Are you a Graduate Student or planning to attend or are interested in attending AERA Annual Meeting? If so, consider applying for the SIG 168 Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines Travel Grant.

This award is to defray registration and travel costs for graduate student members to attend AERA’s Annual Meeting and to participate in SIG 168 activities. This award will cover $500 of applicants' awardees' eligible travel costs (award amount contingent on budget availability). Covered Eligible covered costs are can include registration, travel, and lodging. Students who are awarded this grant will receive the funds on the first day that they arrive to the conference along with their registration packet. Students should apply for this award who are interested in developing and doing public research and praxis about graduate and postgraduate education.

Past Student Travel Award Winners

2024 Josh Wallace (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Nnog Tran (UCLA)

2023 Karly Ball (George Washington University), Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr. (The University of Texas at Austin), and Suzan Yesil Hafizoglu (Texas Tech University)

2019 Roxana Chiappa (University of Washginton)

2018 Denver Fowler (Ohio University)

2016 Lisa Hoon (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

2015 Stacia Cedilla and Wei-Ling Sun

Eligibility:

1. Awardee must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time of award nomination. International and domestic students are eligible to apply.

2. Awardee is required to attend the SIG168 Business Meeting at the upcoming Annual Conference to receive their award.

3. Applicant must be a SIG168 graduate student member at the time of applying/being nominated.

4. Students may only receive one travel award.

5. Applicants who did not receive an award are eligible to apply again, provided the above eligibility criteria are met.

Submission Requirements & Deadline: 

1. Name, email, and institutional affiliation of student nominee.

2. A personal statement in 200 words or fewer describing why the nominee should receive this award based on the review criteria stated.

3. Deadline: Applications are due on November 30, 2024 5:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time 

Contact Stephanie Lezotte (lezotte@rowan.edu) with questions

Note: Awardees will be asked to draft a brief summary of their experiences following the AERA conferences. This summary will be shared on our social media platforms, and newsletter.

Review Criteria: 

Submissions will be evaluated in four areas:

1. Scholarship and leadership qualities;

2. Contribution/potential contribution to the field of graduate education;

3. Commitment to the mission of SIG168;

4. Need and benefit