The Graduate School Student Travel Grant has three application cycles per year for domestic (including Mexico and Canada) and international (excluding Mexico and Canada) travel:
The Graduate School offers partial funding for CU Boulder graduate students to present their work at meetings or conferences outside Colorado. The Graduate School provides a travel grant of $300 for domestic conferences and $500 for international conferences. Funds will be applied directly to the student's university account after the dates of travel have passed and proof of travel has been submitted (you must be enrolled during the term that the travel occurs or the funds will applied to the next term you are enrolled). If the account balance is zero, a refund via direct deposit or physical check will be disbursed by the Bursar's Office. If the account balance is not zero, the funds will go toward covering that balance. The grant is treated like a fellowship and reported to the Office of Financial Aid; therefore, please be aware it may affect your student loan package. This grant is contingent on account funding by the Graduate School.
Eligibility Requirements
If you received travel grant funding from the Graduate School during the last application cycle (May for current fall applicants, November for current spring applicants) you may not apply during this cycle. Masters students can receive travel funding once, and PhD students can receive funding twice during their studies at CU.
Required Elements
Here are the required elements on the application:
Note: If you are planning to attend a conference, but do not have an acceptance letter/email yet – you should still apply! Contact graduate.contest@colorado.edu for further details.
Applications must be submitted through Academic Works: To access Academic Works, log into the Buff Portal and click on the menu icon in the top, left corner. Click on "Finances" in the available list, which will open a new page. Find the 'Scholarships' block and click on 'Apply For & Manage Scholarships' which will take you into Academic Works. Search for the Graduate School Travel Grant and select the proper one (international or domestic) to apply!
Please note that all first-time users of Academic Works are prompted to fill out a ‘general application’ before being able to search the system and apply to other grants, scholarships, etc. This general application will allow you to match automatically with other scholarships in the system, but is not required for the Graduate School opportunities. Therefore, if you would like to be considered for other possible scholarship opportunities feel free to thoughtfully fill out the general application. If you do not wish to be considered, you must still fill it out, but you can type N/A in the spaces. This form is not required for this award and will not be considered during the judging.