Post-Candidacy Student Travel Award Approval
Rutgers School of Graduate Studies – Biomedical & Health Science Campus currently offers up to $750 for travel expenses to doctoral students who have an approved thesis proposal and who are presenting papers at scientific meetings. Doctoral candidates are eligible for a total of two awards, but only one award will be approved within any 12-month period. The request for an award must be accompanied by a copy of the formal abstract and a Rutgers Travel Approval Report initiated and approved by the mentor's department chair. The form must be submitted AND approved prior to travel. The student must:
- Have a formal abstract acknowledging Rutgers School of Graduate Studies as a research site.
- Be the first author on the abstract to be presented.
- The research must be part of the approved dissertation proposal.
Post-Candidacy Student Travel Award Approval