The Department of Art History and Archaeology makes funds available each year to enhance the professional development of our students. Graduate students are invited to submit proposals for funding to assist with their research and travel costs, conference fees, and publication expenses. Proposals are generally due November 1 for work to be conducted during the period of December through April, and April 15 for work to be done between April and September.

As a rule, the Department considers these grants as a means of completing research for the M.A. or Ph.D. thesis, or for presenting papers at professional conferences. Funds may be available, budget permitting, to permit scholarly publication costs, such as reproduction fees.

Proposals
We encourage students to approach this process with rigor, specificity, and comprehensiveness.
We ask that each application offer:
* an intellectual justification for the project or activity to be undertaken
a specific assessment of how this project fits into the larger program of the student's graduate education
* a work schedule, accompanied by a specific timetable
* evidence of the proposal's viability (acceptance of a paper, notice from a curator or archivist making materials available, etc).

The student should provide a short written assessment of the completed activity for their file. In the case of written work, departmental support of travel should be acknowledged.

Budget guidelines for professional conferences:
Students may only request funding for two conference presentations per year. Students delivering talks at conferences should expect to receive no more than $500, plus conference registration fees. Transportation amount quoted in proposals are expected to be budget ticket rates, taking advantage of advance purchase or other discounts.
The $500 is intended to cover transportation and reasonable hotel fees.
* Students driving their own cars may ask to be reimbursed at the current university mileage rate, now 32 cents/mile.
* The department does not cover food or drink costs during professional travel.
* The department does not cover taxi rides to and from airports, but other forms of public transportation (shuttles, buses, metro) may be reimbursed.

Students proposing travel for research should be aware:
* The department does not fund food costs (restaurants or groceries).
* Travel as above, reasonable lodging, photocopy costs, museum entrance fees, photography (film and development) for research purposes are all permissible costs for research trips.
* Long distance phone calls may not be reimbursed.
* Any proposal for a figure over $1000 for an M.A. student, or $1500 for a Ph.D. student requires evidence of the student also applying to funding sources outside the university.
* Students may expect at most one grant of funds to help with M.A. research. Priority will be given proposals for Ph.D. level research.

Students should submit receipts on one occasion only, after their trip, to Nancy Rubin. The Department will not be able to advance funds, and no reimbursement can be made for lost receipts.