The Linguistics Department occasionally has its own funding to subsidize travel to conferences for students, so travel grants must often be sought from other offices at the University. We will assist students in applying for any such funding where possible, but most questions will be directed to the award-granting office on campus. Please note that awards from any organization typically cover only a portion of the cost of a trip. That is, even for trips where you might expect to pay upwards of $1,000, a student may only receive $400. Should the Linguistics Department receive any travel funding of its own, you will be notified of the award stipulations and funding amounts upon request. Both MA and PhD students are eligible for Department funding, regardless of their qualifications for Grad School funding. Domestic Travel Doctoral students who are accepted to present papers related to their dissertation topic at regional or national, academic conferences in the United States may apply for financial assistance from the Graduate School beginning in their fifth full-time semester, provided that such students have earned at least a 3.5 GPA and are the primary author of their paper. Interested students should fill out the