Travel Awards

Update March 2025: The Travel Awards are an important source of funds for faculty travel to conferences that are supported through indirect costs via returned overhead from extramural grants (RTRF). Due to an uncertain and evolving situation in terms of federal grant money coming into UH, the program is being paused and applications for travel grant applications are not being taken at this time. Please check back on this webpage or contact Dawn Namahoe (namahoed@hawaii.edu) for updates.

Rules

The UH Hilo Research Council has created a program supporting travel for the purpose of presenting research papers and/or the results of other scholarly endeavors at regional, national, or international conferences. The Research Council has limited funding for travel awards and will only support travel by primary UH Hilo authors to meetings sponsored by recognized professional societies or professional institutions. Exceptions can be made, but only when accompanied by a well documented justification signed by the department chair and dean. Since Travel Awards are supported by RTRF funds from grants, applications that have some tie to grant activity will be given priority.

The awards are limited in monetary amount (which is subject to change) and are limited to one award per untenured faculty member per academic year and one award every other academic year to tenured faculty and staff. For the purposes of Travel Awards, you are considered tenured as soon as you receive your tenure letter from the administration.

Important Links

Further details may be found by following the links below:

• Travel Form Instructions and Guidelines
• Travel Form
• What to do once you have received an intramural grant
• Travel Awards Supporting Documentation ( Word)
• Research Council Application Cover Page for Professional Travel ( Word)