On this page is a listing of travel grants, both for grad students and postdocs. Fellowships, summer programs, and Postdocs are located on other pages.
Travel grants should be listed (and updated!) in chronological order. Current travel grants should be listed from nearest deadline to most distant, while past travel grants should be listed from most recently past to the longest past. Begin your listing with a subsection header so that it appears in the table of contents. If you'd like to have a separate wiki page for your travel grant, you're more than welcome, but please place the link to that page in the appropriate place.
Deadline: 10.29.2007
Applicants: US Citizens who have not had significant exposure to Asian culture or Asian studies.
The Luce Scholars Program provides stipends and internships for fifteen young Americans to live and work in Asia each year. Dating from 1974, the program's purpose is to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society.
Those who already have significant experience in Asia or Asian studies are not eligible for the Luce Scholars Program. Candidates must be American citizens who have received at least a bachelors degree and are no more than 29 years old on September 1 of the year they enter the program. Nominees should have a record of high achievement, outstanding leadership ability, and a clearly defined career interest with evidence of potential for professional accomplishment.
Luce Scholars have backgrounds in virtually any field-other than Asian studies-including medicine, the arts, business, law, science, environmental studies, and journalism. Placements can be made in the following countries in East and Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Website. Apply through the Graduate Fellowships Office.
Deadline: 10.29.2007
Applicants: US Citizen between 19 and 26 years old.
Churchill Scholarships offer American students of exceptional ability, enrolled at one of the institutions participating in the program, the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics and the sciences at Cambridge University. Applicants for a Churchill Scholarship must be citizens of the United States and must be enrolled in one of the institutions participating in the scholarship competition (UCB included). Upon taking up a Churchill Scholarship, one must be between the ages of 19 and 26, hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a United States college or university, and may not have attained a doctorate.The criteria for the selection of Churchill Scholars include the following: Achievement in academic work as indicated by course grades; scores on the Graduate Record Examination; capacity for original, creative work as shown by special recognition and letters of reference; character, adaptability, demonstrated leadership, and concern for the critical problems of society; good health.
Applications may be downloaded from the web at
website
Contact the Graduate Fellowships Office in 316 Sproul Hall for more
information (642-0672).
The deadline to submit applications is Friday, November 3rd, by
4:00pm to the Graduate Fellowships Office.
Ariana Paniagua
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Fellowships
316 Sproul Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-5900
Ph. (510) 642-0672
Fax: (510) 643-1524
Deadline: 11.01.2007
Applicants: Grad students for fellowships, postdocs for grants.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $20,000) and grants (normally $4,000) to individuals to pursue research or study in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. Awards are made in all fields.
Applicants must have a well-defined research or study project that makes a stay in Scandinavia essential. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents. Applicants must have completed their undergraduate education by the start of their project in Scandinavia. Team projects are eligible, but each member must apply as an individual, submitting a separate, fully-documented application. First priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received an ASF award. Only in exceptional cases will a third award be considered.
The ASF considers it desirable that all candidates have at least some ability in the language of the host country, even if it is not essential for the execution of the research plan.
Projects should be planned to fall within the summer 2008 - summer 2009 period. Grants are considered especially suitable for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts to carry out research or study visits of one to three months duration. Fellowships are intended to support a year-long stay. Priority is given to candidates at the graduate level for dissertation-related study or research. The awards support project-related costs, including maintenance, trans-Atlantic round-trip travel, in-country travel, tuition and fees (where applicable) and materials expenditures (e.g., books, photocopying, art supplies).
Deadline: 11.05.2007
Applicants: Anyone
For full-time dissertation research overseas in modern foreign language and area studies by U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Funding is for six to 12 months. Grants are not awarded for projects focusing on Western Europe or for research in countries where the U.S. has no diplomatic representation.
Deadline: 11.15.2007
Applicants: US Citizens
Study Scholarships are awarded to highly qualified graduating seniors and graduate students of all disciplines to provide the opportunity to study in Germany, or complete a postgraduate or Master’s degree course and obtain a degree from a German higher education institution.
Deadline: 11.15.2007
Applicants: US Citizens
Research grants are awarded primarily to highly qualified PhD candidates and post-doc researchers for research or a course of study and training at universities or other institutes in Germany.
Deadline: 12.12.2007
Applicants: Grad students
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in Japan.
The Award amount has been amended to reflect the increase in the stipend amount to $5,000.
Deadline: 08.01.2008
Applicants: US Citizens
For short-term visits between January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009.
Research grants are awarded primarily to highly qualified PhD candidates and post-doc researchers for research or a course of study and training at universities or other institutes in Germany.
Deadlines: 02.01, 05.01, 10.01 of every year
Applicants: Women postdocs
The objective of the NSF-AWM Travel Grants program is to enable women to attend research conferences in their fields, thereby providing a valuable opportunity to advance their research activities and their visibility in the research community. By having more women attend such meetings, we also increase the size of the pool from which speakers at subsequent meetings may be drawn and thus address the persistent problem of the absence of women speakers at some research conferences.
Travel Grants:
Deadlines: 02.01, 05.01, 10.01 of every year
Applicants: Presenters at conferences only.
The Graduate Assembly (GA) recognizes that many of our graduate students are at the forefront in their studies. A well-rounded graduate student’s education often requires students to attend conferences and/or seminars not only on the campus of UC Berkeley, but also nationally and/or internationally. For this reason the GA has created this grant to be used exclusively to help fund graduate students’ travel needs to conferences outside of the Bay Area. As of the summer of 2006, changes have been made to the travel grant’s guidelines on awarding these requests. Only graduate students who are presenting at a conference are eligible to receive $300. Any winners of the travel grant may only receive this award once every two years. Funding is currently not available for non-presenters or for dependent care expenses. Students are selected by lottery and the award is given in the form of a reimbursement, which should be filed within 30 days of travel.
Eligibilities
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This grant is not currently available due to budget cutbacks (July 11, 2008).
Update: This seems to have been reinstated!!! (December 12, 2008)
Deadline: 3 weeks before travel
Applicants: Conference Presenters
Ph.D. students in the final stages of their graduate work may apply for funds to attend professional conferences where they will present a paper or a poster on their dissertation research and make professional contacts. The maximum amount awarded is $500. Only one conference travel grant will be awarded per academic career. No reimbursements are granted. The requirements are:
Questions may be directed to the Graduate Fellowships staff at (510)642-0672.
Deadline: None
Applicants: Grad students and postdocs
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) offers young highly qualified U.S.-American scientists and scholars to carry out a research project of their own choice in Germany. The fellowships enable young American Scientists and Scholars to conduct research for nine to eighteen months within a period of up to three years. Fellowship holders are expected to spend at least three consecutive months per annum in Germany. Researchers of all disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for individual disciplines.
The most important criteria for selection are the applicant's (international) publications to date and the quality and feasibility of the research proposal. Applicants choose their own research projects and their own German hosts. Details of the research project and the time-schedule must be agreed upon with the prospective host in advance.
Monthly research fellowships of between EUR 2,100 and EUR 3,000.
Deadline: None
Applicants: Postdocs to research in Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified, early-stage researchers from abroad, who hold doctorates, to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany . Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of at least 6 and at most 12 months; an extension of up to 24 months is possible. Researchers of all nationalities and disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for individual countries and disciplines.
Funding is not available for short-term study visits, participation in conferences, or training courses.
Research fellowships are offered world-wide on a competitive basis. The most important criteria for selection are the applicant's (international) publications to date and the quality and feasibility of the research proposal. Applicants choose their own research projects and their own German hosts. Details of the research project and the time-schedule must be agreed upon with the prospective host in advance. Applications to continue a research stay which has already begun may be considered in exceptional cases. (Further information can be found in the FAQs).
Monthly stipends range from € 2,100 to € 3,000; special allowances are available for accompanying family members, travel expenses, and German language instruction.
Deadline: None
Applicants: Postdocs
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified, early-stage researchers from abroad, who hold doctorates, to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany . Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of at least 13 and at most 24 months. Researchers of all disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for individual disciplines.
The most important criteria for selection are the applicant's (international) publications to date and the quality and feasibility of the research proposal. Applicants choose their own research projects and their own German hosts. Details of the research project and the time-schedule must be agreed upon with the prospective host in advance.
Deadline: None
Applicants: US, UK, French, German or Canadian citizens who are grad students or fairly recent postdocs.
The program is offered to young pre- and postdoctoral researchers from the five countries of the US, UK, France, Germany and Canada. Held over a 2-month period in the summer, the program provides the participants with an orientation in Japanese language and culture and an opportunity to do cooperative research at a Japanese university or research institute. The orientation is held at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) during the first week of the program. It comprises Japanese lessons, home stay and other components (which may vary by year). After the orientation, the participants go to their respective host institutions where they conduct joint research under the guidance of their Japanese host researchers. At the end of August, the participants re-gather before going home to present reports on their summer experiences.
Fellowships are awarded for a period of two months starting from 12 June through 22 August.
JSPS receives applications for this program only through the foreign nominating authorities listed on the website.
According to Alan Weinstein, Berkeley has an exchange program with Keio University, whose math department would be pleased to host our students through this program. Alan has been a frequent visitor to Keio and would be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Deadline: None
Applicants: Grad students and postdocs from US, Canada and Europe.
The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities to young pre- and post-doctoral researchers from the US, Canada and Europe (*) to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. In so doing, the program is designed to help advance the research of the visiting fellows, while augmenting opportunities for young researchers to come to Japan from abroad.
Eligible countries are the US, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Italy, Finland, the other European Union Countries (as of 1 April 2008), Switzerland and Norway.
Fellowships are awarded for a period of 1 to 12 months
Deadline: 3 months before start of fellowship period
Applicants: Grad students with a host university in Finland
The CIMO Fellowships programme is open to young researchers (after Master-level but not post-doctorate) from all countries and from all academic fields.
The scholarship period may vary from 3 to 12 months. The monthly allowance is 810-1 200 euros (in 2006). The scholarship is intended to cover living expenses in Finland for a single person. No additional allowance for housing is paid. Expenses due to international travel to and from Finland are not covered by CIMO.
How to apply?
The prerequisite for applying is that the visiting researcher must have established contacts with the Finnish host university. The Finnish university department wishing to host him or her applies to CIMO for the grant.
Applications should be submitted at least 3 months before the intended scholarship period. Please note that although the application form is in Finnish, Swedish and English the guidelines are only in Finnish as it is the Finnish host department who applies for the grant to CIMO.
Deadline: Unspecified
Applicants: Grads and Postdocs
All nationalities may apply to the the Guest Scholarship Programme. Exceptions: Citizens from Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway) are not eligible, while students from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and certain parts of Russia should apply to the Visby Programme instead.
The programme is administered by the Swedish Institute. It is intended to support master's level or advanced level studies in all subjects at a Swedish Institution of higher education.
Deadline: 09.19.2007
Applicants: Anyone
Fulbright IIE and Other Grants for Graduate Study Abroad Applicants must be U.S. citizens holding a B.A. degree or equivalent before the beginning date of the grant. Provides round-trip travel, tuition, books, and stipend for one academic year. Approximately 900 awards are available for study in over 70 countries. Applies to course work, master's or dissertation research.
For more information about the Fulbright program and application process, contact Gina Farales, UC Fulbright Program Adviser, by phone at (510) 642-0672 or email gfarales@berkeley.edu.
Berkeley deadline: 09.19.2007 Fulbright deadline: 10.19.2007
Deadline: 03.23.2007
Applicants: Postdocs with a Norwegian sponsor/research institution.
The Norwegian Marshall Fund was established in 1977 as a gesture of appreciation of the fundamental importance of the Marshall Plan for Norway during the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. The Fund was made possible through contributions from Norwegian individuals and corporations as an expression of gratitude from the Norwegian people to the people of the United States.
The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support for Americans invited to come to Norway to conduct post-graduate study or research in areas of mutual importance to Norway and the United States, thereby increasing knowledge and understanding and strengthening the ties of friendship between the two countries. From 5 to 15 individual grants in various fields have been awarded each year for nearly 20 years.
Requirements: Citizens of the United States, who have arranged with a Norwegian sponsor or research institution to pursue a research project or program in Norway are encouraged to apply for an award. Under special circumstances, the awards can be extended to Norwegians for study or research in the United States.
Amount: The size of the individual grants depends on the research subject, purpose and the intended length of stay in Norway. In previous years, the grants have varied from NOK 10,000 to 30,000 (ca. USD 1,500 to 4,500).
Deadline: 03.15.2007
Applicants: Professors, postdocs (and maybe grad students?) to research in China
These grants are used to support travel of mathematical scientists at institutions in the U.S. or Canada on visits to research colleagues in China, and to support travel of (generally, less-senior) mathematical scientists from China to the United States (or Canada), for visits with U.S. or Canadian research colleagues at U.S. (or Canadian) institutions. While trips may sometimes be combined with conference attendance, funds from this program are not to be used specifically to support conference attendance. Preference will be given, in the case of American or Canadian travelers, to eminent mathematicians whose visit will have a positive impact on the mathematical research community in China. In the case of Chinese travelers, preference will be given to scientists in the beginning stages of their research careers.
It is expected that the host institution will provide some type of additional support for the travel or subsistence of the visitor, to ensure a stay of suitable length.
Deadline: 03.13.2007
Applicants: Advanced PhD Students
The Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust offers fellowships to outstanding American students for advanced graduate study and research in France. The research topic should be unique to France and one that can only be pursued in that country. Awards are for one academic year. A stipend of approximately $20,000 will cover the cost of educational fees, necessary travel, and living expenses while in France. Applicants must be enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, or at an educational institution in France during the tenure of the fellowship.
The Lurcy Fellowship Program is designed for advanced Ph.D. students.
The Lurcy Trust will select one candidate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Announcement and Application.
Deadline: 02.02.2007
Applicants: Postdocs
A professional travel grant in the amount of up to 25,000 SEK in support of intensive research trips to Sweden of two to four weeks in length. Applicants should have well-developed projects within the fields of public policy, economics, science, healthcare, education, media or culture. The grant is specifically intended for professional enrichment and is thus not applicable to work related to academic degrees, programs or conferences. Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible.
The next application deadline is February 2, 2007, with decisions announced in May for proposed research trips taking place between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008.
Deadline: 02.01.2007
Applicants: U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have a PhD.
The Short-Term Travel Grants program provides fellowships for up to eight weeks to US postdoctoral scholars and holders of other graduate degrees for independent or collaborative research projects in Europe and Eurasia. Fellowships are available to applicants who demonstrate how their research will make a substantive contribution to knowledge of the contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments in the region and how such knowledge is relevant to US foreign policy. The US Department of State Title VIII Program, the primary source of support for the STG Program, supports research topics that strengthen the fields of Eurasian and East European studies, and that address US foreign policy interests in the region, broadly defined. Historical or cultural research that promotes understanding of current events in the region is acceptable if an explicit connection is made to policy relevant issues, broadly defined.
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
Applicants must:
IREX does not discriminate against grant applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by US law.
Grants of up to $5,000 cover:
Deadline: 02.01.2007
Applicants: grads, postdocs who are US or Norwegian citizens
The Archbold Fellowship program was established in 1979 with an endowment by Mr. Archbold for the purpose of supporting educational exchange between the United States and Norway. It is administered by the Nansen Fund, Inc. in Houston, Texas in cooperation with the Norway-America Association.
Fellowships are offered to Americans and Norwegians for a year of graduate, post-doctoral, or professional study/research. Americans may apply to come to Norway in even-numbered years (2006, 2008...) and Norwegians may apply in odd-numbered years (2007, 2009…). The primary purpose of the program is to increase understanding between scholars from the two countries. Norwegian citizens may be considered for this award by applying to NAA's 'Graduate- og forskningsstipend program'.
American citizens apply directly to the Nansen Fund.
Nansen Fund: Applicants must be US citizens, aged 20 to 35, in good health and of good character. Qualified applicants must show evidence of a high level of competence in their chosen field, indicate a seriousness of purpose and have a record of social adaptability. There is ordinarily no language requirement. Undergraduate applicants must have a B.A. or B.S. degree (or equivalent) before their departure date.
This scholarship can only be applied to studies or research carried out at the University of Oslo. Award recipients are required to participate in the University of Oslo International Summer School prior to beginning their studies or research.
Individual grants vary, depending on the projected costs. Note that there will not be any tuition at the University of Oslo. The Maintenance stipend is sufficient to meet expenses for a single person. The travel allowance covers roundtrip airfare to Oslo.
Website (scroll to bottom of page)
Deadline: 02.01.2007
Applicants: Women postdocs
The objective of the NSF-AWM Mentoring Travel Grants is to help junior women to develop a long term working and mentoring relationship with a senior mathematician. This relationship should help the junior mathematician to establish her research program and eventually receive tenure. AWM expects to award up to seven grants, in amounts up to $5,000 each. Each grant would fund travel, accomodations, and other required expenses for an untenured woman mathematician to travel to an institute or a department to do research with a specified individual for one month. Awardees may request to use any unexpended funds for further travel to work with the same individual during the following year. In such cases, a formal request must be submitted by the following February 1 to the selection committee or funds will be released for re-allocation. (Applicants for mentoring travel grants may in exceptional cases receive up to two such grants throughout their careers, possibly in successive years; each such grant would require a new proposal and would go through the usual competition.) For foreign travel, U.S. air carriers must be used (exceptions only per federal grant regulations; prior AWM approval required).
Eligibility: Applicants must be women holding a doctorate or equivalent experience and with a work address in the USA (or home address if unemployed). The applicant's research must be in a field which is supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation.
Deadline: 01.31.2007
Applicants: Second or third year grads who have not advanced to candidacy.
The Center for British Studies, University of California, Berkeley, is pleased to announce a competition for a Pre-Dissertation Grant for graduate students. This award — which currently is $3000 — is intended to support advanced research in or about Britain.
Requirements
of California, Berkeley.
course of study supervised by a member of the faculty.
Deadline: 12.14.2006
Applicants: Logic researchers early in their career
Jobs at University of Leeds
EU Funded Research Fellowship in Mathematical Logic
School of Mathematics
Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
The Marie Curie Early Stage training site in mathematical logic would like to offer a short stay fellowship (minimum stay 3 months) to a researcher at the beginning of their research career. The start date is flexible.
Topics include model theory, set theory, proof theory and applications to theoretical computer science, computability theory and reasoning under uncertainty and non-monotonic logic.
You must be qualified to undertake doctoral studies within the UK, however you must not already have a PhD. European and International applications are welcomed, however under the terms of the Research grant, nationals or residents of the UK cannot apply. You will be offered a generous salary plus allowances.
Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Dugald MacPherson, Department of Pure Mathematics, email h.d.macpherson@leeds.ac.uk
For a full list of research topics, further programme details and application instructions please visit the webpage.
Deadline: 12.01.2006
Applicants: anyone.
Since mid-year 2000, a joint Icelandic-U.S. committee has worked with the U.S. Mint, the Central Bank of Iceland, and private and corporate donors to form the Leifur Eiriksson Foundation. Created at the time of the 1000th anniversary of the first Icelandic voyage to North America, this foundation exists to support international collaborations between Icelandic and U.S. universities. It provides essentially full fellowship support for up to one year of study for graduate research or study for an Icelandic student studying in a U.S. university or for a U.S. student studying in an Icelandic university. The foundation sets no limits as to the disciplines to be studied other than that it does not support elementary or introductory study of either Icelandic or English as a language.
There is an application available for 2007-2008, but other than the application the website has not been updated.
The first round of awards, to be made in winter and spring 2006, will carry stipends of ca. $25,000 for U.S. students going to Iceland. This sum is estimated to be sufficient to cover tuition and fees, living expenses, and support costs for a full academic year in Reykjavik. Opportunities exist in many fields that are common in the universities of both countries--oceanography, climate studies, energy conversion, geology, metallurgy, materials science, literature, linguistics, anthropology, history, law, pathology, and other disciplines.
Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility requirements.
Information and application forms appear at http://www.leifureirikssonfoundation.org.
Deadline: 10.31.2006
Applicants: US or Russian citizen postdocs
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation was established by the Federal Republic of Germany in order to promote international cooperation in research. 20 German Chancellor Scholarships are awarded annually to young professionals in the private, public, not-for-profit, cultural and academic sectors. The program provides for a stay of one year in Germany for professional development, study, or research. It is open to citizens of the United States and the Russian Federation, with 10 scholarships designated for representatives of each nation. The German Chancellor Scholarship Program sponsors individuals who demonstrate the potential to strengthen ties between Germany and their own country through their profession or studies.
The program begins September 1 and lasts 12 months. It is preceded by language classes taught in Germany. Monthly stipends range from € 2,000 to € 3,500 and allowances are available for accompanying family members, travel expenses, and German language instruction. The program also includes an introductory seminar, study tour, and final meeting in Berlin.
Website (All links to this fellowship on the site are broken, as of 09.11.2007 Mgsa)