Arts and Sciences Graduate Alumni Research Award
Due to the generosity of a number of loyal graduates of Dartmouth's Arts and
Sciences graduate programs, the Alumni Fund and the Office of Graduate Studies
have received donations which have been placed into a special alumnae/i
graduate fund. The Graduate Office has decided to make a certain proportion of
these funds competitively available each year to our current Arts and Sciences
graduate students to support their research. Here are the rules and regulations
governing the dispersal of these alumnae/i funds:
- Currently enrolled, Arts and Science graduate students, engaged in thesis
research at Dartmouth College can apply for an Alumni Research Award during the
spring term of each calendar year. An application form (deadline:
Monday, May 5, 2008) is attached to this announcement. Please follow
the page limit guidelines and submit the application to the Graduate Studies
Office, 304 Wentworth Hall.
- The maximum amount of each award will be limited to $1,000.00, but no more
than $500.00 of this can be used for travel. A detailed budget is
required.
- Requests for travel to attend a scientific meeting or to purchase
computers, peripherals, or other forms of laboratory equipment will not be
considered.
- The award is designed to enhance your thesis research activity. Thus, your
request must propose something that you might not readily accomplish otherwise.
Some examples that come to mind are:
- provide access to a library archive to examine an original manuscript,
- provide access to a specialized item of equipment not readily available at
Dartmouth, provide payment for additional subjects or
- perform field work at a distant site that might add an interesting
perspective to data collected from your existing, local field site(s).
- The award is not intended to defray normal laboratory expenses for
consumable supplies.
- Your application must include a letter of support from your advisor which
must include a statement of funds available to you for your research.
- Recipients of Graduate Alumni Research Awards will be required to submit to
the Graduate Office a one page synopsis of the activity they conducted with
their award within 30 days of completion of their funded project.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sandra Spiegel in the
Graduate Studies Office, 304 Wentworth.
