NOTE: Not all selection criteria are listed. Please refer to the contact information provided for each award.

ALSO: Please peruse the BGSU Student Financial Aid Scholarship Database for other awards:
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sfa/scholarships.html

HESA DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED AWARDS

CSP Student Travel Support

Deadline: Ongoing
Link to Application (PDF)

Description of Program
Discretionary funds are available to the CSP Program to provide limited travel support to students for conferences, presentations, and other types of professional development. Dependent on the availability of funds, a pool of money will be established each year for this purpose. A portion of these travel funds are provided by the BGSU Graduate College.

How to Apply
Complete the CSP Program Student Travel Support Application, available in the CSP office or online. Give the completed application to the CSP Program secretary. Funding requests will be reviewed and granted by the CSP Program Chair on a first come, first serve basis. We advise you to request travel support as soon as you receive registration material. A reimbursement of $50 will be awarded for those attending a conference; $100 will be awarded for those presenting a program at a conference or meeting.

Eligibility
Students must be in good standing (GPA of 3.0 or above and no more than two incompletes). Each student may apply once during the academic year for travel support.

Deadline
Submit the CSP Program Student Travel Support Application a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the conference/meeting.

Diversity Enhancement Fund

Deadline: Last Friday in January
Link to Application- Individual (word)
Link to Application- Groups (word)

Description of Fund
The Diversity Enhancement Fund was established by the donor to support professional development activities for students, faculty, and staff of the Division of Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA), which will develop competencies that will enhance their effectiveness in working with increasingly diverse constituencies.

Terms
Funds to benefit individuals may be allocated in support of educational materials, research, travel, workshop or conference participation and other professional development activities designed to enhance the multicultural appreciation or diversity competencies of individual students and faculty members within the HESA. However, each project must include a dissemination component. That is, the individual must specify how the knowledge or insight he or she gained as a result of the funded activity will be shared with other members of the HESA learning community for the purposes of enhancing their abilities to work effectively with diverse populations in higher education.

How to Apply
Each request for funding to benefit an individua/group should include the following:
• A statement regarding the need for the project and an outline of its goals and objectives, specifically as they relate to diversity enhancement on the part of the individual submitting the request and the HESA learning community or subgroups within it (e.g., HESA faculty, internship supervisors, students in general, students in specific programs or classes).
• A description of the project, the ways in which the individual will be involved, when and where it will occur, the ways in which learning outcomes will be shared with others, and so forth.
• A budget, outlining project costs and the amount requested from the Diversity Enhancement Fund.
• A summary of dissemination, evaluation, and reporting procedures. At a minimum, individual recipients of the Diversity Enhancement Fund must submit a final report in writing to the Chair of HESA. This report should include an after-the-fact description of the professional development activity, assessment information regarding the extent to which the HESA learning community, and a summary of project expenditures. In addition, an oral report may be given to an appropriate audience.

HEADS Travel Grant

Sponsor: Higher Education Administration Doctoral Students (HEADS)

Award Amount: $250 max.

Deadline: varies

Criteria: HIED students only

Contact: HEADS Executive Officers; Application located in the HEADS Community page on MyBGSU

Award Description: HEADS travel funds can be used for financial support for expenses incurred through dissertation research, the Global Understanding requirement, professional development experiences, or other relevant activities.

Donald D. Gehring Global Leadership Award

Sponsor: HESA

Award Amount: varies

Deadline: varies

Criteria: HIED students only

Contact: Dept. Chair

Award Description: Supports travel for doctoral students interested in traveling overseas to fulfill the global understanding requirement.

Lambdin Devine HIED Book Award

Sponsor: HESA

Award Amount: $100

Deadline: N/A

Contact: N/A

Criteria: full-time HIED students only

Award description: The purpose of this award is to provide a book scholarship to full-time and first year graduate students pursuing their doctorate in higher education administration.

EDHD COLLEGE-SPONSORED AWARDS

Resch-Tack Education Scholarship

Sponsor: EDHD

Award Amount: $500 max.

Deadline: January (SEE WEBSITE FOR EXACT DATE)

Criteria: HIED students only (odd-numbered years)

Contact: Must submit a general EDHD scholarship application form for graduate students. For more information, check out the EDHD Scholarship website: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/scholarships

Award Description: Student must be majoring in Early or Middle Childhood Education (even years - undergrad) or major in High School Administration Program (odd years - grad); preference to full time students. Student must be able to demonstrate financial need.

Fayetta M. Paulsen Award

Sponsor: EDHD

Award Amount: varies

Deadline: January (SEE WEBSITE FOR EXACT DATE)

Criteria: full-time CSP or HIED students

Contact: Must submit a general EDHD scholarship application form for graduate students. For more information, check out the EDHD Scholarship website: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/scholarships

Award description: Student must be enrolled full time. Funds may not be used for tuition and/or fees, but rather for such ancillary expenses as those incurred by the student for professional development, research,job-search or other educationally valid needs.

James L. Galloway Memorial Award

Sponsor: EDHD

Award Amount: $750

Deadline: January (SEE WEBSITE FOR EXACT DATE)

Criteria: full-time CSP students only

Contact: Must submit a general EDHD scholarship application form for graduate students. For more information, check out the EDHD Scholarship website: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/scholarships

Award description: The purpose of this award is to recognize a student who best demonstrates professional promise based on an evaluation from the applicant's internship supervisor, as well as recommendations by the faculty in the College Student Personnel program.

BGSU GRADUATE COLLEGE-SPONSORED AWARDS

David J. Stuckey Graduate Professional Travel Award

Sponsor: Graduate College

Award amount: min. $500

Deadline: TBA

Criteria: Applicant must be a current graduate student at BGSU

Contact: Graduate College

Award Description: The purpose of this award is to assist graduate students with the costs associated with traveling to professional conferences (travel, registration fees, lodging, etc.).

Graduate Student Senate Professional Development Grant

Sponsor: Graduate Student Senate

Award Amount: $250 max.

Deadline(s): September for fall; January for spring; April for summer (CHECK GSS WEBSITE FOR EXACT DATES)

Criteria: Students must be currently registered with the Graduate College for at least 6 credit hours and must be in good academic standing with the Graduate College and respective department.

Contact: http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/studentgovernment/gss/

Award description: The Graduate Student Professional Development Activity (PDA) Funding will be designed to supplement costs for graduate students participating in professional development activities (for example, professional conference, workshops, recitals, etc.).

Katzner and University Bookstore Funds for Graduate Student Research & Professional Development

Sponsor: Graduate College and University Bookstore

Award Amount: $1,000 max.

Deadline(s): Nov 15; Mar 15

Criteria: Any fully admitted graduate student who is currently enrolled and in good academic standing is eligible to apply.

Contact: www.bgsu.edu/colleges/gradcol/researchfunds.htm

Award description: The Graduate College will coordinate the distribution each year to supplement the cost of graduate student research and professional development activities for graduate students at Bowling Green State University. Note: one application from each graduate program will be considered. Applications must be submitted by the program chair.

 

NOTE: Not all selection criteria are listed. Please refer to the contact information provided for each award.

ALSO: Please peruse the BGSU Student Financial Aid Scholarship Database for other awards:
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sfa/scholarships.html