Fall Travel Grants

Fall Travel Program Guidelines

A competition for an award to conduct research and research-related travel between July 1 and December 31.

The Arts and Sciences Fall Travel Program supports research and research-related travel by providing grants up to $500 for travel in Oklahoma and contiguous states and up to $1,000 for travel outside the Oklahoma region. Funds may be used to visit collections or research facilities, conduct research, meet with research collaborators, visit program managers when trying to secure extramural funding for research projects, or defray costs of attending a conference when making a professional presentation. Travel must occur between July 1 and December 31 of the Fall semester. Funds that are not utilized during the funding period will revert back to the Travel Program on January 1.

Eligible Faculty

Tenured and tenure-track faculty members
In addition, a portion of the funds are reserved for non-tenured, continuing faculty

Selection Criteria

Value of the plan of research or scholarly activity
Demonstrated need for funds
Recommendation of Department Head
Productivity as evidenced by an abbreviated CV that contains recent publications, presentations, and sponsored research projects

Proposal Preparation Instructions

General Formatting:

Single spaced
Font size: 11 or higher
Include applicant’s name and department in upper right corner of each proposal page

Proposal Documents

Project Description limited to 2 pages

Research projects should address the nature of the research to be conducted, past progress, and whether the research is part of a funded project or the initial work being done.
Projects to visit program managers should briefly describe the anticipated project and include the program manager’s name, agency name, and program.
Conference presentations should include conference title, location, and working title of the presentation. Travel funds are not intended to be used unless applicant is presenting.

Curriculum Vitae limited to 2 pages

Should include current and pending grants and publications for the past three years

Project Budget

Include the travel destination and a breakdown of expected costs Do not attach appendix material.

Proposal Deadline

Fall Travel announcements are sent out around the beginning of February. Proposals are generally due to Tory Lightfoot sometime the first week of March.

Review Process

Proposals will be evaluated by an anonymous panel consisting of three or more faculty from the college who represent the sciences, social sciences, arts and/or humanities and have not submitted an application in response to this RFP. Panel members will independently review and rate each application using these guidelines and departmental ranking letters. Final funding decisions will be made by the Associate Dean for Research.

Funding Notification

Applicants and Department Heads will be normally be notified of awards and/or declines by the third week of April.