Division of Student Life  UISG ECGPS

Grants

PAGs Travel Grants Quick Facts:

Meetings/conferences are an important part of graduate and professional students’ early career. It provides a great opportunity to get connected with the external world, to share ideas and broaden our knowledge. Connecting with old friends, learning about professional issues and resources, and making new professional connections are building blocks of the early career of graduate and professional students. ECGPS Travel Grant is a small way to help in career development by providing travel funding assistance to graduate and professional students who will present their work at conferences and professional or academic gatherings. The committee will fund students up to $300 and up to two applications to deserving applications at multiple deadlines throughout each fiscal year. Students can only receive one PAGs award per conference.

This grant provides funding to graduate and professional students that have been accepted or invited to give an original presentation at a conference. The format of the presentation varies with different disciplines and conferences; it includes but is not limited to original research, music recitals, artwork, film/cinema, posters, or oral presentations.

It does not include participating in a workshop or attending a conference if the student is not presenting original work.

Deadlines:

There are in total four application cycles. The 2012-2013 deadlines for Travel Grants for each cycle are:

 

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline. Applications that are received later than the mentioned deadlines will not be accepted or considered for the corresponding funding cycle, except only in cases deemed valid for late submission.

PAGs Professional Development Grants Quick Facts:

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. This grant was expanded in Spring 2010 to include international experiences for students that do not qualify under any of the other Professional Advancement Grants of the ECGPS. Students may apply for funding to attend events that take place during the award period fiscal year (July-June).  The committee will fund up to two applications per fiscal year per person. Students are eligible to receive no more than one Professional Advancement Grant award per conference.

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PAGs Research Grant Quick Facts:

PAGs Research Grant Deadlines:

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.

 

PAGs Service Grant Quick Facts:

Service Grants is the newest of all PAGs grants, starting this fiscal year 2012-13. It will provide funding to graduate and professional students who wish to conduct service projects or be key participants in service projects that are viable, relevant, sustainable, and of impact to the community. Students may apply for a service grant award 6 months prior to, during or one month after doing the service project, but can only receive one PAGs award per service project.

The PAGs will fund up to two applications per academic year per person. Students are eligible to receive no more than one Professional Advancement Grant award per service project.

Deadline:

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline. Applications that are received later than the specified deadlines will not be accepted or considered for the corresponding funding cycle, except only in cases deemed valid for late submission.