Travel Assistance Fund

Purpose of the Travel Assistance Fund

The Travel Assistance Fund enables faculty to defray some of the travel costs associated with presenting scholarly outcomes at professional conferences and meetings that have been peer-reviewed, juried, or selected by the major associations or societies in their fields; it also supports travel where they will receive a major award from those organizations.

Award Amount and Spending Information:

Only one trip per person may be funded in a fiscal year, and a maximum of $1,500 per award will be funded. Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) will allocate funds for the following semesters:

• Fall (September 1 - January 15)
• Spring (January 16 - May 31)
• Summer (June 1 - August 31)

PI Eligibility:

Applicants must be TWU full-time tenured faculty, research faculty, or tenure-track faculty with a full-time appointment for 2026-2027.

Adjunct faculty, faculty members with part-time employment or on modified service, visiting faculty, clinical faculty and students are ineligible to apply.

Request for Research Faculty Status Form

Dates:

Research and Sponsored Programs is now accepting applications for 2026-2027. There is no deadline for this program; applications are accepted on a rolling deadline.

Upon the completion of your travel, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will request a brief report about your trip.

Submission Information:

Please fill out the application and email to ORSP for review. You will be sent a notification email once your application has been received.

2026-2027 Travel Assistance Fund Application Materials