GradSEHD Grants

GradSEHD Grants are Back! 

We appreciate the Dean’s Office for funding this year’s grants!

GradSEHD is pleased to announce that it will resume three GradSEHD grants this semester. All CEHD graduate students who paid COGS or PSG student services fees are encouraged to apply for one of three grants. For questions, contact gradsehd@umn.edu.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, April 14, 2024

  • Professional Growth grants

Eligible expenses include conference/meeting and workshop registration fees, professional organization fees

  • Research Development grants 

Eligible expenses include data collection, data analysis, and publication costs for research conducted independently (e.g., a thesis or dissertation).

Don’t know if you are a graduate student or a professional student? Check out your MyU account activity. If you pay fees to the Professional Student Government (PSG), you are a professional student. If you pay fees to the Council of Graduate Students (COGS), you are a graduate student.

Professional Development Grants

Eligibility:

    • Professional growth grants are only available to current graduate and professional students in CEHD who pay the COGS or PSG Student Services Fees

    • Students may only receive up to the total of one Professional Growth and/or Research Development grant ($250) for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications from students who have already been awarded $250 for the 2023-2024 academic year will not be reviewed.

    • Students are encouraged to apply for other sources of funding but must report any other funding applied for and the status of that application.

    • The event/conference must occur between Tue, Jan 16, 2024 – Mon, Sep 2, 2024.

 

    • For conferences:

Student must have been accepted to present original research at a professional conference.

The conference must evaluate abstracts through a peer review process in order to be considered as a professional conference.

    • For professional development:

The professional development event must be related to the student’s academic program.

The professional development event must be supported or run by a recognized professional in the field or professional organization.

 

Research Development Grants

Eligibility:

    • Research Development grants are only available to current graduate and professional students in CEHD who pay the COGS or PSG Student Services Fee.

    • Students may only receive up to the total of one Professional Growth and/or Research Development grant ($250) for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications from students who have already been awarded $250 for the 2023-2024 academic year will not be reviewed.

    • If grantee is using funds for data collection, IRB approval is needed. Please provide documentation of IRB approval.

Other Grants

If you are looking for more grants, please visit the COGS website (if you are a graduate student) or the PSG website (if you are a professional student) below. If you don’t know which applies to you, check out your MyU account activity. If you pay fees to the Professional Student Government (PSG), you are a professional student. If you pay fees to the Council of Graduate Students (COGS), you are a graduate student.