The department chair will review requests for departmental conference and travel funding once a month. Students will receive an email reply from a departmental administrative assistant. If you submit a request towards the end of the month, it might not be reviewed until the following month. Requests submitted earlier in the year will be more likely to be fulfilled due to limited funds.
RLST Conference and Travel Funding
Doctoral students can apply for limited funding for travel to conferences, research, or language study from the Department of Religious Studies.
In addition to the required fields, please also upload your supplementary documentation as a single pdf. Supplementary documentation should begin with a breakdown of estimated expenses, and include any additional information that records transportation or housing estimates as well as any other expenditures requiring support. If you are presenting at a conference, include proof of your presence on the schedule.
Funding support awarded during the academic year must be used and submitted for reimbursement by the end of that same academic year. Funding will not carry-over into the next year.
The department aims to distribute its limited funds as broadly and fairly as possible. We try to fund as much as possible, but the department has limited resources. Our hope is to support as many students as possible.
We will be more likely to support requests that have already attempted other university funding sources. Students are therefore encouraged to explore other internal and external funding opportunities for travel and other research and conference funding.