Grants & Awards

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Professional Advancement Grants (formerly: Scholarly Presentation Awards and Research Grants)

Professional Advancement Grants are available for students to present and fund original research in addition to offset the cost of professional development travel and participation.   These grants are controlled by ECGPS and administered and reviewed by the Professional Advancement Grants Committee (PAGs).

The Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students (ECGPS) is committed to helping  students at the University and is dedicated to making this process as objective as possible.

PAGs Travel Grants:

This grant provides funding to students that have been accepted to present original research at a conference. The format of the presentation varies with different disciplines and conferences; it includes but is not limited to music recitals, art, poster, or oral presentations. The committee will fund students up to $300 and up to two applications per fiscal year per person. Students may apply for an award prior to attending the conference or up to six months following a conference. Applications for the Presenting Travel Grants are available at the Graduate Student Senate website, http://gss.grad.uiowa.edu/funding/ecgps-pags-travel.

The 2009-2010 deadlines for Travel Grants are:

*Presenting Travel Grants are chaired by Majd Haddad (ecgps-pags-travel@uiowa.edu)*

PAGs Professional Development Grants:

This grant provides funding to students who are attending professional workshops and conferences that provide hands-on educational and professional experiences not available at the University of Iowa. Students may apply for an award prior to attending the conference or up to six months following the conference. Grant money must be used within 2 months of the end conference date for a future conference application and within 2 months of award dispersal for past conference application for reimbursement. The committee will fund up to one application per fiscal year per person. Each award is up to $250.

The Fall 2009 deadline for Professional Development Grants is:

11:59pm, Monday, October 19, 2009

The spring 2010 deadline will be announced in December. Please keep posted on this website for an updated application for Spring 2010.

11/2/09 Update: Funding decisions have been e-mailed to all applicants. Awards were reduced to $160 to accommodate the scoring distribution. Below is a breakdown of funding:

Total: 47% of applicants for Fall 2009 were funded

*Professional Development Grants are chaired by Farah Towfic (ecgps-pags-profdev@uiowa.edu)*

PAGs Research Grants:

This grant provides up to $1000 in funding for graduate and professional students to conduct qualitative or quantitative research with the aim of increasing their knowledge of or contributing to current scholarship in their particular field(s) of study. To be considered for funding, applicants must both demonstrate that the project represents a legitimate subject of scholarly research and explain the methods to be employed in researching this topic. Proposals to create works of artistic expression are not eligible for this award.  Furthermore, applicants should be able to explain why this research is important both to their own development as a scholar and to their field as a whole. Students conducting Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis work are especially encouraged to apply; however, any graduate or professional student with an original research proposal is eligible.

The Fall 2009 deadline for Research Grants is:

Monday, October 19, 2009

Research Grant Application (4 parts):
Instructions (PDF)
Cover Form (DOC)
Continuation Page (DOC)
Recommendation Letter Form (DOC)

*Research Grants are chaired by Matthew Calamia (ecgps-pags-research@uiowa.edu)*


Where can I find tips on grant writing?

The UI Office of Sponsored Programs has several tips on their website that you may find useful when you are writing your scholarly presentation application or research grant.