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Graduate Student Travel Stipends

1. The purpose of a graduate student travel stipend is to assist graduate students whose papers have been accepted for the programs of the divisional meetings.

2. Eligibility is restricted to APA members or associate members who are graduate students in residence and in good standing at a MA or PhD program in philosophy.

3. To be considered for these stipends, the author must specify that the paper is in competition for a Graduate Student stipend. If the paper is submitted electronically, this is to be done by checking the relevant box on the online submission form; if it is submitted by mail, the paper must be accompanied by a cover letter indicating that the paper is in competition for a Graduate Student stipend. Whichever method of submission is used, the author must also supply, at the time of submission, documentation from the author’s institution that shows that the author is a graduate student in good standing. [See note below.] Length, format, and other aspects of papers must conform to the rules of the program for submitted papers. See the Paper Submission Guidelines for specifics.

4. Co-authored papers are not eligible for Graduate Student Travel Stipends unless both authors are graduate students.

5. Papers for this competition will not be identified to the program committee as such until accepted for the program.

6. A $300 stipend will be awarded for any paper written by a graduate student that is accepted by the Program Committee in its normal, blind-review process. Winners will be announced in the printed program.

7. Postmarked Deadline for Submissions: September 1.

NOTE

Those Papers that are to be considered for a Travel Stipend/Awards must include a letter on departmental stationery and signed by the department chair or graduate advisor verifying that the author of the paper is a student in residence. The letter may be sent by post, courier, or fax. A scan of the letter may be sent as an email attachment. Stipend letters should be sent by email to Lindsay Palkovitz , by fax at (302) 831-8690, or by mail to Lindsay Palkovitz, The American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, 31 Amstel Avenue, Newark, DE 19716 prior to the paper submission deadline. If the verification documenation is not received by the institution on the institution's letterhead by the paper deadline, the paper will not be considered for a Travel Stipend.