The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) at the University of Alberta is pleased to offer FGSR Graduate Travel Awards. To enter, applicants must have a GPA of 2.7 or higher that based on the most recent 15 credits of graded coursework and be registered full-time in the program at the time of application.
The award is open to financially support graduate students who travel in the interests of disseminating their research results or developing their research. Travel award offer of financial support is intended to assist with the cost of travel expenses for students’ active participation at a conference or research trip.
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Who May Eligible:
To eligible, the candidates must be following all the eligibility criteria:
- An eligible student can only receive one graduate travel award during a graduate program. This includes master’s students transferring or who have transferred to a Ph.D. program.
- All applicants must:
- Be registered full-time in their program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.
- Have a GPA of 2.7 or higher, based on the most recent 15 credits of graded coursework (or closest approximation thereof) in their current program at the time of application
- Master’s Students:
- Students in a master’s degree program must have completed no more than four years in the master’s program at the time of travel.
- If you are in a thesis-based program: at the time of application, you must have completed your preliminary coursework and other prerequisites (approximately the first two terms of your program and all grades must be final).
- You must be actively engaged in thesis research ( by registering in full-time thesis credits.
If you are in a course-based program: at the time of application, you must have completed at least two university terms of full-time coursework (grades must be final) in the program by the time you travel. - Course-based students are required to be registered full-time in each Fall and Winter term; spring/summer term registration is not required if full-time coursework was completed in the preceding Fall and Winter terms.
- Doctoral Students:
- Students in a doctoral degree program must have completed no more than six years in the doctoral program at the time of travel. This includes master’s students who have transferred to a Ph.D. program.
- At the time of application: You must have completed your preliminary coursework and other prerequisites completed your candidacy examination and are actively engaged in thesis research (registered in full-time thesis credits).
How to Apply & Competitions Rules:
To participate, the applicants must submit an online application form through the given link: https://cloudfront.ualberta.ca/-/media/gradstudies/forms-cabinet/awards/award-application-forms/graduate-travel-awards-application.pdf
Rules:
- To apply, you must submit all of the following documents by email to grad.awards@ualberta.ca from your ualberta.ca email account. You will receive an email to acknowledge receipt of your application.
- Documents must be copies of the official originals (ex. print out of email, a copy of the letter, etc), and must include the organizations’ particulars (signatures, email address, organization logo, URL’s, etc.)
- Do not copy and paste information into a Word document. Screenshots and jpag images will not be accepted.
Supporting Documents:
- If you are traveling to a conference, your application must include:
- Documentation from the conference organizers confirming your poster or paper has been accepted for presentation OR a letter of invitation to participate in a panel discussion or to exhibit your work
- Documentation from the conference organizers confirming your registration; the document should outline the cost for registration and what items are included in the registration fee (meals, accommodation, etc.).
- You must still send confirmation of registration if there is no registration fee.
Documentation confirming your acceptance/ invitation and registration must be in your name. - If your supervisor has submitted on your behalf and subsequently the documentation has been sent in their name, your supervisor must provide an explanatory memo to be included with your application.
- If the nature of your trip is research development, your application must include:
- Documentation from the organizers that confirms your participation to a data collection site, workshop, summer institute, etc.
- Documentation that you paid the associated expenses (eg. registration fee) if any.
- If the above documentation is not available, a letter of support from your University supervisor commenting on the significance of the trip for your research program.
- The letter must outline the specific dates and location in which you are undertaking your research.
Benefits:
- Variable, up to a maximum value of $1,500 depending on the estimate of eligible expenses provided by the student.
- The FGSR will offer as many travel awards as the annual budget will support.
- An eligible student can only receive one graduate travel award during a graduate program. This includes master’s students transferring or who have transferred to a Ph.D. program.
Application Deadline:
The application deadline is November 12, 2018.
