Grants

 

Newcomb-Tulane College awards over $100,000 annually to support undergraduate research, conference travel and special projects. Applications for small grants can be submitted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed by URAF on the last Friday of every month. Applications for large grants will be accepted and reviewed by a faculty committee on a four-date cycle: early fall, late fall, early spring and late spring. 

Grant Sizes and Requirements

 

About

  • Awarded for domestic conference travel, research materials costs, and a summer living expenses supplement for students conducting unpaid research. 
  • Requests will be considered up to a maximum of $1,500. All students with requests exceeding $1,500 must apply instead for a large grant. 
  • You may not submit more than one small grant application per semester.
  • Small grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed on the last Friday of every month. Keep this in mind as you are applying for funding and try to submit your application as far in advance as you can to allow appropriate time for fund dispersal. 

 

Application Requirements

NTC small grant application form

You will be asked to include the following in the form:

  • Submit proof of experience documents using instructions from our Concur travel booking guide.
    • Conference travel: Proof of conference acceptance and itemized expenses.
    • Research materials: Itemized expenses.
    • Summer supplement: Proof of employment in your lab/research group.

You must also separately have a faculty member fill out and submit an NTC small grant faculty endorsement form.

About

  • Large grants are awarded for international conference travel costs, research materials costs exceeding the small grant maximum and independent and honors thesis research expenses exceeding the small grant maximum (including but not limited to materials and travel).
  • Students are highly recommended to submit their grant proposal drafts for review by URAF staff up to seven days before the deadline of each cycle to ensure they meet all the requirements before the deadline. Rejected applications cannot be reconsidered until the following grant cycle. You can email your draft review requests to ntcgrants@tulane.edu.  
  • The amount awarded is decided by the review committee.
  • Decisions will be announced about two weeks following the deadline.

 

Grant Cycles

  • Early fall cycle deadline: Sept. 15
  • Late fall cycle deadline: Nov. 15
  • Early spring cycle deadline: Feb. 15
  • Late spring cycle deadline (*as funds are available): Apr. 15

 

Application Requirements

NTC large grant application form

You will be asked to include the following in the form:

You must also separately have a project mentor or a relevant faculty member fill out and submit a large grant faculty recommendation form.
 

 

 

Eligibility

All Newcomb-Tulane College (NTC) students are eligible to apply for NTC grant funding. All full-time undergraduates of Tulane University are considered NTC students. Students who are in their fifth year, as part of a joint graduate degree program, are considered NTC students until their undergraduate degree has been conferred. Students in their first semester, whether first-year students or transfer students, are not eligible to apply for an NTC grant. 

 

 
  • Expenses related to student-initiated creative and scholarly work, including costs associated with the honors thesis.
  • Academic conference travel (for presenters), virtual and local (New Orleans) conference attendance.
  • Some student-initiated service projects. 
  • Expenses associated with course-based projects, including capstone projects. (An honors thesis does not count as a class.)
  • Food costs.
  • Stipends or salaries.
  • Costs for any program or course where you are receiving credit.
  • Costs to take classes or courses, whether for credit or not for credit.
  • Study abroad tuition costs.
  • Research dates may not coincide with study abroad dates. Applicants may extend their time in country after a study abroad program or arrive early to conduct independent research. In this case, they may apply for lodging expenses during the research period and half the airfare. Students should have a faculty research mentor for this project who is not associated with the study abroad program. 
  • Start-up ventures.
  • Personal items such as medical insurance, cell phones, etc.
  • Durable items or supplies (cameras, etc.) that are over $100 — unless you intend for them to remain the property of your department.
  • Travel costs for attending a conference without presenting (virtual and local New Orleans conferences excepted).
  • Projects or travel for student organizations.
  • Global Brigades trips.

 

 

Notes

  • Students are encouraged to seek additional funding from other campus offices, including other units within NTC such as Career Services. Funding from other offices and sources may be combined with NTC grant funding for the same project, but all other potential funding sources must be disclosed in the grant application.
  • Grant funds can only be used for projects or travel that are fully completed prior to graduation.
  • Once offered an award, you have 10 days to accept the offer. After ten days, the offer expires.
  • All travel must be booked through WorldTravel. Grants cover the cost of the travel, even if it is lower than the grant award. (Students do not receive the difference.) Any travel booked outside of WorldTravel will not be reimbursed.