The CMCS Graduate Research Travel Fund
The Center for Material Culture Studies is pleased to offer support on a competitive basis for eligible University of Delaware graduate students whose material culture research requires travel to museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, and other research venues. Funds may be used to help offset reasonable costs for transportation, lodging, and associated research expenses, such as entrance fees. Funds may not be used to pay meals, incidentals, or organizational membership fees.
Up to $1000 per awardee is available through the National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant. A total of two grants will be awarded in 2023–24. Preference shall be given to students who are advanced in their studies. Awardees agree to submit a one-paragraph report (250 words) within one month of completing their research travel and no later than the end of the academic year in which the grant funds were disbursed.
The deadlines for applications for support for the current academic year are November 1 and March 15. Applications will be accepted one month before the deadlines. To apply, submit the following materials (preferably as a single Word document or PDF) to materialculture@udel.
- a brief description of the research travel to be undertaken during the grant, including an explanation of how your research engages material culture studies and an anticipated travel itinerary (250-500 words, double-spaced)
- a detailed budget (please be as specific as possible about anticipated costs, and list other funding sources and amounts you will apply for in support of this work)
- a current CV
- Please arrange to have your advisor send a letter of reference to materialculture@udel.edu.
In accepting a grant the awardee allows CMCS to use any original materials they submit (such as a report and images) for promotional purposes, which could include posting to the website.
Please note the following terms for CMCS awards for graduate students:
- Funding caps: doctoral students are eligible to receive a maximum of $3500 in CMCS awards (excluding DELPHI fellowships) over the duration of their degree programs; masters students are eligible to receive a maximum of $2000 in CMCS awards (excluding DELPHI fellowships) over the duration of their degree programs.
- Acceptance of CMCS awards: awardees are responsible for checking and confirming their eligibility to accept and hold a CMCS award free of conflict, and concurrently with, any other department, program, or university awards.