TRiSS Travel Bursaries
The TRiSS Executive Committee is delighted to announce the first Travel Bursaries call of the 24/25 academic year. These grants are awarded to postgraduate research students, with a value of up to €750, for the following purposes, which roughly form an order of preference:
- Travel to participate in a conference with personal presentation of the results of their research
- Travel to engage in research relevant to their project and to collect material/information for incorporation in their own theses
- Participation in an academic meeting without presentation of research
- Participation in a training course or workshop
Students should note that awards are based on funds available and the number of applications, and are not guaranteed. In particular, please only request the funds necessary for travel so that as many can be supported as possible.
Further, for an application to present at a conference, we will consider contingent funding. That is, if there is a conference you want to attend but you do not have funding for it, then knowing in advance that you have qualified for a TTB would then allow you to apply. If your conference application is unsuccessful, you will not be awarded the funding. With such a system, we can both encourage students to apply for conferences that they otherwise wouldn't be able to, as they would not know if they could pay for it, and maximise the number of students we support.
Rules and Notes:
- It is envisaged that applications will be considered twice in the academic year. Applications for the October 2024 call will open on Monday 7 October, 9am and close at 5pm, Friday 25 October, with the intention of making outcomes known within 3 weeks. The Travel Bursaries will re-open again end of January 2025.
- The funding will only be available for the academic meeting/training course/workshop you are applying for. Only 1 event per application will be allowed.
- Only travel, accommodation and conference registration costs will be accepted. This grant does not cover subsistence expenses.
- When calculating accommodation costs (for conferences and workshops), please note that Trinity Finance will only accept expenses a day before the event and a day/half day after.
- Applicants must be research-based postgraduate students from TRiSS member schools. You must not have submitted your thesis before attending the conference.
- As these Travel Bursaries are extremely popular, we ask that you sit out the next application round if you were successful in the previous call.
- Applicants must confirm support from their supervisor.
- Please do not exceed the word count or you may be penalised.
- Retrospective applications will not be considered.
Further Information
Contact triss@tcd.ie for a link to the application form.
If you are interested to see where previous successful recipients have been, please take a look at our Travel Bursary Reports page.
