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TRiSS Travel Bursaries

The TRiSS Executive Committee is delighted to announce its final Travel Bursaries call of the 23/24 academic year. These grants are awarded to postgraduate research students, with a value of up to €750, for the following purposes, which roughly form an order of preference:

  • Travel to participate in academic meetings with personal presentation of the results of their research
  • Travel to engage in research relevant to their project and to collect material/information for incorporation in their own theses
  • Participation in an academic meeting without presentation of research
  • Participation in a training course or workshop

Students should note that awards are based on funds available and the number of applications, and are not guaranteed. In particular, please only request the funds necessary for travel so that as many can be supported as possible.

Further, for an application to present at a conference, we will consider contingent funding. That is, if there is a conference you want to attend but you do not have funding for it, then knowing in advance that you have qualified for a TTB would then allow you to apply. If your conference application is unsuccessful, then you will not be awarded the funding. With such a system, we can both encourage students to apply for conferences that they otherwise wouldn't be able to, as they would not know if they could pay for it, and maximise the number of students we support.

Rules and Notes:

  1. It is envisaged that applications will be considered three times in the academic year. Applications for the April 2024 call need to be submitted by 5pm, Friday 19 April, with the intention of making outcomes known within 3 weeks.
  2. The funding will only be available for the academic meeting/training course/workshop you are applying for. Only 1 event per application will be allowed.
  3. Only travel, accommodation and conference registration costs will be accepted. This grant does not cover subsistence expenses.
  4. When calculating accommodation costs (for conferences and workshops), please note that Trinity Finance will only accept expenses a day before the event and a day/half day after.
  5. Applicants must be research-based postgraduate students from TRiSS member schools, and must not have submitted their thesis before commencement of travel.
  6. Applicants must confirm support from their supervisor.
  7. Please do not exceed the word count or you may be penalised.
  8. Retrospective applications will not be considered.

Applications can be made from Monday 8 April. To obtain a form, please send an email to triss@tcd.ie, or contact your School's/Department's PhD administrator.