Research, Travel and Materials Grant Program h3 <h4>Program overview</h4> <p data-pm-slice="1 3 []"><span>The Graduate Student Association (GSA) offers this merit-based grant to allow graduate students the opportunity to compete for monetary support for their research and scholarly projects. Funding opportunities encompass a wide range of scholarly activities of graduate students from a breadth of disciplines. For the Spring Awards, the GSA has a pool of $10,000 for grant funding and will award five (5) in Category A and five (5) in Category B, up to $1,000 per student.</span></p> <p><span>The category you are entered into is determined by your most recently enrolled graduate program:&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Category A: STEM (Sciences/Mathematics/Engineering/Health Sciences)&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Category B: Non-STEM (Liberal Arts/Education/Business/Journalism/Fine Arts)&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <h4>Eligibility</h4> <ul> <li><span>Applicants for this grant must be registered, full-time graduate students (9 credits without a graduate assistantship or 6 credits with a graduate assistantship) in good academic standing at the time of application.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Graduate students enrolled in the following programs are ineligible for GSA Scholarships: Medical School, Justice Management, Judicial Studies, and online graduate programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Applicants must be enrolled in the upcoming Fall semester to receive the scholarship.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Students who received a scholarship/award in the previous year&rsquo;s cycle of the GSA Spring Awards Program are ineligible to apply again for the same scholarship/award received but may apply for others.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Students are limited to winning two scholarships/awards per award cycle.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Grants will be made for the upcoming academic year and will be available beginning August 1 and will have until May 31 of the following academic year to expend these funds.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span>Students must be enrolled for upcoming Fall semester classes at the University to access funds.</span></li> </ul> <h4>Funding priorities</h4> <p>The Graduate Student Association will place priority on proposals that are of high quality, viable, and meritorious-have demonstrable, measurable outcomes-are financially feasible and have demonstrated the ability to meet project goals, budget, and timeline.</p> <h4>Application instructions</h4> <p>Please submit your online application packet by 5 p.m. on the due date (Please check the GSA Events Calendar and Scholarship Page for dates). Your application packet must include the following:</p> <ul> <li>Completed online application</li> <li>Letter of recommendation from advisor addressing the merits of the proposed project</li> <li>Certificate of Protocol form, for research involving human subjects (NOTE: if your research has not yet been approved by the IRB, you may submit an unofficial copy of your Protocol Application; if you are granted an award, funds will not be released until you provide GSA with a final approved Certificate of Protocol.)</li> </ul> <h4>Forms &amp; rubrics</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://nevada.formstack.com/forms/research_grant_proposal_gsa" target="_blank" data-attrib-id="link-8e6983b2-5f18-4914-a46f-6c4967bf2095" rel="noopener"><span>Research, Travel, and Materials Grant Program online application</span></a><span> </span></li> <li><a href="https://nevada.formstack.com/forms/professor_references" target="_blank" data-attrib-id="link-f274d4b5-46e6-4958-81c4-79576097cf8c" rel="noopener"><span>Faculty recommendation submission</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://nevada.box.com/v/GSAAwardsCommitteePublicFolder" target="_blank" data-attrib-id="link-e9256914-1a4f-4f35-913f-d74111e018df" rel="noopener"><span>Award and scholarship rubrics</span></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Important Information:</strong> The GSA Awards Program is a highly competitive process. Applications are judged by University faculty members and administrators. The decisions of the judges are final. The maximum grant amount will be $1,000 per student. Requests for more than $1,000 wiII not be considered. All applicants are invited to attend the GSA Awards Ceremony in April. Winners are expected to attend.</p> Top