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/page43072.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 individual/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/index.html
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/index.html
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: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/gradcol/page27096.html
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/page43072.html
