Conference Travel Grant

The Department sponsors a travel grant program designed to enable graduate students to attend and present research results at scientific conferences. The motivation for this program is two-fold. This program will provide graduate students with additional experience at presenting results in a scientific forum and an opportunity to put their own research into a broader context. From the Department’s perspective, this program will advertise the superb research being done by graduate students at the University of Toronto.

Up to $10,000 is available from Departmental funds, to be allocated in the form of grants with values up to $750. To hold an award, the graduate student’s faculty supervisor must provide funding towards the conference travel costs that matches at least the value of the Travel Grant.

Eligibility:

Award holders must be a doctoral student in the funded cohort. Graduate students may hold only one Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant during their time in the Department of Chemistry.

Date of Conference:

Conference travel must occur between November 1 of the current year and October 31 of the following year.

Eligible Expenses:

Conference registration and abstract submission costs, economy travel and living expenses.

Application:

The Chemistry Graduate Office generally sends out a notification in the fall.

Selection Criteria:

Past academic performance. Need to attend conference for professional development. Quality of abstract. Preference will be given to students near the end of their degrees.