COTA recognizes that travel to conferences, symposia, research sites, and other creative and scholarly research opportunities are essential for the professional development of graduate students. While this award is primarily for the purposes of supporting graduate student research-related travel, at this time COTA will also consider broader research expense requests by graduate students and research travel requests by undergraduate students on a case-by-case basis, available funds permitting.
When completing the application for non-travel related applications, please utilize the space called “Other,” as well as the “Expense Notes” text box. Please also attach specific screen shots of items or possible expenditures. If your funding application is awarded you will receive an automatically generated “TA,” or travel authorization, even if you are not applying for travel funds. That is a result of this application system being built on top of a travel system.
In 2023-24, students can expect to receive the following financial support at the college level for each request: $200 for non-peer-reviewed opportunities, $300 for domestic (competitive or peer-reviewed) opportunities, and $400 for international (competitive or peer-reviewed) opportunities. There is no limit to the number of times a student may apply for funding for different trips. Please note that each academic unit in the college may have additional criteria and procedures for the awarding of additional School/Center/Institute funding. All award applications and travel authorizations must be made prior to travel, and the College of the Arts and its constituent academic units cannot provide any retroactive reimbursements.
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