions, the GCSC will consider supporting travel for professional meetings at which the student is not presenting.)
- Include a brief letter to the GCSC explaining how the research is interdisciplinary and relates to the mission of the GCSC.
- Please ask your faculty advisor to submit the following by the appilcation deadline:
- a letter of recommendation
- Faculty Activity Checklist (download)
- Letters of recommendation and all application materials should be sent to gcsc@utah.edu.
Timeline
Deadline: January 15
Decision: March 1
Funds available: March 1
Deadline: April 15
Decision: June 1
Funds available: June 1
Deadline: July 15
Decision: September 1
Funds available: September 1
Deadline: extended to October 19
Decision: December 1
Funds available: December 1
