The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences awards a limited number of travel grants for graduate and undergraduate students and postdoctoral researchers working with CSSS faculty affiliates, and junior CSSS faculty affiliates. As many as twelve grants may be awarded per year, with the next call for proposals occurring in the fall of 2006.

The grants are awarded on a competitive basis by the CSSS Executive Committee for travel that advances the long-term goals of CSSS; notably, research in social statistics, quantitative methods in the social sciences, and collaborative research between social scientists and statisticians.

Awards are made for travel to conferences, particularly for the purpose of presenting papers on research related to the goals of CSSS, or for other travel that advances the goals. Preference is given to travel for which other sources of support are not available. Priority is given to graduate students, post doctoral researchers and, on occasion, undergraduate students. CSSS Seed Grant recipients may also apply. The awardee should acknowledge the support of CSSS, using funds from the University Initiative Fund, in the course of any presentations. The amount reimbursed is the actual cost of the travel, at no more than the State contract fare rate for air travel, and no more than the University per diem rate for meals and accommodation, plus conference registration fees, up to a typical maximum of $1,000. A report from the traveler is required before travel is reimbursed. The report should include a brief account of the trip, and a copy of slides presented.

Archive of awards for previous years

CSSS Travel Grant Awards for 2006 (Round 1)

Traveler: Derek Kreager

Department: Sociology

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Katherine Stovel

Meeting: Applications of Social Network Analysis to the Prevention of Substance Use and Deliquency

Location: Penn State University

Dates: 11 November 2005

Traveler: Leontine Alkema

Department: Statistics

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Adrian Raftery

Meeting: University of Cape Town, South Africa

Location: University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dates: Fall 2006

Traveler: Anton Westveld

Department: Statistics

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Peter Hoff

Meeting: Harvard University, with Kevin Quinn

Location: Harvarad University

Dates: Varies

Traveler: Christopher Lyons

Department: Sociology

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Ross Matsueda

Meeting: Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto

Location: Toronto, Canada

Dates: 16-19 November 2005

Traveler: Xiang Gao

Department: School of Social Work

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Bu Huang

Meeting: Tenth Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods Workshop

Location: Penn State University

Dates: 5-7 June 2006

Traveler: Mary Shenk

Department: CSDE

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Darryl Holman

Meeting: American Anthropological Association

Location: Washington, DC

Dates: 30 November - 4 December, 2006

Traveler: Jerusha T. Achterberg

Department: Anthropology

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Darryl Holman

Meeting: 2006 Human Biology Association Annual Meeting , Amer. Assoc. of Physical Anthropologists

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Dates: 8-11 March, 2006

Traveler: Emily Brunson

Department: Anthropology

CSSS Faculty/Affiliate: Darryl Holman

Meeting: 2006 American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Dates: 5-12 March, 2006

CSSS Travel Grant Awards for 2006 (Round 2)

Traveler: Christopher Fowler

Department: Geography

CSSS Faculty or Affiliate: Suzanne Withers

Meeting: Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling and Complexity

Location: The Sante Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dates: July 9 - 22, 2006

Traveler: David Pantalone

Department: Psychology

CSSS Faculty or Affiliate: Bu Huang

Meeting: The 40th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Location: Chicago, IL

Dates: November 16-19, 2006

Traveler: Elena Erosheva

Department: CSSS, Statistics, Social Work

CSSS Faculty or Affiliate: Elena Erosheva

Meeting: International Meeting of the Psychometric Society

Location: Montreal, Canada

Dates: June 14-17, 2006

Traveler: Jungeun Lee

Department: School of Social Work

CSSS Faculty or Affiliate: Lewayne Gilchrist

Meeting: Workshop with Joseph Schafer

Location: San Antonio, TX

Dates: May 30, 2006

Traveler: Juliet P. Scarpa

Department: Sociology

CSSS Faculty or Affiliate: Darryl Holman

Meeting: Add Health 2006 Users Conference, NIH

Location: Bethesda, MD

Dates: July 17- 18, 2006

Traveler: Jacob T.N. Young

Department: Sociology

CSSS Faculty or Affiliate: Darryl Holman

Meeting: Add Health 2006 Users Conference, NIH

Location: Bethesda, MD

Dates: July 17- 18, 2006