Awards and Deadlines
The Undergraduate Research Office provides travel funding to undergraduates who are attending conferences to present their research, scholarly, or creative endeavors. Awards of up to $250 are available for virtual conferences and up to $650 for in-person conferences. Funding is available on a "first come" basis.
Eligibility
All undergraduate students at Case Western Reserve University are eligible to apply for travel assistance. Students must present their research, scholarly or creative endeavors at a virtual or in-person conference.
Commitment
Students who accept travel funding must present their work at Intersections: SOURCE Symposium & Poster Session. Intersections is scheduled for December 2023 (with an early November registration and abstract submission deadline) and in April 2024.
Travel Funding has been fully expended for this school year. The travel application will reopen in July, 2024 for students traveling from July 2024 through June 2025.
A complete travel application consists of: (1) student completion of the travel application form and (2) mentor completion of the Support Form. SOURCE recommends that you send the link to the Mentor Travel Support Form to your project mentor. SOURCE typically responds to 5-7 business days after complete travel applications are submitted.
Funding Recipients
2021-2022 Recipients
Maria Luisa Bates Domenech (Political Science & Economics), Midwest Political Science Conference, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Greg Goelzhauser, Political Sciences Department
Nisha Busch (Neuroscience), Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Timothy Flanigan, US FDA National Center for Toxicological Research
Daniel Chen (Computer Science and Mathematics), APS March Meeting, Paper Presentation; Shuai Xu, Department of Computer and Data Science
Maize Connolly (Biochemistry), 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Hannah Dorris (Chemistry and Art History), American Institute of Conservation, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ina Martin, Materials Science and Engineering, MORE Center
Yasaswini Iyer (Chemical Biology), 2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies; Mentor: Rekha Srinivasan, Department of Chemistry
Ramona Johnson (Biology and Political Science), Midwest Political Science Association 79th Annual Conference, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Matthew Hodgetts, Political Science
Erryk Katayama (Biochemistry and Philosophy), American Association for Cancer Research, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Jordan Winter, Surgery
Theresa Lee (Communication Sciences and Psychology), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Jessie Lin (Communication Sciences and Psychology), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Aniya Martinez (Communication Sciences), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Vivian Martinez, (Communication Sciences), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Kate Okun (Physics), American Physical Society 2022 Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: John Ruhl, Physics
Sahil Patel (Computer Science), Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting 2021, Oral Presentation; Mentor: David Hormuth II, University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Department
Catherine Phillips (Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism), Ohio Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference, Poster Presentation; Mentors: Rosa Hand and Rosanna Watowicz, Department of Nutrition
Phillip Popp (Mathematics and Physics), American Physical Society March Meeting, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Walter Lambrecht, Physics
Rachel Theisen (Biochemistry), 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Jeremiah Ukwela (Biomedical Engineering), Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Steve Majerus, Biomedical Engineering