2008-2009 Elaine Scott Travel Fund Awards

The Cornell Peace Studies Program’s Elaine Scott Travel Fund provides Cornell graduate students with travel support for research or conferences within the United States. Applicants must be enrolled in a Cornell University graduate program leading to a Ph.D. degree. Travel must be completed by June 30, 2009.

The grants will support students whose work is relevant to peace studies. Examples of topics that might be supported include dual-use technology and weapons proliferation; the impact of new technologies and strategies, including those associated with the war on terrorism, on international humanitarian law and the norms of warfare; regional security issues; histories of war or peace; studies of ethnic conflict; topics in international political economy that explicitly treat the security dimensions of growing international interdependence; civil-military relations; terrorism; or post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction.

Examples of eligible travel include trips to visit archives or to conduct interviews, attendance at professional conferences or meetings, or travel to confer with experts on a student's dissertation project. Our funds are limited; the average grant is expected to be in the $300-$500 range.

To apply for one of the grants, a student should submit:

• a cover sheet
• a short project description, including the proposed budget for the project
• a copy of his/her Cornell transcript
• a letter of recommendation from his/her committee chairperson

Deadline: Friday, February 29, 2008

The applicant should submit materials to:
Elaine Scott Travel Fund
Peace Studies Program
130 Uris Hall