Tulane's Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (OGPS) awards a limited number of travel grants for postdoctoral fellows to present at professional conferences. All postdoctoral fellows based at Tulane are eligible to apply; fellows are eligible for one award per semester. 

Grants are a maximum of $500 for domestic travel and $1000 for international travel. Please note that the award only goes towards one conference per cycle.

Preference is given to applicants presenting a paper, but those presenting posters or participating as a discussant at a conference, biennale, or arts festival may also apply. 

Requests for funds must be received before travel is initiated. Eligible travel costs include airfare, conference registration, hotel, meals, and local transportation expenses (parking, taxi, rental car, train pass etc.). Airfare must be booked through the Concur Travel Module.

Deadline

Applications are accepted three times per year.

• July 15 for travel in the fall (September through December)
• November 15 for travel in the spring (January through April)
• March 15 for travel in the summer (May through August)

Applications should be submitted in the webform by 5:00 p.m. on the due date. Awards will be announced by e-mail approximately two weeks after the deadline.

Application

We have changed the application process. To apply for the Spring 2027 cycle (deadline is November 15, 2026), please complete all elements of the Travel Grant Application through this online form.

If you have any application questions, please email ogps@tulane.edu.

Note that an application should be submitted by the appropriate deadline even if acceptance notification is pending. In this case, OGPS can make a conditional grant contingent upon receipt of notification. If the paper/poster is not accepted, the grant will be withdrawn.

Review Criteria

Applications are reviewed using the following criteria:

Event Visibility & Impact - 50%
Has the paper or poster been accepted at the event, or is the applicant serving as a discussant?
What is the significance or professional impact of this event

Professional Development - 25%
Has the postdoc ever presented at a national or international event before?
How will this event benefit the postdoc's professional development?
What is the likelihood that this event will benefit the postdoc's research?

Budget - 25%
Are the estimated expenses reasonable?
Are matching funds available?
 

Reimbursement

To be reimbursed, please email ogps@tulane.edu for a PowerPoint guide on how to submit an expense report through Waveworks. We will also provide an account number to allocate.

You may also reach out to your departmental administrator for assistance.

We may be able to submit the report for you, but it is based on staff availability. 

For more information about WaveWorks, please refer to the WaveWorks Trainings page.  Please attend the session titled "Introduction to Expenses" on how to submit an expense report.