Student Travel Endowment

Eligibility and Amounts Given:

Through the Student Travel Endowment, students may receive financial assistance that will help defray the cost of attending the national conference of the Society for American Music. Students receiving funds must be members of the Society and enrolled at a college or university (with the exception of doctoral students who need not be formally enrolled). In any year, the amount of money available will vary. Therefore, the Fund will endeavor to support as many applicants as possible at a level commensurate with the available funds.

The fund will provide financial assistance up to full transportation costs, these being the least expensive round-trip airfare available, round-trip train fare, or mileage at standard IRS-allowed rates for personal travel (half of business rate) plus gas costs and tolls for automobile travel. It will not pay for transfers, parking, car rental, or local transportation.

Funds are allocated as follows:

First priority is given to students who have never attended an SAM conference and are presenting a paper.

Second priority is given to students who have attended and are presenting, but have not received financial assistance in the past.

Third priority is given to students who have never attended an SAM conference and are not presenting.

Fourth priority is given to students who have attended, are presenting, and have received funds previously.

Last priority is given to students who have attended an SAM conference in the past, are not presenting, and have received financial assistance previously.

Application:

Please fill out an application and mail to the address below by December 15, 2007. Awards will be announced on or before January 1, 2008.

Awards will be made by the Student Forum Liaison to the Board in consultation with the financial officers of the Society. Students who are awarded funds are required to volunteer at the Silent Auction during the Society for American Music Conference for the equivalent of one session (the Silent Auction is the source for student travel funding). Students may also be asked to write a "thank you" letter to acknowledge individual donors.

Send the completed application to:

Student Travel Fund
Society for American Music
Stephen Foster Memorial
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA 15260

or fax it to: 412-624-7447