Travel Grant Application Form

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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:

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