NARST INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE

TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Applicant Identifying Information
Surname/Last name: First name/Given name:

Institution name:

Institutional address:

Personal Mailing address:

Email:

Eligibility Criteria
The award is offered to active NARST members who meet certain requirements.
Current NARST Membership
Provide your NARST membership number:
Specify your current professional status: (answer Yes or No to the following questions)
Are you a …
 Graduate student studying outside the USA?
(Yes / No)
 Science education scholar within 10 years of completion of PhD and working outside the USA?
(Yes / No)
Previous Travel award: (answer Yes or No to the following question)
 Have you received NARST funding in the past?
(Yes / No)

(if Yes, list the year you received the scholarship and the purpose/program of the funding)

Eligibility notes:
1. Guidelines stipulate that NARST members are eligible for the IC Scholarship twice in a 10 year
period)
2. Students studying in the USA, Faculty, or Researchers working in the USA, and Members
of the International Committee, are NOT eligible to apply.
 Application Details and Materials
Budget
Please estimate your budget for attending the conference.
Conference registration fee:

Transportation & Accommodation:

Meals & Incidental Expenses:

Other Sources of Funding:

Please describe any additional funding you are guaranteed to receive in support of your travels to attend the
20XXAnnual (Virtual) NARST Conference. For example, will your institution cover the cost of conference
registration, infrastructure (internet, headset) costs independent of this award? As the IC Awards are
awarded based on both merit and need, we ask you to describe any additional support that you will receive
outside of this IC Award.

If there is no additional funding available, you should specify the following: “There is not any institutional
funding for conference attendance in my institution that I can cover my expenses.”

Supporting Materials
Please attach THREE additional documents to your application materials that include:

DOCUMENT 1
A written statement (maximum of 300 words) answering the following questions:
 What is the nature of your participation in the 2024 NARST Conference (e.g. title of your
presentation, symposium, poster etc.)?
 What benefits do you expect to gain from participating at the conference?
 How may your participation at the NARST 2024 at this conference benefit the goals for
science education in your country?
 How might the international NARST community benefit from your contribution?

DOCUMENT 2
Evidence of participation in NARST that include the following:
 Copy of your proposal acceptance email for the 2024 NARST conference.
 If you are not presenting, but are serving NARST membership in another way, please provide
evidence to explain (e.g., serving on a committee, serving on the Board, etc.)

DOCUMENT 3
Your curriculum vita (maximum of 2 pages) that includes the following:
 Education and professional experiences in science education,
 Contributions to the field of science education research both within your country and
internationally (including any publications, grants, conference papers, presentations, etc.)

Submission
Please combine these materials into a single PDF file and send the completed application to the NARST
International Committee by email at ic.narst@gmail.com. The deadline is December 15, 2023.

If you do not receive a confirmation email within 48 hours, please contact by email.