GAPSA – Provost Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Innovation
Applicaition for summer 2022-23 is now open!
The application deadline is March 31, 2023.
the recommendation forms deadline are April 5, 2023.
Purpose
The GAPSA-Provost Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Innovation is a program jointly funded by GAPSA and the Office of the Provost for the expressed purpose of fostering an interdisciplinary graduate and professional environment at the University of Pennsylvania. This highly competitive fellowship strives to promote original, student-derived initiatives that integrate knowledge across diverse academic disciplines. The fellowship is also meant to help the project-leader(s) develop, pursue and complete their proposed interdisciplinary initiatives.
Funding
$6,000.00 fellowship per project
The guidelines for this fellowship are available here. Please contact gapsa.provost@gapsa.upenn.edu for all questions regarding this fellowship.
President Gutmann Leadership Award
President Gutmann Leadership Award (PGLA) FOR SPRING 2023 IS OPEN!
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 13, 2023
THE RECOMMENDATION FORM DEADLINE IS MARCH 20, 2023
THE RECOMMENDATION FORM DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO MARCH 24, 2023
The application is open to conferences starting from January 1, 2023 and May 5, 2023.
Purpose
The Office of the President has generously provided additional funding to GAPSA to augment GAPSA’s funding for graduate and professional student travel. The award will be given to students presenting their research at either a conference (either within the United States or internationally) that would normally be out of their budget even with an individual travel grant through GAPSA.
Funding
The maximum award is 70% of the total budget or $2000, whichever is less.
For the Spring 2023 round of PGLA Funding, travel dates are from January 1 - May 5, 2023. The full policies are available here. Please note that recommendations are required within one week of the application closing. In order for an application to be considered complete, you must indicate a faculty member to complete a brief recommendation form. It will be sent to your recommender automatically when your application is submitted. Please note that recommendation forms are sent out only after grant applications are submitted, so be sure to inform your recommender prior to submitting your application.
Please contact gapsa.evp@gapsa.upenn.edu for all questions regarding this fellowship.
Professional Student Individual Grants
If you are in a professional or non-research masters degree program (including DMD, EdD, JD, MD, MSE, and other MS programs with other letters), you are considered a professional student. If you are in a PhD program or a research master program (AM or MS), you are considered a research student. Students in the MD/PhD or the VMD/PhD programs should for professional student individual grants during their MD or VMD years, and research student individual grants during their PhD years. Please refer to this flowchart or email gapsa.funds@gapsa.upenn.edu if you are unsure about your status.
Please note that you are only eligible to receive one GAPSA administered individual grants per academic semester, for a total of two such grants per academic year.
Purpose
Professional Student Individual Grants aim to defray the cost of qualified travel expenses for professional students attending and/or presenting at academic conferences, meetings, case competitions, externships and internships. Students pursuing professional development outside of the university and traveling for residency interviews may also apply.
Funding
Funding caps are the lesser of 75% of your request or*:
- $400 if you are attending, but not presenting at a conference
- $1000 if you are presenting at a conference or requesting interview/internship funding
All funding is granted retroactively, that is, you will have to incur the expenses first and then you will receive reimbursement on submission of the itemized receipts. Applications are not reviewed until after the grant window closes and exceptions cannot be made.
Sending a recommender application is not necessary, but it will help your application. You would indicate a faculty member to speak on your behalf and they must complete the form that is sent to them. You must inform your recommender prior to submitting your application, that they will receive a form to be completed within two weeks from when you submit your application.
The following programs are not eligible for research and professional grants:
Education Entrepreneurship MSEd, Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management, Global Higher Education Management MSEd, Medical Education MSEd, Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership EdD, Penn Chief Learning Officer EdD, School and Mental Health Counseling MSEd, School Leadership - Principal Certificate, School Leadership MSEd, Urban Teaching Residency Certificate
Please contact gapsa.funds@gapsa.upenn.edu and gapsa.professional@gapsa.upenn.edu for all questions regarding this fellowship.
Research Student Travel Grant
Research Travel Grant for Summer 2023 is now open!
The application deadline is May 31, 2023.
the recommendation form deadline is June 5, 2023.
The application is open to conferences starting from May 1, 2023,
and ending before September 1, 2023.
If you are in a professional or non-research masters degree program (including DMD, EdD, JD, MD, MSE, and other MS programs with other letters), you are considered a professional student. If you are in a PhD program or a research master program (AM or MS), you are considered a research student. Students in the MD/PhD or the VMD/PhD programs should for professional student individual grants during their MD or VMD years, and research student individual grants during their PhD years. Please refer to this flowchart or email gapsa.funds@gapsa.upenn.edu if you are unsure about your status.
Please note that you are only eligible to receive one GAPSA-administered individual grant per academic semester, for a total of two such grants per academic year.
PURPOSE
The Research Travel Grant aims to help defray the cost of qualified travel expenses for research students presenting their work at academic conferences, workshops and meetings.
The Research Travel Grants are to serve as a terminal funding source to support research students traveling to their conferences.
Applicants are expected to have considered all other possible funding options before pursuing funding through a GAPSA travel grant.
FUNDING
For students only attending a conference, the grant is capped at 50% of the total cost or $500, whichever is less. For students presenting at conferences, the cap is $800.
Summer 2023 Cycle only: The cap for those presenting at conferences is $2,000 instead of $800.
All funding is granted retroactively, that is, you will have to incur the expenses first and then you will receive reimbursement on submission of the itemized receipts. Applications are not reviewed until after the grant window closes and exceptions cannot be made. Please read all application instructions here (last updated: May 2017). Research Council has also released a memorandum (last updated: July 2022) on how the grant is awarded.
We highly encourage applicants to read both documents before applying.
In order for an application to be considered complete, you must indicate a faculty member to complete a brief recommendation form. It will be sent to your recommender automatically when your application is submitted. Please note that recommendation forms are sent out only after grant applications are submitted. Be sure to inform your recommender prior to submitting your application. We ask that recommendations be submitted within five days of the submission of the travel grant application. It is your responsibility to ensure that the form is submitted on your behalf. Check with your recommender to make sure they submit the form on time.
Please contact gapsa.research@gapsa.upenn.edu for all questions regarding this fellowship.
Retroactive Research Student Travel Grant
The application deadline is May 31, 2023.
the recommendation form deadline is June 5, 2023.
| This application is a special retroactive application for research students who attended the conference between September 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023 (unless otherwise exempted). Additional requirements apply. Please review all criteria listed below carefully before applying. |
The Retroactive Research Student Travel Grants are intended for individuals who have already attended the conference in AY 2023 but did not apply for the regular Research Student Travel.
To be eligible for this special grant, applicants must meet the requirements for regular Research Travel Grants as listed above. Additionally, they must satisfy the following criteria:
The conference started on or after September 1, 2022, and ended before May 1, 2023 (unless otherwise exempted).
The applicant did not graduate before May 2023 and will not graduate in May 2023.
The applicant did not apply for any individual travel grants in Fall 2022 or Spring 2022.
The applicant has not and will not apply for any individual travel grants in Summer 2023.
Individual travel grants include both regular Research Travel Grants and President Gutmann Leadership Award.
Unlike regular Research Travel Grants, the application process for Retroactive Research Student Travel Grants operates on a rolling basis, meaning that applications are reviewed as soon as they are complete. An application is considered complete only when both the applicant's application form and recommendation form have been received.
Please contact gapsa.research@gapsa.upenn.edu for all questions regarding this fellowship.
Individual Grants beyond GAPSA
The University, and other bodies offer a number of individual grants to graduate students. This ever-growing list is maintained by the Grad Center on their website. In particular, please check out the Emergency Grant for graduate and professional students.
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