Members of the DVMA are invited to apply for a Travel Grant of up to $1,000 to help defray the cost of travel for research or the presentation of research. 

Priority is given to applications from graduate students, independent scholars, non-tenure-track faculty, and others without access to institutional research and travel accounts.

How to Apply

Applications should include:

  • a statement of current institutional affiliation and graduate advisor (if relevant)
  • a brief but detailed description of the research to be conducted or presented (250-500 words)
  • a list of the site(s) where it will be conducted or presented (including the name of the conference, if applicable) and status of any arrangements that require permission (e.g. visit special collections)
  • an estimate of the travel costs involved
  • a short CV
  • a list of alternative sources of funding for which you are eligible

The DVMA will award $1,000 each year. In the case that the winning application requests less than $1,000, or if there are two equally strong applications, the sum will be divided between two winners.

Submit applications to prizes@dvmamedieval.com by January 15.

Travel Grant Winners

Congratulations to our 2022-23 Travel Grant recipient!

Isabella Weiss (Rutgers University, Art History) to conduct manuscript-based research in Paris on medieval ecosystems and semi-natural grasslands of northwestern Europe.

Previous Winners
  • 2022: Jillian Bjerke (McDaniel College, History)
  • 2020: Kristen Racaniello (Graduate Center, CUNY, Art History)
  • 2019: Marina Mandrikova (Temple University, Art History) and Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania, English Literature)
  • 2018: Kaelin Jewell (Temple University, Art History)
  • 2017: Maeve Doyle (Independent Scholar, History of Art) 
  • 2017: Jon-Mark Grussenmeyer (Rutherford College, University of Kent, Medieval & Early Modern Studies) 
  • 2016: Arielle Winnik (Bryn Mawr College, History of Art)