Rehabilitation Science travel awards are intended to help financially support student participation in national and international meetings. A call for applications generally occurs twice a year, in the fall and spring semesters. The Rehabilitation Science steering committee will review applications submitted by the advertised priority deadline. If there are still funds remaining, applications will continued to be reviewed on a rolling basis. Award amount is usually $250.
Eligibility criteria
- Open to all Rehabilitation Science PhD students.
- Students must attend more than 50% of Rehabilitation Science seminars
Review Criteria
Significant priority will be given to students presenting data (oral presentation or poster presentation) at a national or international meeting.
- The committee may also consider the following criteria when making a decision:
- Rationale and/or hypothesis clearly stated
- Results and conclusions clearly stated
- Preliminary/pilot study vs. completed study
- Seniority of the student
- Previous travel award history