St. Kate's Conference Awards: St. Kate's Conference Awards support research and scholarly activities by funding a faculty member's active role at conferences. This award is limited to faculty who are presenting. Faculty may be awarded up to $1,500 in Fiscal Year 2021 (June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021) for these purposes. You may be reimbursed through Conference Awards for more than one conference if you are presenting, as long as the total award(s) amount(s) for the fiscal year does/do not exceed $1,500.

Eligibility: Full and part-time faculty, professional faculty, and faculty assistants presenting at a conference are eligible to apply. Adjunct faculty are not eligible for conference awards.

Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling deadline. If awarded, the money must be spent within FY 20-21. This application must be completed a minimum of 45 days prior to the conference date. Once submitted, the application will be forwarded to your designated Chair/Program Director and Dean for review and approval. SPREE will notify you one to two weeks after submission with the status of your award.

Please review the Travel Award Guidelines prior to completing the travel award application.

Note: If you have trouble completing the form or have questions, please email spree@stkate.edu. The APDC establishes and annually assesses the process and criteria for conference grant submission in consultation with administrative stakeholders. However, the committee does not make decisions on these awards.The Chairs and Deans are responsible for awarding conference funds.