Conference and Research Awards for Master's Students
Updated February 20, 2026
If you are presenting at a conference, or if you will incur costs associated with your thesis or capstone project, you can apply for one of the following awards. A student can only receive one conference award and one research award per academic year. If you have questions about your eligibility or the process, be in touch with the Assistant Provost for Graduate Academic Affairs, Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli.
Master's Student Conference Awards
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- Master's students from all former GSAS programs
- Must be in good academic standing with their program
- Conference must occur between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026
- Presenting a paper or poster, serving on a panel or giving a talk/workshop. Participation in the conference must be evidenced by a listing in the conference’s official program materials.
- Expenses can include travel, lodging, registration fees
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol
- Conference Award application
- Applications will be reviewed and approved on a rolling basis (within 2 weeks of submission) by the Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs.
- Please note that there are limited award funds available, so apply as soon as your participation has been confirmed by the conference.
- The funding will be awarded on a first-come/first-served basis. Once the funding has been fully awarded, the application will close.
- Submit appropriate documentation (conference material/urls, receipts) in a timely way, or the award will be forfeited.
Master's Student Research Awards
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- Master's students from all former GSAS programs
- Must be in good academic standing with their program
- Research expenses associated with a thesis or capstone project
- Expenses can include: travel, research-related lodging, archival access, research supplies, transcription
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol, Brandeis fees/tuition, laptops, software, hardware, textbooks for courses
- Deadlines: November 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026. Applications that are received after November 1 will be held until the March 1, 2026 review cycle.
- Research award applications will be reviewed by a selection committee after the two deadlines, November 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026. The selection committee will include the Assistant Provost for Graduate Academic Affairs.
- Criteria: clarity of the proposed plan, degree progress to date, feasibility of completing the project as outlined, thesis advisor’s support
- Submit appropriate documentation (receipts) in a timely way, or the award will be forfeited.