Summer Research Travel Grant

The Summer Research Travel Grant supports undergraduate and graduate or professional students conducting thesis or dissertation research related to Latin America and the Caribbean. Research proposals are accepted from all disciplines, but must be directly related to the region.

• 1-2 page proposal (not exceeding 750 words)
• 1 page resume
• Current transcript or grade report
• 1 letter of recommendation

If your research is linked to a faculty member or working on a faculty member's project, your letter of recommendation must come from that faculty member. If you are working in a group or with a partner, each student must submit separate applications.

All application materials must be submitted through CARAT. Find the application here.

Students are encouraged to apply to multiple Centers' research funds in order to increase their chances of receiving funding.

DRCLAS funds may be applied to travel-related expenses to conduct research in the field, including airfare, lodging, meals, transportation, visa fees, and vaccines; research materials, including data, images, or software to which the awardee does not have free access; monthly fees for electronic devices required for data collection; and stipends and fees for research-related support services such as translation and interpretation services. Requests for hardware purchases for data collection are discouraged but may be taken into consideration with adequate justification. Unfortunately, awards may not be used for salary support, student tuition, or indirect costs and cannot be used to replace existing sources of funding. Applicants are strongly discouraged from allocating disproportionately large portions of their budgets for expenses with equipment or third party services. Additional restrictions may apply, at the committee’s discretion.

Applicants are required to notify DRCLAS of any funding received from another source; in most cases the program will adjust its award. Students may not receive duplicate funding for the same budget items from different grants. Students who have been funded twice from this fund or other DRCLAS grants will receive lower priority.