Dalhousie Research Services
FASS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
FACULTY TRAVEL GRANT TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES GUIDELINES
The deadlines for international conference travel applications are: May 1st, September 15th, January 15th.
Faculty travel grants to international conferences are designed to enable Canadian scholars to take part in international
meetings of major scholarly significance and, therefore, contribute to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge
in the social sciences or the humanities. Applications will be considered for participation in both regular international
congresses and more narrowly focused international conferences that take place outside Canada and the United States
(including Hawaii and Alaska). As this funding is intended to supplement other available funding sources, applicants
must provide evidence of their ability to secure funds from the appropriate faculty travel committee or other source.
Applications for financial support from the FASS-RDF are reviewed by the Research Development Committee (RDC) of
the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Faculty members holding a full-time appointment at Dalhousie University are eligible to apply for FASS-RDF funds
(professor emeriti and adjunct faculty members are not eligible). Faculty members holding limited term appointments of
50% or more may also apply, but the costs associated with conference travel must be expended during the period of their
appointment. To be eligible, the faculty member must normally be in a discipline supported by SSHRC, and the nature
of the conference must fall under the mandate of SSHRC. Retroactive applications will NOT be accepted.
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Applicants must be persons who will play an active role in the conference, either by presenting a paper or acting
as a discussant. Applications can be submitted in anticipation of a paper being submitted and accepted. The
application will be reviewed by the RDC and, if approved, funding will be contingent on receipt of proof of the
paper being accepted (or confirmation of discussant role).
Priority will be given to applicants who will be presenting a paper.
The Committee will grant higher priority to those applicants that are within the first 5 years of their appointment
at Dalhousie.
The Committee will also take into consideration alternate sources of available funding when making its decision.
Grants made under the terms of this programme will cover the following items of expenditure:
i)
Airfare from the airport closest to the applicant’s residence to the airport closest to the conference site. The
Committee as a rule requires that grant holders travelling by air will take the lowest cost economy flights. Only
in exceptional circumstances will the Committee pay higher rates.
ii)
Living allowances and hotel rates according to international rates available on Dalhousie University Financial
Services website http://www.dal.ca/finserv and http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/travel/travel_e.html (See Appendix D).
iii) Required conference registration fees.
The maximum amount awarded for delivery of a paper will be $1,000 (per applicant) once every twelve-month period.
The maximum awarded to support a discussant role will be $500. The Committee may, at its discretion, make partial
awards covering only a portion of the expenses normally eligible, should it prove necessary to provide some assistance to
a larger number of deserving scholars. The total amount of funding awarded cannot exceed the FASS International
Travel Fund in any fiscal year.
Applicants must submit the application as a PDF document by 4:00 p.m. on the deadline date or the Monday following
if the deadline date falls on a weekend to:
frank.harvey@dal.ca with a copy to paulette.chiasson@dal.ca and her/his Department Chair.
FASS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
APPLICATION FOR FACULTY TRAVEL GRANT TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
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DEADLINE DATES: MAY 1ST, SEPTEMBER 15TH, JANUARY 15TH
APPLICATION MUST BE WORD-PROCESSED AND SUBMITTED ONLINE
NAME:
EMPLOYEE #:
POSITION:
TELEPHONE:
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL:
FAX:
FACULTY:
E-MAIL:
NAME OF CONFERENCE FOR WHICH THE APPLICATION IS BEING MADE:
LOCATION:
DATES:
SPONSORING ORGANISATION:
IF THIS CONFERENCE IS ONE OF A SERIES, FREQUENCY & LOCATION OF LAST CONFERENCE:
NUMBER OF DAY’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE:
ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY APPLICANT IN THE CONFERENCE :
PRESENTING A PAPER
MAIN RESEARCH AREA TO WHICH THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED:
PRESIDING OVER A SESSION
ACTING AS A FORMAL DISCUSSANT
AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUND:
AIRFARE:
$
Provide economy quote/print out
LIVING ALLOWANCE :
$
Use Treasury Board rates http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/travel/travel_e.html (See Appendix D)
REGISTRATION FEES:
$
Provide copy/receipt for fees
TOTAL:
$
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION:
AMOUNT REQUESTED/OBTAINED FROM OTHER SOURCES: INDICATE SOURCE
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SCHOLARLY BENEFITS :
DATE OF MOST RECENT FASS-RDF FACULTY TRAVEL
GRANT:
ATTACH THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
CV
INFORMATION ON SPONSORING ORGANISATION (DESCRIPTIVE BROCHURE, CONSTITUTION, LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS, ETC.)
A LINK TO THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM OR LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, IF AVAILABLE
CORRESPONDENCE CONFIRMING APPLICANT’S ROLE IN CONFERENCE
AS APPLICABLE, ABSTRACT OR PRECIS OF PAPER TO BE PRESENTED (MAXIMUM TWO PAGES)
NAME OF APPLICANT
April 2012
SIGNATURE
Application for a Faculty Travel Grant
DATE
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YES / NO
DEPARTMENT CHAIR/SCHOOL DIRECTOR
April 2012
CONFIRMATION OF APPROVAL?
Application for a Faculty Travel Grant
DATE
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