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Research
Travel Fund Opportunities
AKPIA level
Awards are restricted to graduate students in the MIT Department of Architecture
doing thesis or dissertation research dealing with the Islamic world,
requiring research in some part of the Islamic world, or conducting research
in an archive with holdings related to the Islamic world. Award recipients
may use their travel funds either during the summer or IAP. Selections
are made based on research merit and integrity of the submissions. The
maximum award is $2.500. Applications are invited (by email to jlar@mit.edu)
in the Fall for a
February deadline.
department level
MIT Department of Architecture graduate degree students are eligible to apply for
partial travel support to one conference per academic year, up to a maximum
of $600. Graduate degree students must be in residence status and must take an active
part in scholarly meeting (such as speaking or chairing a session). Support
is intended for travel expenses, registration
fees, and accommodations and may not be used toward meals, internet connection, telephone, or any other incidentals. Application must be submitted to Rebecca
Chamberlain, Administrative Officer, a minimum of one month prior to departure.
Funding is limited, so students are encouraged to apply early in the academic
year.
HTC level
Awards are small travel scholarships for second- and third-year doctoral
MIT students who must travel to advance or to establish the feasibility
of dissertation proposals. Students must apply to the director of Departmental
doctoral programs (Mark Jarzombek in HTC), who will nominate candidates
to the Department head for final selection. Grants are decided
in early March for summer travel and January travel with a proposal deadline of 2 pm on the last Monday in March. HTC has a $5,000 pool each year to determine
recipients, an average $1,500 per student.
HTC level
The Henry Luce Foundation supports HTC doctoral students working on dissertations
in American art history with the following provisions: 1) the recipients
must be working on American topics and must keep the faculty informed
of the progress the Luce funding made possible; 2) funding is not to be
used for tuition or to defray overhead expenses; and 3) the Luce foundation
expects a yearly report on student progress.Grants are decided
in early March for summer travel and January travel with a proposal deadline of 2 pm on the last Monday in March.
HTC level
For PhD students in HTC to pursue their individual research project while
being associated with the CCA's general activities. Each Fellowship season
runs from January to January. The fellowship program is four months of
residency total, which can be divide-- one person for four months, two
people for two months each, or four for one month each. The CCA contributes
1,000 Canadian dollars per month of residency, and MIT will match that
dollar amount based on the conversion rate at the time. Grants are decided
in early March for summer travel and January travel with a proposal deadline of 2 pm on the last Monday in March.
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