Career Development Grant
PURPOSE
The Career Development Grant program encourages graduate students to prepare for placement into their chosen field. Students will submit their Career Development Grant Application to the Council of Graduate Students (CGS) for an opportunity to receive an award to defray costs associated with the development of their careers.
By offering grants of up to $250 each, CGS will be providing an incentive for graduate students to invest effort in their own career development while attending OSU. These grants will provide subsidy for expenses incurred by the activities outlined by applicants in their Career Development Plan.
The Career Development Grants will be awarded to individuals demonstrating strong linkages between their stated professional goals and their submitted Career Development Plan. Additionally, applicants will be evaluated upon the relevance and strength of proposed activities as they relate to the applicant's resume and the Career Development Plan.
RATIONALE
The financial expenses associated with defined activities or engagements included in one's Career Development Plan may be cost-prohibitive to many graduate students, and the availability of financial support for students varies widely across the university. Whereas students in some departments, schools, and colleges may have several opportunities for funding, others may have no sources of funding whatsoever. For this reason, the absence of such funds at the university-level has resulted in significant concern from CGS. Inquiries on this matter to the CGS office and delegates, from both individual students and other graduate student associations within the university, are frequent. Therefore, the Career Development Grant will help fill a void for many students. Additionally, it will also provide financial continuity for graduate students to further their professional activities upon exhausting other funding sources. The Career Development Grant is intended to supplement -- not replace -- existing funds at the program, department, school, college, and/or university levels.
IMPORTANT: Please note the changes made to the funding periods for the upcoming deadline. Changes were made to more closely align with the University's fiscal funding period. Applications already submitted that fall into the next funding period will be held until the next deadline.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
2012 - 2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
Funding Period #1
- Application deadline: July 20, 2012
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Expense dates: August 9, 2012 - November 9, 2012
Funding Period #2
- Application deadline: October 19, 2012
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Expense dates: November 10, 2012 - February 8, 2013
Funding Period #3
- Application deadline: January 18, 2013
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Expense dates: February 9, 2013 - May 10, 2013
Funding Period #4
- Application deadline: April 19, 2013
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Expense dates: May 11, 2013 - June 15, 2013
2013 - 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
Funding Period #1
- Application deadline: May 17, 2013
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Expense dates: June 16, 2013 - September 15, 2013
Funding Period #2
- Application deadline: August 16, 2013
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Expense dates: September 16, 2013 - December 15, 2013
Funding Period #3
- Application deadline: November 15, 2013
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Expense dates: December 16, 2013 - March 14, 2014
Funding Period #4
- Application deadline: February 14, 2013
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Expense dates: March 15, 2014 - June 15, 2014
Turn in completed applications to 2088 Ohio Union (Student Government Suite) during the following hours:
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
If you are unable to deliver application materials to our office, you may mail them to Council of Graduate Students, Attn: Rebecca Delo, 2088 Ohio Union, 1739 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210.
Applicants will be notified of decisions within 6 weeks of the deadline. Please do not e-mail the CDG committee before this deadline.
Please contact the committee chair, Erica Hartwell (cgscareerdevgrant@osu.edu) with questions.
For tips on developing your Career Development Plan or resume/CV, such as resources for identifying your career goals, visit Career Connection on the 2nd floor of the Younkin Success Center, or visit Career Connection online at http://careerconnection.osu.edu/