Conference Travel Grants are available to graduate students who have presented or will present papers addressing subjects dealing with British and/or Irish Studies, at a conference during the current academic year or first semester of next academic year. A grant funds up to $650.00 for conferences held in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and up to $1,200.00 for conferences held in other countries. Partial grants may be awarded at the discretion of the awarding committee.
Application Deadline: The university has suspended all academic travel and graduate travel grants will remain on hold until this policy is rescinded.
The paper must be related in some way to the study of British and/or Irish Studies. The conference may be located anywhere. Delivering a conference paper in the UK or Ireland does not automatically qualify unless the paper is related to British and/or Irish Studies. Awards will NOT be given for attending a conference without delivering a paper.
Preference will be given to students presenting at major national or international conferences (as opposed to local or regional ones), and/or to those whose presentation is related to work on a thesis or dissertation, but other students may also apply.
Complete Applications Must Include
- The paper must be related in some way to the study of British and/or Irish Studies (simply attending a conference in the UK does not qualify).
- Generally speaking, the awarding committee will tend to give preference to students presenting at major national or international conferences (as opposed to local or regional ones), and/or to those whose presentation is related to work on their thesis or dissertation, but other students may also apply.
- All materials must be sent by email to cbis@colorado.edu.
Complete applications must include the following:
- Confidential Letter of Recommendation- Request a confidential letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor familiar with your work, sent by that faculty member via email attachment to cbis@colorado.edu by the due date. Letters should comment on the student's qualifications and on the importance of the student's participation in the conference.
- One email to cbis@colorado.edu with the following items attached. (Please include your name in the titles of all attached documents.)
- A single document (.doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf) with the following:
- The application form
- A brief description of your paper followed by an explanation of how it fits into your field of specialization and how you anticipate this particular conference will help your research and/or career (please try to be more specific than “I will meet important people in my field"). This must be no longer than 500 words, double-spaced, with standard margins, in 11-point or 12-point standard font (such as Times New Roman).
- A detailed budget listing your expenses (registration, transportation, accommodations, meals). Applicants are expected to book reasonable-cost housing in order to minimize accommodation costs. In the case of London stays, please indicate whether you have applied for the use of the Hazel Barnes flat and note the result of your application.
- The acceptance letter or email you received from the conference organizers. A forwarded acceptance email or .pdf scan of a hard copy letter are both acceptable.
Please email any questions to cbis@colorado.edu.