University of Rochester
Travel Grants
UR Overseas
Allocations for the inaugural 2013 round of funding have been made. Please see below for further details.
Researcher mobility travel grants provide AS&E faculty and graduate students the opportunity to conduct overseas research for up to six months. Awards are for up to US$5,000 and cover economy air travel, visa, accommodation, and subsistence costs. The International Collaboration Fund (ICF) supports mobility to any international institution but preference is given to research conducted at a Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) partner institution.
Researcher mobility awards grants provide both senior and early-career researchers the chance to expand their international networks of peers and mentors, share expertise and visit cutting-edge facilities. The grants do not support travel to conferences, with the emphasis on projects that can develop or sustain long-term collaborations.
The University of Rochester welcomes research visitors to UR. Visitors should contact their home university about institutional support. UR’s ICF program does not offer financial assistance for research visitors to UR. UR faculty contacted by researchers from a WUN partner university should liaise with Todd St. Vrain at the University of Rochester.
2013 and 2014 Awards
The 2013 researcher mobility travel grants will support nine faculty and research students from six departments for collaboration with ten universities in six countries.
Faculty
Name | Department | Project Name | Host Institution & Country |
Professor Laurel Carney | Biomedical Engineering | Establishing a Facility for Auditory Physiology in Awake Animals | University of Malaysia, Malaysia |
Professor Dick Niemi | Political Science | Democratic Attitudes and Generational Change in Post-Authoritarian Societies | University Western Australia, Australia |
Professor Eyvindur Palsson | Math | Applications of Harmonic Analysis to Ergodic Theory/Point Configuration on Manifolds | University of Sydney & |
Professor Alice Qulin | Physics & Astronomy | Dynamics of Multiple Planet Systems & Characterization of Galactic Spiral Structure and Recently Discovered Eclipsing Disks | Nanjing University, China |
Professor Dan Reichman | Anthropology | Transformations in Brazilian Coffee Production | University of Campinas, Brazil |
Research students and fellows
Name | Department | Project Name | Host Institution & Country |
Greg Madejski | Biomedical Engineering | Development of a Raman-compatible, dynamic, microfluidic cell co-culture system | University of Nottingham, UK |
Theodore Marschall | Physics & Astronomy | Shearing Rheology of Granular Systems Above the Jamming Transition | Umea University, Sweden |
Brendan Murphy | Math | Additive Combinatorics with Geometric Applications | University of Bristol, UK |
Wilson Silva | Linguistics | Sharing Knowledge on Amazonian Languages | University of Campinas & The Federal University of Amazonas |
Applications for the 2014 round of funding will take place in either December 2013 or January 2014. Further information about the application process and guidelines will be posted closer to the date. Contact Todd St. Vrain for further information.