Support Grants FAQs

There are four cycles for application during an academic year. The deadline for each of the cycles is specified on this website and in the guidelines. The application must be conducted through the online system for the Graduate Students Support Grants. The system can be accessed from the icon “Apply Here” on this website. The system is accessible 10 days before each deadline for students to access it and complete an application.

The online system can be accessed from the icon "Apply Here" on this website. You log on using your AUC email credentials.

Supporting documents are needed for an application. However, in case some of these documents are not available at the time of the application, indicate so in the application. In the case of positive evaluation, awarded support can only be dispersed after all the required documents are submitted.

Check the guidelines.

Students can hold a conference and research grants simultaneously, and a conference and study abroad grant simultaneously. It is not possible to hold more than one conference grant simultaneously, nor hold research and a study abroad grant simultaneously. Refer to the guidelines.

Retroactive applications for support grants are not possible. You must plan ahead and apply for a support grant in an application cycle that ends before the date of your proposed activity. No reimbursement of expenses is possible.

In case the support you were awarded includes coverage or partial coverage of travel expenses (this would be specified in your award letter), you will need to contact the AUC Travel Office to arrange the purchase of your ticket through them. It is not possible for you to use this support to obtain a ticket elsewhere. If the support you were awarded does not include coverage of travel expenses, you are free to purchase your ticket as you wish.

Support for attending conferences is for the purpose of presenting your work as a paper at the conference. In case you are not presenting a paper, support from AUC cannot be awarded.

Support cannot be provided to multiple authors on the same paper. Support can only be provided to one of the authors.

No, you cannot. Support is specific to the applicant delivering a specific paper at a specific conference. A change in any of these (presenter of the paper, the paper to be presented, or the event) would require a new application for support to a subsequent cycle.

No, you cannot. Graduate Students Support Grants are to possibly support either the attendance of a recognized conference for the purpose of presenting a paper, research conducted as part of the Master or PhD program, or a study abroad period, as specified in the guidelines.

Graduate Students Support Grants are very competitive, and support is not guaranteed. The Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies strives to provide as much support to as many applicants with positive evaluations as possible. However, it is often not possible to award all the requested support, and the support provided represents a contribution towards the expenses specified.

You need to inform the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies about this as soon as you realize you are not able to use the awarded support. In case you have obtained the funds, these need to be reimbursed (Contact the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies to be guided through the process you need to follow).

No, it would not.

Within four weeks of completing the activity for which you were awarded a support grant (e.g. after a conference, after the completion of your research, or after the completion of your study abroad period) you must submit a technical report on the activity and a financial report accounting for the expenditure of the support you obtained. Refer to the guidelines for details on reporting requirements. Reporting on a previous grant is a condition for possibly obtaining subsequent support.

Any unused funds from awarded support must be returned back to AUC. Contact the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies to be guided through the process to follow for returning any unused funds.