Conference Travel Grants 

Application Deadline: Ongoing 

Provides reimbursement of up to $350 to doctoral candidates for costs related to presenting a paper at an academic conference. The candidate must first attempt to secure funding from GSAS and/or home department and provide an explanation as to why additional funds are being sought from the Middle East Institute. 

Application procedure: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but no later than 4 weeks before the date of the conference for which the student is seeking funding. In your request, please indicate the title/organizer, location, and dates of the conference as well as the title of your paper, session you will present at, and a brief paragraph stating why you want to attend the conference. In addition, please include the following information: academic department, year, name of advisor. Funding sought: indicate total amount needed, funds provided by other sources (academic department, etc). 

Send request to amb49@columbia.edu.