MRA Travel Award:

The MRA offers support for travel to increase opportunities for collaboration. Travel awards will be made available to support student participation in statewide meetings, such as the MS IDeA/EPSCoR annual conference, the Mississippi Academy of Science Meeting, MRA proposed research symposia, regional meetings, and national scientific conferences. Researchers can apply for up to $2,000 in student travel support for planned in-state meetings or instrumentation training workshops taking place at MRA shared facilities. Travel support for faculty at any Mississippi academic institution will also be available for training at national laboratories, elite institutions, or collaborating with industry. Training on new acquisitions coming into MS that enrich expertise in the state is also supported. Up to $3,500 can be requested for out-of-state travel. Priority will be given to current MRA awardees.

MRA Contacts:

Dr. Victor Bii, victor.bii@mvsu.edu

Dr. Tristan Clemons, Tristan.clemons@usm.edu

Dr. Alex Flynt, asflynt@olemiss.edu

Proposal Deadline: 

Open Solicitation with no deadline.

We anticipate notification of awards will take place approximately three weeks after receipt of an application.

Proposal Instructions:

Travel Award applications should be prepared with the following specifications:

Page Size:  8 ½ x 11 inches, Spacing: Single, Font: Times New Roman or Helvetica, 11 point, Margins: 1”.

1. Cover Page

1. Proposal Title
2. Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s) (Full name, Title, Primary Affiliation, Phone Numbers, Fax Number, E-mail Address) Note only one student can be supported per application submitted.

2. Justification (Maximum of 1 page)

1. Description of meeting or site to visit (~0.5 page) 
2. Description of research promoted or enabled by the requested travel. (~0.5 page)
3. Itemized use of funds

3. Appendices

1. Statement agreeing to provide a final report