Health Sciences Grant Funding

The Health Sciences Research Grant Committee is pleased to solicit applications for travel to scholarly meetings. Applications may be submitted any time and will be reviewed periodically throughout the year, funds permitting. Funds will not be awarded retroactively.

Applications may be submitted anytime but must be received prior to the conference date

Application Process

PDF and Word applications are available on this page.

• A copy of the acceptance of the paper on the program or a copy of the program must accompany the request. If paper acceptance is still pending at the time of submission, travel support may be tentatively approved, but funds can only be released upon receipt of the necessary documents.
• If partial support is available from other sources, this information must be provided upon submission of the application (question #3).
• Incomplete or undocumented applications will not be considered.

Combine your travel application and a copy of the program listing your participation into a single PDF file and email it to mnull@ucsd.edu.

Please contact Michelle Null (mnull@ucsd.edu, extension x42130) if you have any questions.

Eligibility Information

Awards for airfare expenses and/or registration fees are limited to Academic Senate members only who present invited papers before scholarly societies. Preference will be given to speakers who are invited to give oral presentations on new research topics not funded by any existing grants and/or who will not be funded directly by the conference.  Applicants may provide a brief justification for their request.

When requests for travel support exceed funds available, assistant professors generally receive the highest priority.

Guidelines

Only one trip every other fiscal year (July 1-June 30) for any Senate member will be awarded. Only one travel award will be granted to multi-authored contributions. There is no limit to the number of awards faculty may receive over a period of years.  No payment will be approved on a first or business class ticket. Travel awards (domestic or foreign) will be made for a maximum of $500 towards economy airfares or registration fees.

Use of Funds

1. Cost of side trips unrelated to the conference funded will be deducted.
2. Canceled trips must be reported promptly to allow for redistribution of funds.
3. Policy and Procedure Manual References: Travel: 365-1 through 365-7 & 365-12.