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Travel Grant Application Form

Overview

The GWF Young Professionals are soliciting applications for Travel Grants worth up to $500 each to cover travel costs associated with presenting GWF-related research at conferences and meetings. Up to 31 awards (worth a total of $15,500) will be available during the 2022-2023 academic year and will be spread out over three calls for applications.

The details of each call for applications are as follows:

Call for Applications	Eligible Travel Dates	Award Notification
December 12, 2022 to January 15, 2023	September 1 (retroactive) to December 31, 2022	February 15, 2023
January 1 – February 8, 2023	January 1 to April 30, 2023	February 28, 2023
April 1 – May 1, 2023	May 1 to August 31, 2023	May 15, 2023

Eligibility & Evaluation

Applicants are eligible to win ONE travel bursary per academic year (September to August).The eligibility requirements for the Travel Grant are:

A current student or post-doc researching as part of a GWF funded project; and
Must be attending a conference or meeting where the applicant will be presenting their GWF-affiliated research;

Eligible expenses towards which the Travel Grant may be applied are:

Travel costs (e.g., airfare, train tickets);
Accommodation at the conference location; and
Conference registration fees.

Successful applicants will be requested to provide a brief summary (less than one page) to the GWF YP executives summarizing the event and conference attendees’ engagement with the research presented.

The applications will be reviewed by a committee composed of the GWF YP executives and Stacey Dumanski (Outreach Coordinator). Personal identifiers will be removed from each application prior to review to prevent bias. Applications will be evaluated based on:

Originality of research being presented (i.e. is this the first time the research is being presented?)
Degree to which the research being presented can advance GWF’s research priorities:
- how the research results presented at the event can be applied in decision making;
- to what extent the research is interdisciplinary; and
- possibility to upscale the research, or if the research has global significance.

The Travel Grant program aligns with the priorities of the #GWFEDI 2021-2023 Strategy to increase education and training opportunities for GWF-YP and reduce the financial burden of participation in events that support career development. The Travel Grant program will be open, equitable, and inclusive to all GWF YPs. If you have any concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch with gwfedi@usask.ca.

If you have any questions about the GWF-YP Travel Grant, please contact the YP executives at gwf.youngprofessionals@gmail.com, with 'GWF-YP Travel Grant' included in the email subject line.

GWF YP Travel Grant Awardees

Congratulations to all of the GWF YP Travel Grant Recipients!

Round 1:

Ali Reza Shahvaran, University of Waterloo
Arsh Grewal, McMaster University
Bowen Zhou, University of Waterloo
Erin Nicholls, McMaster University
Jane Ye, University of Waterloo
Heba Abdelmoaty, University of Calgary
Zhe Zhang, University of Saskatchewan

Round 2:

Phillip Ankley, University of Saskatchewan
Hamid Gozini, University of Manitoba
Sofia Nerantzaki, University of Saskatchewan
Sara Lilley, University of Calgary
Clement Alibert, University of Waterloo
Mohammad Ghoreishi, University of Saskatchewan
Jessica Williamson, University of Waterloo
Ajay Bajracharya, University of Manitoba
Kristin Painter, University of Saskatchewan
Catherine Goltz, Wilfred Laurier University

Travel Grant Application Form

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