International Research Travel Grant

Notre Dame Global is pleased to offer the International Research Travel Grant. The goal of the grant is to act as a catalyst for international research collaborations by funding faculty to explore, develop, or advance long-term research collaborations.

Contact

For more information about NDG’s faculty engagement and research programs, please contact:

Sevda Arslan
Program Director for Faculty Support and Partnerships
Notre Dame Global
Email: sarslan@nd.edu

 

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Eligibility

• Full-time regular members of the Notre Dame faculty, library faculty and special professional faculty are eligible to apply.
• The program can support faculty of all ranks but also is intended to help faculty who may have access to fewer resources for building international research partnerships.
• Faculty are not eligible to receive a grant in two consecutive years.

Funding & Expenses

• Funding requests can be made up to $4,000 and can be used to cover travel, visas, accommodation and meals.

Priority Funding Areas

• Applicants whose goals may not be realized without an in-person visit to the institution.
• Applicants who demonstrate impact of proposed activities and connection to long-term goals.

Ineligible Activities

• • conference attendance or travel with a goal of planning a conference
  • student travel

Application Guidelines

To request funding from the International Research Travel Grant program, please submit a proposal to NDG’s submissions manager.

Download International Research Travel Grant SAMPLE Application [PDF, 673k]

Each application should include the following:

• Proposal title, amount being requested, project investigator (PI) name, department/center/institute affiliation, and email.
• Proposal Description (up to 1500 words) should include:
  • a summary of the research or creative project,
  • justification for travel as opposed to using forms of communication, and,
  • anticipated outcomes of the project.
• Proposed travel dates.
• Budget with justification.
• Current abbreviated CV (3-page limit) for the ND applicant.
• Current abbreviated CV (3-page limit) for the main investigator at the institution to which you propose to travel.
• Letter from anticipated partner at international institution indicating their willingness to meet and discuss research.

Criteria

• Well-defined outcome(s) must be anticipated, such as a joint project or a proposal in anticipation of future joint publications and/or joint funding.
• As awards may not be likely to cover all travel expenses, applicants are encouraged to demonstrate some financial commitment from their department or other source. Cost sharing should ensure mutually exclusive expenses.

Grantee Obligations

Recipients will submit an on-line report on the activities of the grant, and future plans for continued collaboration, within 30 days of completing travel.

 

 

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