Research Opportunities

Research Travel Grants

The Gateway Program awards Travel Grants of up to $1500 (depending on availability of funds) to undergraduate social sciences majors who are actively engaged in a conference. This could include presenting a paper or poster, serving in a leadership role, or participating/been invited in other meaningful ways. Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.

The Travel Grant may be used to cover expenses such as hotel costs, airfare or mileage, and registration fees for presenting at in-person conferences.

Eligibility

  • Must have a declared major within the School of Social Sciences and have completed 12 credit hours in the declared major.
  • Selected students must provide a well-written account of the purpose of the travel experience, a personal reflection of the impact of their experience, and a picture confirming their attendance at the event.
  • Each student may receive this award a maximum of two times during their undergraduate career at Rice.

Application

  • Applications should be submitted at least 30 days prior to travel.

Funding Examples

Student Name Major Conference Location
Kaitlyn Crowley, ‘23 Sociology,
Kinesiology		 Southern Sociological
Society Annual
Meeting		 Myrtle Beach, SC
Elizabeth Kuhlman,
‘23		 Sociology, Statistics Southern Sociological
Society Annual
Meeting		 Myrtle Beach, SC
Daniel Argueta, ‘23 Psychology Annual Meeting of the
American
Psychosomatic Society		 San Juan, PR
Mbonobong Usua,
‘23		 Psychology Anxiety
& Depression
Conference		 Denver, CO
Linda Wu, ‘23 Psychology; Study of
Women, Gender &
Sexuality		 Anxiety
& Depression
Conference		 Denver, CO
Dylan Nguyen, ‘22 Sociology, Social
Policy Analysis,
Statistics		 Population
Association of
America		 Atlanta, GA
Mason Reece, ‘22 Political Science,
Social Policy Analysis		 Southern Political
Science Association
Annual Conference		 San Antonio, Tx
Jade Kanemitsu, ‘21 Cognitive Science Society for Personality
and Social Psychology		 New Orleans, LA
Summar McGee, ’20 Sociology Association of Black
Sociologists 49th
Annual Conference		 New York, NY
Summar McGee, ’20 Sociology International
Sociological
Association Forum of
Sociology		 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Frank Li, ’20 Sport Management NBA Hackathon Secaucus, NJ
Frank Li, ’20 Sport Management Midwest Political
Science Association
Annual Conference		 Chicago, IL
Mason Reece, ’22 Political Science,
Social Policy Analysis		 Midwest Political
Science Association
Annual Conference		 Chicago, IL
Evelyne Tantry, ’21 Cognitive Science Conference on
Cognitive
Computational
Neuroscience		 Berlin, Germany
Anson Tong, ’20 Economics &
Cognitive Science		 Behavioral Science &
Policy Association		 Washington, D.C.