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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> gradfunding-request@list.arizona.edu <gradfunding-request@list.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hawthorne Smith, Shelley Lynn - (shellh)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 06, 2020 11:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gradfunding@list.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Funding for Travel to Conferences during COVID <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><img width="272" height="53" style="width:2.8333in;height:.552in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D69BE5.BB6087D0"></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Hello Graduate Students,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Because the pandemic has pushed life online, the nature of conferences is changing. However, funding for conferences and opportunities to present your work are still available. Here are three ideas
for securing funding and maximizing virtual conference experiences during COVID.<u>
<o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">(1) Use travel grants to pay for registration fees, membership dues, technology, and related expenses<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Many academic programs are reimbursing conference fees and related presentation expenses for students attending virtual conferences.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The College of Education is offering </span>
<a href="https://new.coe.arizona.edu/virtual-conference-support"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Virtual Conference Support</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">: Graduate students enrolled part-time or full time in College of Education
majors are eligible for support funds to participate in virtual professional conferences during this fiscal year (July 1-June 30) for registration fees and related fees associated with attending.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The English Graduate Union </span><a href="https://english.arizona.edu/egu-travel-fund"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Travel Fund</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> will also cover virtual
conference fees. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Ask your Director of Graduate Studies or your Graduate Coordinator about potential changes to travel funding in your department.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">For funds outside of one’s program, investigate the following opportunities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Graduate & Professional Student Council
</span><a href="https://gpsc.arizona.edu/travel-grants"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Travel Grants</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> provide up to $750.00 for conferences, including those held online.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The </span><a href="https://gidp.arizona.edu/carter-travel-award"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Carter Travel Award</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> offers a maximum of $600.00 for Graduate
Interdisciplinary Programs students participating in national or international conferences.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Connect with the professional agency where you aim to present your research.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">(2) Design presentations with collaboration technologies for virtual participation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">There are a plethora of platforms to enhance online interactions. Here are a few designed to improve collaboration, participant engagement, and memorable learning experiences.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<a href="https://zoom.us/"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Zoom</span></i></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> enhances small and whole group participation via breakout rooms and polls, where attendees can have small and whole group discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://spatial.io/"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Spatial</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">is another platform designed for collaborative meetings, as the host and attendees can interface in a virtual environment through VR/AR headsets and a phone/laptop camera.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="408" height="194" style="width:4.25in;height:2.0208in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.png@01D69BE5.BB6087D0" alt="A picture of the Spatial software. "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://www.dogheadsimulations.com/rumii"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Rumii</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">is a VR and web-based education platform suited to traditional paper/panel presentations, as this suite immerses participants in a digital meeting room that can screenshare presentations.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://mural.co/?utm_source=adwords&utm_term=mural%20app&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=core_brand&hsa_src=g&hsa_ver=3&hsa_ad=316812781406&hsa_mt=e&hsa_cam=1607635412&hsa_tgt=kwd-584410084498&hsa_acc=9046011228&hsa_kw=mural%20app&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_grp=61957888966&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjfup0rj26wIVDh6tBh0HMwQIEAAYASAAEgKoIvD_BwE"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Mural</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">is helpful in workshops and round table discussions for its convenient diagram templates. Participants can discuss themes structured into diagram templates while tagging their own comments, questions, and
concepts simultaneously. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">If you would like to learn more about these technologies, contact the
</span><a href="https://digitalhumanities.arizona.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Center for Digital Humanities</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">(3) Frame research in a way that addresses the impacts of COVID in your academic discipline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">For some researchers, their research plans have continued with minor modifications during COVID. Other researchers have had to make major adjustments. But the world has and will continue to change;
regardless of how COVID has influences your work, remember to take the current changes into account as you consider your research implications. Graduate students will be a central part of better understanding not only the direct medical or economic impacts
of COVID, but the indirect social, psychological, educational, legal, and multi-level effects as well.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Written by Alex Kemp
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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