Director's Office

Travel Funding

The Clark Science Center administrates two travel grants to support student research. Note that each grant stipulates support for specific fields of study (see below).

How to Apply

To apply for either contact Christian Lagier, Associate Director, by email. Please paste the following into your email and provide the information requested:

Name:

Advisor:

Amount requested:

Title of event:

Date of the event:

Purpose:

>> Students are also encouraged to seek matching funds from other offices or grants around campus that support student travel. Talk to your advisor or the Chair of the department you are working with to get ideas.

If You Get An Award ...

Congratulations!

1. Please remember to publicly recognize your funding source, e.g. "Travel supported by [name of grant]", where appropriate.
2. Funds are paid out after an event has taken place based on submission of a completed Expense Reimbursement Form (including original receipts) available on the Controller's Office web site. You have to submit Expense Reimbursement Form and receipts immediately after your travels are complete. The Expense Reimbursement Report should be submitted by whomever actually paid the charges supported.
3. Once you come back from your trip, you are required to submit a trip report. Please paste the following into an email to Christian Lagier and provide the information requested:

Name:

Class:

Smith ID:

Major(s):

Advisor:

Title of event:

Date of the event:

Destination of travel:

Please describe specifically if you presented a paper, poster, or speaking:

Title of poster, paper, talk:

Please describe your research focus:

Please describe why this trip was important to you:

Please describe if this fits into a longer term research or career goal:

Any follow-up activities:

Are you doing Honors Thesis, Special Studies, received Summer Research Fellowship, or other notable events related to your science career:

All we are asking for is 1-2 sentence responses. Your trip report will be forwarded to the grantmaking organization that funded your award.

Available Grants

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Travel Award

Travel awards available to students in Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Physics, and Mathematics as they relate to the biological sciences; preference for projects in the molecular biosciences. Also, preference is given to students that have been awarded an HHMI Fellowship.

This program was initiated by HHMI to strengthen college programs in biology and other scientific disciplines as they relate to biology, and to attract and retain students in scientific research and academic careers.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory Travel Award

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory has established a travel award for Smith College students to promote the professional development of women in science and engineering.  The Lincoln Laboratory Travel Award will help offset the travel costs of students presenting their research at technical conferences.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory has a broadly diversified research and development program involving a variety of sensor modalities, signal and data processing, communications and systems analysis.  While the Laboratory’s principal interest is in students pursuing degrees in electrical engineering, physics, and mathematics, there are opportunities in many other disciplines.  Priority for the travel award will be given to students in the following departments:

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biological Science
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physics

The award will provide a total of $1,500 each year (2007, 2008 and 2009) to be distributed among selected applicants.

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