GSA Travel and Research Awards
At Brandeis, research is central to everything we do. The Travel and Research Grant (TRG) was created by the Brandeis Graduate Student Association to say thank you to graduate students for helping to make Brandeis the world-class research institution that it is. The grant is designed to help support the costs accrued by our graduate students in the course of their research, including those associated with traveling for and presenting on research.
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Eligibility
- Currently enrolled graduate students in good academic standing
- Research or conference travel must occur between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026
- A graduate student can only receive this award once per academic year.
Eligible Award Expenses
- Travel and lodging for trips to libraries and archives
- Field research costs
- Software purchases (not software available through the Brandeis site license)
- Access fees to repositories and collections
- Duplication services for research materials
- Registration fees when presenting or gathering data for a research project
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol, laptops or hardware, materials for courses
Amount
- Up to $300 per applicant
Application and Review Process
- Application Link
- Applications will be reviewed and approved on a rolling basis (generally within 2 weeks of submission) beginning Fall 2026. (Currently pending applications will be reviewed and awarded after the May 1, 2026 submission deadline for Spring 2026.)
Student Award Obligations
- Submit appropriate documentation (conference material/urls, receipts) within 30 days of the date of your conference or research expenditure, or the award will be forfeited.
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