Deadline: Departmental decision is due by February 28th, 2020

The Charles Phelps Taft Dissertation Fellowship provides financial support to advanced, outstanding graduate students in support of their doctoral research. Nine full-year fellowships of $17,600 are earmarked for superior graduate students that are relatively close to completion of their Ph.D. Each Taft Ph.D.-granting department is provided one allocated dissertation fellowship, and the recipient is decided by the faculty within the department. A University Graduate Scholarship (UGS) accompanies each fellowship, through the home department, which covers the standard student health insurance award and course fees. 

General Application Procedures

All applications must be submitted to the Graduate Program Director of your department. The procedures below are suggested guidelines for students and departments, but it is up to each department to adopt them entirely, partially or even establish a completely different set of rules for each year’s applications. Taft does not review applications for dissertation fellowships. 

Departments are free to adopt materials requirements they deem appropriate. The following materials list is for reference by Taft Departments and is based upon previous program requirements. 

• Research abstract (125 words)
• Project description (5 pages)
• The applicant's grade record - something that shows your grades for the courses you have taken while at UC.
• A letter of support from the applicant’s dissertation advisor detailing the following:
  • Progress in the dissertation process by the time of the application, according to the scheduled proposed on the applicant’s dissertation prospectus.
  • The applicant's rank among advanced graduate students and the department's applicants, as well as his or her engagement in extra-curricular activities such as organizing events, taking part in committees, volunteering for departmental activities, etc.
  • The applicant’s productivity, in terms of academic publications, during his or her years as a UC student. This part should also reference in-review publications as well as creative writing produced during the same period.
  • Whether or not all course work and qualifying exams have been completed, and the applicant has advanced to candidacy;
  • Expected completion date of doctoral studies;
  • Whether or not the applicant was previously a dissertation fellow;
• Two letters of support from faculty members, detailing the student’s work under their tutelage;

The primary prerequisite for serious consideration of all candidates is proof of significant progress toward the degree in the calendar year prior to the submission of the application. For students who are in the second year of dissertation work, this progress is usually established by the letters of recommendation of the student's advisor and other members of the dissertation committee. Such letters should summarize what has been accomplished and what remains to be accomplished before the dissertation is considered completed. For students who are about to begin a dissertation, significant progress toward the degree is established by completion of preliminary examination and by letters of recommendation. In exceptional circumstances, awards may be made contingent on satisfactory completion of Ph.D. examinations by the end of the second (spring) semester. 

Guidelines for Departmental Selection

Following departmental review and selection, the Graduate Program Director must send to Taft, no later than February 28, a letter detailing:

• The process of selecting the top two or three candidates
• A final ranking of the candidates, along with any information about other fellowships to which any of the candidates have applied (or will apply)
• The selected candidate's M-number, the title of their dissertations and an abstract of their project of no more 250 words.

Candidates who have had or currently have a Taft Dissertation award will not be eligible for another dissertation award unless there are no other qualified candidates within the department, assessed by a two-thirds majority vote of the faculty. In the exceptionally rare case that a candidate is being awarded a Dissertation Fellowship for the second time, the Department must explain this exceptional circumstance and the reasons for it on its report.

Departments should be advised that students who will attain 174 (140 with MA in-hand prior to attending UC) graduate hours during the fellowship year are not eligible for UGS awards and, therefore, cannot be considered for a Taft Dissertation Fellowship. 

It is not necessary to register for credit hours during the summer, in order to receive the stipend. 

Departments may carry-over their allocated award for up to one year if there is no student that meets department and Taft selection criteria for the Dissertation Fellowship, but may not provide more than two allocated awards in a given academic year.

Responsibilities of Taft Dissertation Fellows

• Taft Fellows may not engage in any form of paid employment, including teaching, during the period of their fellowship.
• The Taft Dissertation Fellowship is classified as a Graduate Assistant Scholarship (GAS), offered through the home department, which covers an entire academic year, including the summer. This does not include ITIE (technology) fees, insurance, or an international fee, if applicable.
• Taft Dissertation Fellows are required to attend several meetings throughout the year. This includes meeting as a cohort to discuss respective projects and selecting the attendees for the humanitiesNOW graduate conference.
• Dissertations Fellows must make themselves available for the entirely of the humanitiesNOWgraduate conference in the humanities, as well as the Annual Research Symposium at Taft, which features the work of our Center Fellows.
• Fellows must maintain residency in close proximity to the university, in order to satisfy the above requirements.
• Failure to meet the necessary obligations of the award may result in the termination of this award.

Reporting

Each department must report annually the status of all previous Fellowship recipients that remain in the department. The final reporting for a student should indicate their final degree status and, when known, where they went after leaving. 

Payment

The Taft Dissertation Fellowship includes $17,600.00 in pay and is categorized as a Graduate Assistant Scholarship (GAS), which covers the period from the first day of Fall Semester through the last day of spring semester. The GAS covers the cost of the instruction and general fees for each semester. Fellowship payments are distributed student accounts at the beginning of each semester, processed as a refund at the beginning of the 4th week of classes, assuming no outstanding debts.

Monies processed as fellowship payments are not reported to the IRS. As such, you will not receive any tax form (ie.1099-M) from the university. However, fellowship monies are taxable and recipients of such payments should self-report this as income to the IRS and plan to pay the appropriate taxes. 

This fund's purpose is to promote the recruitment, retention and advancement of excellent graduate students.

Use of Allocated Funds

The funds are made available to departments to strengthen their graduate programs by enhancing their graduate recruitment and program activities overall but especially to support the enhancement of Graduate Assistantships or Fellowships. To this end, departments are given considerable discretion to award these funds to students in a manner that supports the fund's purpose. Taft does not restrict the departmental decision process, and the individual awards do not have to be approved by any Taft committee. Yearly allocations must be expended by end of the fiscal year for which they are allocated*. 

Departments may use up to $2,000 of their allocation for recruiting and advertising their graduate program. 

The following guidelines must be adhered to in awarding an enhancements of Graduate Assistantships or Fellowships:

1. In making a Graduate Enhancement Award to a student, departments may either increase the Graduate Assistantship stipend or supplement stipend funding to meetGraduate School minimums. Departments may also use the funds for graduate fellowships, under which the student does not perform teaching or research duties for the department.
2. When an award is made to enhance a Graduate Assistantship, it must be added to the Graduate Assistantship stipend.
3. When an award is made as a fellowship during the fall or Spring semester, the stipend must be at least as large as the minimum Graduate Assistantship stipend set by the Graduate School, for twenty (20) hours of work per week.
4. It is inappropriate to use Taft awards to make across-the-board increases to all students.
5. A student receiving a Taft award in this manner must receive at least $1,000.

* Per a 2014 – 2015 vote by the Faculty Executive Board, Taft has adopted a special rule for Taft Professors, DARS, and Graduate Enhancement: Rollover will be allowed for into a second year, and by special permission, a third year, provided there is justification for the carryover as well as project start and end dates.

Deadline: November 1st, 2019
Sample Applications

Taft Graduate Enrichment Awards support graduate students registered in a Taft discipline, in research projects that will significantly advance their degree program. Individual or joint applications are accepted. Eligible projects include but are not limited to the following:

• Travel to a library, archive or other source of primary research materials;
• Purchase of software or data sets;
• Payment for technical services such as video-taping, laboratory analysis, etc.;
• Expenses involved in conducting interviews or distributing surveys.

Enrichment Awards do not cover conference participation, as these are supported by the Taft Graduate Fellowships and Taft Graduate Travel Awards. The maximum grant is $2,500 for any 24-month period.

Criteria

Applications will be evaluated against the following criteria:

• The quality or promise of quality of the applicant's work as a scholar or creative writer and teacher;
• The significance of the contribution that the proposed project will make to the applicant's degree program;
• The conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed project;
• The current state of the research, the schedule to do the research, and the timeliness of the grant to ensuring the completion of the project;
• The likelihood that the applicant will complete the project;
• The manner in which the application fulfills the stated requirement.

Note: Study abroad opportunities are given lower priority than activities with a dedicated research component.

Application Process

Applications may be submitted up to 5 PM on regularly scheduled deadlines; this includes electronic submission through the Taft Research Center website and departmental review. In addition to populating the electronic fields, a single pdf document must be uploaded to the system and should contain the following:

• A complete the cover sheet.
• A narrative of no more than five pages that includes:
  • a description of the project and goal(s), distinguished from any concurrent faculty projects or goals, should they coincide;
  • its role in the applicant's degree program;
  • its current status and expected outcomes;
  • a discussion of the expenses requested and their significance to the completion of the project;
  • specific anticipated impacts on one's intellectual development.
• A detailed budget and schedule, indicating any other funding sources involved in the project.
• A curriculum vitae (CV) or other records summarizing the applicant's graduate career.
• A support letter from the student's advisor, project director, or the graduate program director, uploaded to the electronic gateway by the graduate program director at the time of departmental review (which only the GPD can provide). This letter should comment on the role of the project in the student's degree program, as well as the significance of the project and the student's ability to complete it.

**NOTE: UC instituted changes to the student travel policies on 10/1/2012, which can be found by clicking on the following link: student travel policies. Students are responsible for travel policy compliance. Taft assumes no responsibility for a student's lack of compliance with travel policies, which may result in a refusal by UC Accounts Payable to reimburse travel expenses. Notably, you are required to obtain travel authorization prior to travel. The Student Travel Authorization Form  ( STAF ) can be found by following the "Forms" link under "Applying to Taft" or simply by clicking STAF  here, above, or below. Given the travel policies instituted on 10/1/2012, someone from your department should sign the required travel authorization forms, and maintain copies of these in case of emergency.

For detailed instructions on submitting your application, please click Application Instructions. For instructions on how to create a PDF, please click: How to Create a PDF. Note: the system only allows you to upload a single PDF document.

Signatures & Letters of Support

Once the applicant has submitted their application, an email notifying the graduate program director is automatically generated by the electronic application system. The graduate program director should then enter Researcher's Gateway, upload all supporting documents, and provide departmental review. This review process is distinct from the supporting document, and serves to either forward the application to the committee or remand the application to the applicant for amplification. If a thesis committee has been constituted, the graduate student should notify his/her committee chair regarding the application, and the committee chair should then be in contact with the graduate program director regarding departmental authorization.

Grant Terms

Grants may cover non-local transportation (airfare or automobile, whichever is more economical) and a maximum $50 per day towards food and lodging. Project-specific expenses, such as admission fees, photocopying costs, etc. may also be requested.

You are required to obtain travel authorization prior to travel. The Student Travel Authorization Form  ( STAF ) can be found by following the "Forms" link under "Applying to Taft" or simply by clicking STAF  here, above, or below. Given the travel policies instituted on 10/1/2012, someone from your department should sign the required travel authorization forms, and maintain copies of these in case of emergency. Taft is not responsible for lack of student compliance with travel policies, which may result in a refusal by UC Accounts Payable to reimburse travel expenses.

The total expenses claimed cannot be more than authorized, nor can line items be claimed that were not authorized.

Any transfer between line items on approved budgets must be approved by the Chair of the Taft Student Awards Committee.

Reimbursement Procedures

The following procedures should be followed in order to insure reimbursement of travel and or research expenses:

• These awards are now processed through Catalyst by the business administrators in the home department of the awardee. Students will need to work with the business administrators in award distribution, upon the submission of original receipts. ALL receipts for any expenses pre-paid by the university must be included.
• Be sure to obtain itemized receipts. If you are using an e-ticket for air travel, please request a receipt from the airline which clearly indicates the travel points and dates, and the fare. When in doubt, request a paper ticket
• Travel by personal vehicle is reimbursed at the university rate ($0.58 per mile). Mileage should be calculated by an internet map system, e.g. Mapquest, Bing or Google maps.
• Student Travel Authorization Form must be completed prior to any travel, and must be submitted with distribution request. Business personnel in the student's home department will be able to assist with the submission of receipts and any needed forms.
• The total expenses claimed cannot be more than authorized, nor can line items be claimed that were not authorized.
• Any transfer between line items on approved budgets must be approved by the Chair of the Taft Faculty Executive Board.

Deadline: March 6th, 2020
Sample Applications

Graduate Summer Fellowships provide $3,000 in support for graduate students conducting focused research projects, supervised by a faculty mentor. Grants are expected to culminate in a presentation or journal submission. Taft will cover the cost of posters should students elect to present at the UC Graduate Poster Forum held each Spring.

Applications

Applicants are required to apply for and report available funding from other sources (e.g. home department or the Graduate Student Association) to the Taft Student Awards Committee.

Applications must be completed by 5 PM on regularly scheduled deadlines; this includes electronic submission through the Taft Research Center website and departmental review. 

In addition to populating the electronic fields, a single pdf document must be uploaded to the system and should contain the following: 

• A downloaded & complete the cover sheet.
• A narrative of no more than 1250 words that includes:
  • A detailed statement of purpose explaining importance of the project to their current research or degree work.
  • The role of the proposed project plays in the applicant's degree program;
  • The current status and expected outcomes;
  • Specific anticipated impacts on one's intellectual development.
• A transcript, vita or other records summarizing the applicant's graduate career.
• Students must state whether they are eligible for funding from other sources including but not limited to GSGA, and UC International Programs.

Once the application has been submitted, the graduate program director (GPD) for the selected department will be notified. All support letters should be sent to the GPD, to be uploaded prior to approving the application for committee review.

A support letter from the student's adviser, project director, or the graduate program director, should be uploaded to the electronic gateway by the graduate program director at the time of review (which only the GPD can provide). This letter should comment on the role of the project in the student's degree program, as well as the significance of the project and the student's ability to complete it.

For detailed instructions on submitting your application, please click Application Instructions.

For instructions on how to create a PDF, please click: How to Create a PDF. Note: the system only allows you to upload a single PDF document.

*NOTE: Award announcements are sent by email, from a central source, listed as web.centralATuc.edu.

Deadline

Applications for Taft Graduate Summer Fellowships are accepted during the second semester. Please consult the application deadline page for this year's deadlines. Eligibility is limited to the award cycle prior to the proposed research.

Signatures

Once the applicant has submitted their application, an email notifying the graduate program director is automatically generated by the electronic submissions system. The graduate program director should then provide intradepartmental review and upload any supporting documents at that time. If a thesis committee has been constituted, the graduate student should notify his/her committee chair regarding the travel application, and the committee chair should then be in contact with the graduate program director regarding departmental authorization for travel.

You are required to obtain travel authorization prior to any research travel. The Student Travel Authorization Form (STAF) can be found by following the "Forms" link under "Applying to Taft" or simply by clicking STAF here, above, or below. The Taft Faculty Chair or your departmental advisor may provide the signature of authorizing travel.

Grant Distribution

If awarded a Graduate Summer Fellowship, you must contact your department's business administrator, providing the award letter and request for monies. Your notice should include the relevant information, e.g. when the project will begin and end and project title. The monies will be distributed to your student account and, provided there is no outstanding balance, you will receive a refund check from the University of Cincinnati.

Deadline: Rolling

Grants are available for graduate students traveling domestically or internationally, in order to present their research, whether serving as discussants, presenting a paper or some other creative work at academic conferences or events.

The maximum allowable grant (or combination of grants) is $500 per fiscal year. These funds may be used to cover airfare or mileage at the university rate ($0.585 per mile), whichever is less, a conference registration fee, and per diem, to include lodging.

Applications

Applications must be completed by 5 PM on regularly scheduled deadlines; this includes electronic submission through the Taft Research Center website and departmental review. Weekly deadlines for this program begin in the middle of July and end the second week of June. Funding for travel in the next fiscal year is only available within three months of the close of the current fiscal year, i.e. mid-March. The application process includes electronic submission through the Taft Research Center Web site and a departmental review.  Do note the system only allows applicants to upload a single PDF document prior to departmental approval

In addition to populating the electronic fields, a single pdf document must be uploaded to the system and should contain the following:

A complete cover sheet / template to include:

• Biographical and general project information
• Budget details (and proof of costs, appended at the end of document). Budget should include:
  • Total travel costs, including actual item costs and GSA rates for the area;
  • Amount of GSA-eligible funding available and how this amount defrays the funding requested of Taft
• Abstract / Project Description;
• Statement as to the availability of other travel funds, e.g., GSGA, and their use in relation to this travel, or reason for nonuse.
• Conference announcement and acceptance notice (appended at the end of document).

** Students are required to maintain compliance with the published University policies on student travel (located here: student travel policies). The University travel policies instituted on 10/1/2012 require travel oversight for students, including pre-travel counseling and the maintenance of emergency contact information. Taft is not responsible this counseling or maintenance, or for lack of student compliance with travel policies, which may result in a refusal by the University's Accounts Payable Department to reimburse travel expenses. If you have questions on this matter, you should consult your program director for advice on compliance with these policies. The University requires travel authorization prior to travel. The Student Travel Authorization Form (STAF) can be found here, above or below. The (STAF) should be submitted with the reimbursement, not the application.

For detailed instructions on submitting your application, please click Application Instructions.

For instructions on how to create a PDF, please click: How to Create a PDF. Note: the system only allows you to upload a single PDF document.

**NOTE Award announcements are generally sent by email from within the electronic awards management system at web.centralATuc.edu. Replies to these emails do not reach Taft.

Once the applicant for graduate travel has submitted their application, an email notifying the graduate program director is automatically generated by the electronic submissions system. The graduate program director should then provide intradepartmental review and upload any supporting documents at that time. If a thesis committee has been constituted, the graduate student should notify his/her committee chair regarding the travel application, and the committee chair should then be in contact with the graduate program director regarding departmental authorization for travel.

Reimbursement Procedures

The following procedures should be followed in order to insure reimbursement of travel expenses:

• Per university policies, Grant recipients must submit receipts to departmental admin, for reimbursement through the student account, within 30 calendar days of the conclusion of the trip.
• Travel reimbursements are processed through student accounts and refunds are issued through that account. Once Taft enters information on to the student’s account, the bursar’s office is responsible for issuing a refund, based upon the student’s current account status.
• Registration fees should be separated from any additional Membership/organization fees.
• All receipts for any expenses pre-paid by the university must be included.
• Travel by personal vehicle is reimbursed at the university rate ($0.585 per mile). Mileage should be calculated by an internet map system, e.g. Google maps.
• Any transfer between line items on approved budgets must be approved by the Taft Faculty Chair.

Consistent with the university-wide goal of increasing the amount and quality of undergraduate research and the Taft Research Center’s mission to provide competitive research support, this competitive program supports undergraduate research excellence by offering an award of $2,000 to outstanding undergraduate scholars. This advanced learning experience is designed to create incentives for advanced research opportunities at the undergraduate level and to promote both an undergraduate intellectual community and scholarship in the humanities, broadly conceived. All awardees will be required to participate in the Taft Undergraduate Club on a monthly basis. Senior undergraduates, directed by a faculty mentor, will develop substantial and creative independent research projects, apart from any other coursework, which is intended to culminate in a thesis or expository work presented at the University Undergraduate Research Conference in the spring.

Award Specifics

Upon the successful completion of the terms of the grant, awardees will receive $2,000, paid to the student's account, by the business administrator for the student's Taft-eligible department. If the student’s project includes significant research costs, up to 100% of the award may be used to offset those costs, on a reimbursement basis.

In addition, participating faculty members will receive $500 in remuneration for their time spent mentoring students. Mentor payments will be paid out during the same cycle as the student, i.e. following project completion, as part of their regular payment schedule from the University.  

Students are required to engage in their particular research projects and present their research at the University Undergraduate Research Conference, held in the spring. They will also meet periodically to discuss their projects, intellectual hurdles or other related issues. Students are required to meet no less than once per month with their faculty mentor.

Failure to comply with the above requirement may result in a reduction or loss of the award.

Eligibility

Students in their junior year, majoring in one of the Taft departments are eligible to apply for this award but must be in contact with the undergraduate program director for their discipline and, if different, a faculty mentor. This includes students entering into a 4+1 MA program though it is open to all students entering their senior year. Applicants must have a minimum 3.5 overall grade point average to be considered for this program.

Guidelines for Selection

In case there are more applicants than slots available to grant this award, the Taft Student Awards Committee will consider applicants in two pools. The first will be only for minority applicants, hereby denoted the set-aside pool (diversity fellowships). This set-aside pool of three (3) awards is dedicated to minority applicants. In all cases, if an eligible applicant does not receive an award from the set-aside pool, the applicant will still be considered for an award from the open pool.

Applications will be evaluated for:

• The quality or promise of quality of the applicant's work as a scholar or creative writer.
• The significance of the contribution that the proposed project will make to the applicant's intellectual development in their chosen field of study.
• The conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed project.
• The current state of the research, the schedule to do the research, and the timeliness of the grant to ensuring the completion of the project.
• The likelihood that the applicant will complete the project.
• The manner in which the application fulfills the stated requirement.
• The letters of support required from the faculty mentor and one other faculty member in their department.
• Grade transcript and evidence of academic achievement.

Terms of the Grant

Grant winners are required to complete all of the following:

1. Apply for a nationally competitive award over the summer, before the start of the fall term. (For more information, see the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards or speak with someone at the Taft Center).
2. Meet with their research cohort at least twice during the academic year, to discuss their projects, intellectual or other related issues, as the core of the Taft Undergraduate Club.
3. Meet at least twice during the year with the Taft Faculty Chair and Center Director (typically as part of their monthly meetings).
4. Meet no less than once per month with their faculty mentor
5. Students are required present their research at the University Undergraduate Research Conference, held in the spring. 

*** Note:Monies processed as fellowship payments are not reported to the IRS, as there is not form for reporting that as income. As such, you will not receive any tax form (ie.1099-M) from the university. However, fellowship monies are taxable and recipients of such payments should self-report this as income to the IRS and plan to pay the appropriate taxes.

The Taft Undergraduate Enrichment Awards enable students majoring in Taft departments to undertake projects that will enhance their learning experience in their major field. Individual or group applications are accepted. Eligible projects include but are not limited to research expenses, travel to a library, archives, museum, or conference, a language immersion program, or an organized field trip. Regardless of the activity, there must be a research component within the proposed project. There is no limit on the number of students who may apply for the enrichment awards, and all awards are made on a competitive basis with none allocated to particular departments. Applications will be evaluated both on the potential value of the enrichment experience and the record of the student(s) applying. The current maximum award for an individual or a project is $2,000.

Undergraduate Enrichment Award Applicants traveling outside the United States, for projects associated with an academic credit bearing experience (i.e., getting a grade), are required to apply for funds from UC International. Those who receive support outside Taft must report such funding to the Taft Faculty Chair upon receipt of award notification.

Eligibility

To be eligible, students must be majoring in one of the Taft departments and must have completed at least 10 upper division credit hours in their major by the end of the current academic year. Seniors are eligible if the project funded will be completed by the first day of classes of the last semester prior to graduation.

Application Process

Applications must be completed by 5 PM on regularly scheduled deadlines; this includes electronic submission through the Taft Research Center website and departmental review.

In addition to populating the electronic fields, a single pdf document must be uploaded to the system and should contain the following:

• Download and completed cover sheet
• Applications should include a description of how the proposed project will advance the student's understanding of his or her major field. This should distinguish the enrichment goal beyond any course credit that might be earned through the project and detail specific anticipated impacts on one's intellectual development. The project description should also include a clear research component, such as collecting information to produce a particular research paper or other scholarly outcome not required by a course. Proposed projects may not merely be a study abroad experience (300-350 words).
• Detailed Budget and justification. 
• Full Transcript or Grade Report.
• Two letters of Recommendation from professors in Taft disciplines who can speak directly to how the project will enrich the student's understanding of his or her major. Letters should be sent to the undergraduate program director in the applicant's department, who will then upload the letters at the time of departmental review.
• A statement of other available sources of funding from UC for the particular type of project. Those who receive support outside Taft must report such funding to the Taft Faculty Chair upon receipt of award notification.

** UC instituted changes to the student travel policies on 10/1/2012, which can be found by clicking on the following link: student travel policies. Students are responsible for travel policy compliance. Taft assumes no responsibility for a student's lack of compliance with travel policies, which may result in a refusal by accounts payable to reimburse travel expenses.

For detailed instructions on submitting your application, please click Application Instructions.

For instructions on how to create a PDF, please click: How to Create a PDF. Note: the system only allows you to upload a single PDF document.

Reimbursement Procedures

You are required to obtain travel authorization prior to travel. The Student Travel Authorization Form (STAF) can be found by clicking (STAF) here, above, or below. The travel policies instituted on 10/1/2012 require travel oversight for students, including pretravel counseling and the maintenance of emergency contact information. Taft is not responsible this counseling or maintenance, or for lack of student compliance with travel policies, which may result in a refusal by UC Accounts Payable to reimburse travel expenses. If you have questions on this matter, you should consult your program director for advice on compliance with these policies. For additional direction, you should visit the policies at student travel policies.

Please be sure to obtain receipts in order to receive payment.  If you are using an e-ticket for air travel, please request a receipt from the airline which clearly indicates the travel points and dates, and the fare. When in doubt, request a paper ticket.

Upon Return: Approval for overnight and International travel must be submitted and approved prior to travel. Awards are processed through Catalyst by the business administrators in the home department of the awardee. Students will need to work with the business administrators in processing receipts for reimbursement. Per university policies, Grant recipients must submit receipts and travel reimbursement within a reasonable period of time following the the conclusion of the trip. Please note that:

• ALL receipts for any expenses pre-paid by the university must be included.
• The total expenses claimed cannot be more than authorized, nor can line items be claimed that were not authorized.
• Any transfer between line items on approved budgets must be approved by the Chair of the Taft Faculty Executive Board.