Submission
Deadlines
The application
deadline dates for the Scholars' Travel Fund for the Academic
Year 2008-2009 are given below. Applications must be submitted
to 404 Swanlund no later than 5:00 p.m. on the deadline
date. No copies are needed. The results will be sent to
the applicants within one week of the deadline date.
Remaining Deadline Dates for Academic Year 2008
- 2009
07 July 2008
04 August 2008
08 September 2008
06 October 2008
03 November 2008
01 December 2008
12 January 2009
02 February 2009
02 March 2009
06 April 2009
04 May 2009
08 June 2009
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Applicant
Eligibility
Scholars' Travel
Fund support is limited to full- time tenured or tenure-track
faculty members in specifically targeted departments or
units. The Scholars' Travel Fund is not intended to be an
unlimited source of travel support. The number of trips
a faculty member is eligible to receive support for during
the fiscal year is dependent upon their rank. Each conference
counts as one trip.
Full professors and associate professors are eligible
to receive one trip per fiscal year. The trip may be to
a domestic or foreign destination. Foreign travel is restricted
to one trip every other year. It may be possible, however,
to receive a contribution of $700 toward a foreign trip
during the alternate year. All travel outside the United
States will be considered foreign travel. PLEASE NOTE - the
Research Board no longer provides financial support for
emeritus faculty, effective Fall 2005.
Assistant professors
and lecturers are eligible to receive two trips per fiscal
year. One of the trips may be to a foreign destination..
Faculty members
with current external grants for their scholarship are not
eligible for a Scholars' Travel Fund award.
Retroactive funding
will not be considered. The dates of travel must occur after
the deadline date. Funding to a conference will not be provided
for more than one presenter of the same paper.
NOTE: Scholars’ Travel Fund (STF) operates on a fiscal year basis. Awards are made according to the date of travel, not the date of application. Example: July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 (FY 09) - if you apply in May for a trip in July, it will be counted as the next fiscal year award.
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Eligible
Departments
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| Accountancy | Advertising | African American Studies | Agricultural & Consumer Economics |
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| American Indian Studies | Anthropology | Asian American Studies Program | Bureau of Educational Research |
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| Business Administration | Center for African Studies | Center for Asian & Pacific Studies | Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies |
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| Center for the Study of Reading | Center for Writing Studies | Classics | College of Law |
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| Communication | Community Health | Curriculum & Instruction | Dance |
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| Division of English as an International Language | East Asian Languages & Cultures | Economics | Educational Organization & Leadership |
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| Educational Policy Studies | Educational Psychology | English | Finance |
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| Food Science & Human Nutrition | French | Gender & Women's Studies Program | Geography |
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| Germanic Languages & Literatures | Graduate School of Library & Information Science | History | Human & Community Development |
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| Human Resource Education | Institute of Communications Research | Institute of Government & Public Affairs | Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations |
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| Intensive English Institute | International Programs & Studies | Journalism | Kinesiology & Community Health |
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| Krannert Art Museum & Kinkead Pavilion | Landscape Architecture | Latina/Latino Studies Program | Linguistics |
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| Mathematics | Philosophy | Political Science | Program in Comparative Literature |
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| Program in South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies | Psychology | Recreation, Sport and Tourism | Religion |
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| Russian, East European & Eurasian Center | School of Architecture | School of Art & Design | School of Music |
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| School of Social Work | Slavic Languages & Literatures | Sociology | Spanish, Italian & Portuguese |
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| Special Education | Speech & Hearing Science | Statistics | Theatre |
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| Unit for Cinema Studies | University High School | University Library | Urban & Regional Planning |
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| Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program |
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Support
Available
Scholars' Travel
Fund awards are standard amounts based on two factors: on
the distance from Champaign-Urbana, and on existing airfares.
The standard amount is referred to as the Travel Award.
In addition to the Travel Award, a Supplemental Expense
Allotment may be awarded.
A list of the
Travel Award amounts for various destinations is attached.
If the applicant's destination does not appear on the listing,
the amount of the Travel Award will be calculated for the
destination after submission of the application. Requests
for support are not limited to the destinations listed;
the list of destinations is for planning purposes only.
A Supplemental
Expense Allotment may be awarded. If awarded, a lump sum
is given based on the number of days that the conference
is in session and attended by the applicant. The amount
of the Supplemental Allowance is calculated on the basis
of $60 per day and actual expenses will be deducted from
the total Supplemental Expense Allotment awarded. The maximum
Supplemental Expense Allotment is $300.
Scholars' Travel
Fund awards may be used for airfare, reimbursement of automobile
mileage, registration fees, taxis, trains, busses, subways,
business telephone calls, business expenses, toll road charges,
parking charges, meals, and lodging. Payment of association
dues is not an allowable expense from STF funds.
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Support
Restrictions
Since the Scholars'
Travel Fund is intended to be a supplement to other travel
support and not a replacement, a contribution from the applicant's
department or unit and/or college is required. The Unit
Executive Officer must sign the application form to confirm
the contribution level. Please note that poster presentations
are not eligible for STF support.
Award
Administration Information
The departmental
business officers will be responsible for processing the
necessary paperwork, assuring that all University policies
for travel reimbursement are followed, and maintaining adequate
documentation of expenditures for conference travel awarded
by the Scholars' Travel Fund.
Each month the Vice Chancellor for Research business office
(VCRBO) will notify departmental business officers via email
asking them to review all outstanding STF awards for the
faculty of their department on the STF
Online web site. The officers will indicate which trips
have been completed, the total amount paid for the trips,
and the account number to which the awarded funds are to
be transferred. The VCRBO will then process the budget transfers
in that month's business transactions.
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