Spring 2015 applications are for participation at scholarly conferences between January 1, 2015 and May 31, 2015.  We will start accepting the Spring 2015 applications on Wednesday, February 4.  The instructions and application can be found on the Graduate Center’s webpage.  From the GC Homepage → Prospective & Current Students → Student Life → Resources → Conference Presentation Support.  The link is:
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/CUNY_GC/media/CUNY-Graduate-Center/PDF/Forms/Conf_Presentation_Support-Instructions_Form.pdf?ext=.pdf
Students must attach to their application documentation of acceptance to present or participate at the conference, i.e., a letter or email confirmation from the conference organizers stating that their abstract, presentation proposal, or research project has been accepted for conference presentation.  And to receive this funding, their academic affiliation MUST be listed as The Graduate Center, CUNY in the conference program, printed and/or online.  To be eligible for these funds, student must be registered full-time and be within seven years of their first semester of enrollment.
**We ask that you please inform your students that for ALL international academic travel, whether for research or for conferences (participating or just attending), they must purchase international academic travel insurance, either CISI or an equivalent.  The insurance must include evacuation for both medical and security reasons.  This is a University requirement for all CUNY students.  Students must submit the three required forms at least two weeks prior to their departure.  The requirement is not dependent upon the students receiving any type of funding from CUNY, from the Graduate Center, from the Research Foundation, from any program funds, from any grant funds, from any faculty grants, etc.  Submission of these forms after their return is not acceptable.  This is the link from the Graduate Center’s homepage:
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Prospective-Current-Students/Current-Students/International-Travel-Requirements-for-Current-Students.
If you or your students have questions regarding the required international academic travel insurance, please have them contact our office.
Office of Vice President for Student Affairs
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212/817-7400,  fax 212/817-1621
[email protected]