Travel to Collections

Department of Comparative Literature Travel to Collections Award Request

Funds are available to help students travel to libraries, archives, manuscript collections, etc. You must demonstrate a great and pressing need to use these materials. Generally, only research related to completion of the doctoral thesis can be supported.

ABDs should also submit to the RGSO competition.

To make your request, please fill out the form below, and click the "Submit" button.

Travel to Collections Request Form

(This form may also be printed and submitted with documentation to the Committee Chair´s box)

Please provide the information requested in the following fields. The information will be used by the by the Travel Committee to distribute funds.

When finished, click the "submit" button (or "start over" to clear what you have entered).

Your Name:
Name of Collection for which funding is requested:
Dates of stay for which funding is requested:
Location of Collection for which funding is requested:

Please paste or type a narrative of your need for travel into the text area below. Remember that you must convince the committee of the necessity of visiting this particular collection. What are the materials to be found there? Why cannot Interlibrary Loan be used? How will consultation of these materials affect the outcome of your dissertation?

In the text area below, please give approximate itemized expenses of your trip. Remember to include library fees, if any. Indicate here any funding received from other sources.

Have you submitted to the RGSO competition for dissertation support?
Yes No Will submit Proposal not approved yet

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