Complete applications must be submitted via Qualtrics at least 30 days before travel. Retroactive requests will not be reviewed, nor will retroactive awards be made.
Students: Complete the Qualtrics application (see below) and provide the following.
Evidence of your acceptance to present at a peer-reviewed/refereed/juried event. If a URL was not provided on page one of this application, attach a copy of the confirmation letter, e-mail, or a published listing from the event that shows the names of the student presenter(s).
A Letter of Endorsement and a Commitment of Oversight from the faculty/staff mentor.
Mentors: Provide student(s) with the necessary support form (available to the students in the application) and submit an Academic Affairs Travel Authorization Form to your department chair/unit leader.
Eligibility Criteria and Restrictions
Only current full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate students at Bradley University may apply. Graduating students may apply as long as their travel takes place before graduation.
Funds can only be used for travel expenses necessary for students to present, perform, or exhibit their work at a peer-reviewed/refereed/juried conference, event, or professional meeting (not just attend).
Students may not receive STA funding more than once in a given academic year, and preference will be given to first-time applicants to ensure that more students benefit from the opportunity to present/exhibit their work.
Recipients of awards must present or exhibit their work at the annual Bradley Student Scholarship Expo within one year of their travel dates. (The work may be presented at an EXPO prior to travel, if appropriate).
Each student requesting STA support must complete an application.
Departments/Colleges/Units must provide at least a 1:1 match to support the student’s travel. Only funding for expenses that are allowed by this program can be used as the match. (For clarification, coverage of non-allowable costs, such as membership fees, food, etc., cannot count toward the cost-match obligation).
Applicants must provide evidence of acceptance to present, perform, or exhibit work at the event (i.e., confirmation e-mail or letter, URL for or copy of the publication that lists the name(s) of the student presenter(s)).
A Bradley faculty/staff mentor must endorse the student’s application and accept oversight of the student travel grant if awarded. The mentor will be issued the award on behalf of the student(s) and must sign the award agreement before OSP will execute the award.
Funds are limited; therefore, it is unlikely that OSP will be able to fund all requests during a given academic year.
