Mortenson Center Research Travel Grant Application

The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering is excited to support students enrolled in the Global Engineering Graduate Certificate program in conducting research for their Global Engineering-related MS thesis or PhD dissertation.  Students must have completed at least 18 graduate credit hours in their current degree program to be eligible for funding.  Students in joint BS/MS programs may apply for a grant if they have completed 18 graduate credit hours after being admitted to graduate status.

All proposals that involve the use of human subjects must be approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) before an award can be made.  If you are in the process of receiving approval when you apply, you must state that in the application and notify the Mortenson Center staff once you have the approval.  Students whose human research has been approved must include their IRB protocol number on the application form. 

Awards will be given in an amount up to $1,000 to cover travel expenses including lodging, transportation, and conference registration. Food expenses are not covered. Awards will be given as a scholarship and applied directly to the student's Bursar account.* You must be enrolled during the semester in which you apply for and receive funding. Awards will be counted as financial aid by the University and it is the responsibility of the student to understand what impact the award may have on current and future financial aid.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and applicants must apply at least six weeks prior to travel and no less than four weeks prior to the end of the semester. 

*In certain instances, with sufficient notice and coordination, it may be possible to apply funds to airfare (booked through Concur or Christopherson Business Travel) or conference registration.

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Please provide a narrative description of the research, including an explanation of how travel is essential to successful completion of the project. Specify the projected timeline of the research, including approximate dates of travel and expected date of completion of the thesis or dissertation; expected outcome(s) of the research; and the dissemination plan for the results (for example: in addition to completion of your thesis/dissertation, do you intend to present at a conference or submit one or more journal articles? If known, what do you intend these topics to be?) Approximately 1 page in length.
Please enter a budget itemizing activities and their estimated costs, with total amount requested. A budget justification and list of other funding sources to be used to support this research should also be included. Approximately 1 page in length.
Upload a cover page (completed and signed by both the student and the student’s thesis/dissertation chair).
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Upload a letter of support from your thesis or dissertation committee chair, approving of your research travel funding request, confirming availability of other funds (if any), and evaluating the likelihood of successful completion of the research project in the time specified.
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