Awards, Fellowships & Travel Grants
Takeia Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund Heading link
Department Awards Heading link
The Department of Sociology is pleased to offer the following awards:
R. Stephen Warner Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Deadline: April 11, 2025
David P. Street Dissertation Prize in Engaged Sociology
For an outstanding dissertation completed since August 2023 that addresses engaged sociology.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
David P. Street Publishable Paper Prize
To recognize excellence in paper research completed since August 2023 in the department.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
Undergraduate Student Paper Award
For an undergraduate student paper that exemplifies strong social science writing and engages or builds upon the existing body of literature and research within the discipline.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
Graduate Student Teaching Award
To recognize a graduate student who excels in teaching in the field of Sociology.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
Rachel Gordon Statistics Award for Emerging Scholars
To provide support for Sociology graduate students who have made significant improvement and wish to further develop their practice of statistical analysis.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
Patrick Juris Undergraduate Award
To recognize a senior or recent graduate who has achieved academic excellence in Sociology.
Deadline: April 11, 2025
Department Travel Funds Heading link
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) provides funds to departments to distribute. Below is our policy for allocating LAS-funded travel awards.
- Students who are ABD will be given priority for travel awards
- Students may receive only one travel award per academic year
- Awards are capped at $250 (this limit of $250 includes both direct awards from the department as well as any commitments for matching funds for non-departmental travel awards)
- Students must be presenting a paper at a conference; if you are co-author on a paper, you may apply for a travel award but priority will be given to those who are actually presenting the paper
- Student travel must be endorsed by their advisor; a brief email from the advisor to the DGS indicating awareness of the request and providing details on the conference if it is a conference with which the DGS may not be familiar
- Student awards can only be used for reimbursable expenses (e.g., transportation, hotel, conference registrations)
Because of the limited funding pool for travel, we advise students to seek out travel funding from other sources. Travel awards are granted on a first-come-first-served basis, so please apply as soon as you know you will be attending or at least one month in advance of travel. Also, keep others’ need in mind when applying: don’t apply for funds that you do not need. Priority will be given to requests that would enable a student to attend a conference that they otherwise would not be able to attend.
To apply, students should email the Director of Graduate Studies, Paul-Brian McInerney, and provide the following information: Name of conference/association, dates, location, title and brief abstract of presentation, and a list of all authors on the presentation.