Conference Grants

GRO Conference Grant Application (2024-25) is now closed!

Please, check in later for the next application cycle.

Purpose

The Conference Grant Program is designed to assist Homewood campus graduate students in presenting / attending academic and professional conferences and seminars and, if selected from a random lottery, receive funds in the form of a reimbursement.

Eligibility Info

Conference grant eligibility is determined by the attendance of a department’s elected/appointed representative. In order to be eligible, a department must attend at least 50% of GRO General Council meetings in the semester prior to the current lottery period. A list of eligible departments is included below:

Updated on November 13th, 2024. Valid for Fall 2024 conference cycle.

Eligible departments:

  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  • Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophysics
  • Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Comparative Thought and Literature
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Engineering Management
  • English
  • Environmental Health and Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • History
  • History of Art
  • History of Science and Technology
  • Information Security Institute
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Modern Languages and Literature
  • MSE Robotics
  • Near Eastern Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Political Science
  • Psychological & Brain Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Writing Seminars

Ineligible department(s):

  • Mathematics

You may request your department’s GC reps to contact the GRO secretary ([email protected]) and GRO Funding and Administration Chair ([email protected]), if they feel that they have attended the meetings as required and it is reflected incorrectly here.

Award Lottery Info

Applications are reviewed and then selected based on a random lottery system.

Currently, travel grants consist of a $500 award that can be spent on transportation, lodging, registration fees, and production expenses related to scholarly participation in the conference (photocopying, posters, etc.).

Further details and the lottery system can be found in the current PDF Document: GRO Conference Grant Policy (Updated 10/07/2024)

Most of the common questions and situations can be answered on our FAQs page.

The GRO Funding and Administration Chair generally distributes conference grants. If you have specific questions that are not addressed here or on the FAQs page, please e-mail us at [email protected].

Other Sources of Funding

Aside from the GRO Conference Grants, there are other forms of external funding avialable for graduate students. For information on your eligibilty for these funds and how to attain them please visit our External Funding FAQs page.

 

Past Winners

A conference attended by one of our Spring 2024 grant winners. This could be you!

2024

Spring – Prachi Agarwal (PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering), Dhanvini Gudi (PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering), Marlis Hinckley (PhD History of Science and Technology), Harrison Khoo (PhD Mechanical Engineering), Chrisitine Kim (PhD History of Art), KB Ko (Masters Biomedical Engineering), Ruoyu Li (PhD Political Science), Felix Parker (PhD Civil Engineering), Anna Wherry (PhD Anthropology), Qi Xie (PhD Chemistry), Alexander Baert Young (PhD History)

Winter – Sheharyar Imran (PhD Political Science), Natalie Murphy (PhD Biology), Mozhgan Navardi (PhD Electrical Engineering), Susy Tekunan (PhD Political Science)

2023

Fall – Serene Kamal (PhD Electrical Engineering), Almut Slizyk (PhD German), Anthony Song (PhD Biomedical Engineering), Liang (Victor) Xiang (PhD Biomedical Engineering)

Summer – Soo Jin Choi (PhD Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering), Jessie Croteau (PhD Political Science), Natsuki Furukuwa (PhD Biomedical Engineering), Irene Kim (PhD Computer Science)

Spring – Farzin Ahmadi (PhD Civil Engineering), An Chi Chen (MSE Robotics), Max Zhaoshuo Li (PhD Computer Science), Aishwarya Pantula (PhD Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

2022

Winter – Celia Fernandez Brillet (PhD Biomedical Engineering), Cyril Cook (PhD Biophysics), Manasi Malik (PhD Cognitive Science), Xinyu Zhao (PhD Economics)

 

Good luck!