IUB-CAHI Graduate Conference Travel Award Fall

The CAHI Graduate Conference Travel Award supports IU Ph.D., M.A., or M.F.A. students working in the arts and humanities traveling to professional conferences to present their original research or creative activity. Awards may be up to $750 for domestic travel and $1,000 for international travel.

In the interest of supporting as many emerging scholars and artists as possible, previous Conference Travel Award recipients must wait one full academic year before applying again.

Apply during the fall cycle if your conference travel will start between September 15, 2026, and January 31, 2027.

CAHI will not give awards retroactively for travel that has already taken place. For cases in which timing is misaligned, such as an upcoming conference for which you are still awaiting confirmation of acceptance, we recommend writing to cahi@iu.edu and submitting a conditional application by the deadline. It is easy to withdraw the application should you end up not traveling.

All awards are subject to university restrictions and regulations. Recipients are expected to send a brief report (500 words) within one month of completing travel, summarizing participation and outcomes.

Note: It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the letter of support is submitted to CAHI by the application deadline. Applications that are missing a letter of support will not be reviewed.

Eligibility:

Who may apply:
* IU Ph.D., M.A., or M.F.A. students working in the arts and humanities whose primary degree affiliation is within core College of Arts + Sciences departments at Indiana University Bloomington, including those in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Those in the Eskenazi School and the Media School are no longer eligible.
* Students must be enrolled in the College of Arts + Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington in order to apply for and receive award funding.
* If other internal or external funding is received for the same project, CAHI requires notification and reserves the right to adjust or reassign awards in light of this information.

Award
Varies
Deadline
09/16/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please upload a 1-page cover letter outlining the signifiance of the conference in relation to your work. Make sure to convey this information using language that reviewers outside your field of expertise will be able to understand (i.e. spell out acronyms; cut out disciplinary jargon)
  2. Please upload a copy of your curriculum vitae (CV) or resume.
  3. Please provide name, dates, and location of conference where you will present your research.
  4. Is the conference regional, national, or international in scope?
  5. Have you been accepted to the conference or is your contribution pending?
  6. Please upload documentation confirming acceptance of your paper for the conference.
  7. Please upload a brief abstract of the paper to be given (no more than 200 words).
  8. Please upload a detailed budget of expected costs. Please save and upload your file using the following naming convention: LASTNAME_BUDGET.
  9. Please provide the contact information for a faculty advisor or the departmental Director of Graduate Studies who will be submitting a letter of support on your behalf. The letter should confirm your progress toward degree and outline the significance of the conference in relation to your work.
  10. Please provide the first and last name, as well as the email address of your Director of Graduate Studies.
  11. Have you previously received CAHI funding?
  12. If your application is successful, may we share it as an example for future applicants? Any identifying information may be removed before it is shared.
  13. Any additional information you'd like to provide.
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