The CMCS Graduate Research Travel Fund

The Center for Material Culture Studies is pleased to offer travel support on a competitive basis for eligible University of Delaware graduate students pursuing research or fieldwork. Up to $1,500 per awardee is available through the National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant. Graduate students whose research or fieldwork entails the study of material culture are eligible to apply. Preference shall be given to students who are advanced in their studies. Awardees agree to submit a two-page report within one month of completing their research travel and no later than the end of the academic year in which the grant funds were disbursed.

The deadlines for applications are October 15 and March 15 of the academic year. We will accept applications beginning one month before the deadline. To apply, prepare a one-page statement, a brief budget, and a current CV. Please indicate other funding you anticipate or are applying for in support of this work.  Also, please arrange to have your advisor send a letter of reference to materialculture@udel.edu.

Send application materials to materialculture@udel.edu with “Graduate Research Travel Fund” in the subject field. In accepting a grant the awardee allows CMCS to use any original materials they submit (such as a report and images) for promotional purposes, which could include posting to the website.

Please note new terms for CMCS awards effective as of the 2020 grant cycles:
  • Funding caps: doctoral students are eligible to receive a maximum of $3500 in CMCS awards (excluding DELPHI fellowships) over the duration of their degree programs; masters students are eligible to receive a maximum of $2000 in CMCS awards (excluding DELPHI fellowships) over the duration of their degree programs.
  • Acceptance of CMCS awards: awardees are responsible for checking and confirming their eligibility to accept and hold a CMCS award free of conflict, and concurrently with, any other department, program, or university awards.