Spring Travel Program Guidelines
A competition for an award to conduct research and research-related travel between January 1 and June 30.
The Arts and Sciences Spring 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 January 1 and June 30 of the Spring semester. Funds that are not utilized during the funding period will revert back to the Travel Program on July 1.
Eligible Faculty
- Tenured and tenure-track faculty members
- In addition, a portion of the funds are reserved for non-tenured, continuing faculty
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
Proposal Deadline
Spring Travel announcements are sent out around the beginning of September. Proposals are generally due to Tory Lightfoot sometime the first week of October.
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.