Research/Travel Grants

Some Master’s Projects may require extra expenses to result in the best possible product. These expenses might include extra domestic or international conference calls, costs incurred to gather data, or domestic or international travel for field research. Students are encouraged to work closely with their Advisor and their Client, who might consider supporting some of the incurred costs if the project contributes to their research and/or activities.

In addition to external support from the MP Advisor and/or the MP client, the Guo Tingting Scholarship iMEP Master Project Award provides limited funding to help support some students with MP research and related travel expenses.

The number and amount of the grants, as well as the application procedures and deadlines will be communicated in a Call for Proposal circulated in March/April. Only one grant per project can be received from this fund. A committee will review the applications, and grants will be distributed on a competitive basis to the best project proposals.

Criteria for awarding a grant will include the necessity of funding to carry out the proposed Master’s Project and the quality of the project application. The approved award will be disbursed as Guo Tingting scholarship to student’s SIS account as a partial offset on their second year Spring tuition bill. For group projects, the award (tuition offset) will be disbursed to whoever incurred the expense.