Postdoctoral Affairs Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

Postdoc Awards

Postdoc Travel Awards

OGSPS offers Purdue Postdoctoral Scholars a competitive travel award designed to supplement expenses for career-building travel. Three annual award cycles each cover four months of travel.

Award

Travel Months

Portal Opens

Portal Closes

Notified

Fall

Aug to Nov

July 1

July 15

Aug 1

Winter

Dec to Mar

Nov 1

Nov 15

Dec 1

Spring

Apr to July

Mar 1

Mar 15

Apr 1

Awards average $500. Awards are merit-based and postdocs can apply each cycle. Applicants with the greatest professional investment in event attendance are prioritized. Funds are distributed to the postdoc's Concur account. To access the application during an open-portal period, click here. For more information, please download our Postdoc Travel Award Application Guide.