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COGS Awards

COGS gives awards in three categories each spring:

Travel Awards

The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) gives awards to Masters and Ph.D. students for travel to conferences and educational programs. This award aims to help students with limited funding to further develop professional skills and contacts.

Conference travel: For travel to present work at a conference with a poster, oral presentation, or other acceptable formats.

Educational programs: For travel to field research sites, language or artifact research, or any research or educational course NOT offered at the University that are essential to their program of study.

Eligibility Requirements

Due Date: Nov 9 –Fall, March 15 2013 -Spring

Awards will be announced to the applicant by Friday, December 7, 2012 (Fall) and Friday, April 30, 2013 (Spring) and will be presented at the 2013 COGS Awards Ceremony 2 May 2013

Apply:

COGS Travel Grant Award application

COGS Travel Grant Award application instructions

Leadership Awards

Since 1996, COGS has presented an annual student Leadership Award recognizing the recipient's leadership and service on behalf of their fellow graduate students, the University and broader communities. The first prize winner receives a $500 check, and up to 4 runners up each receive $250. All winners will receive a certificate of award. These items of recognition will be presented to the award recipients at the 2013 COGS Awards Ceremony on 2 May 2013.

Eligibility Requirements

Evaluation of Nominees

Nomination Letter Rules

Due Date: Friday March 8, 2013

Apply

COGS Leadership Award application

Faculty

The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) Outstanding Faculty Award recognizes faculty members for their exceptional contributions to graduate education. This is the only faculty award that expresses the appreciation of the graduate student body – it was created by graduate students, nominations are made by graduate students, and the winners are selected by graduate students.


Up to twelve awards will be presented at the 2013 COGS Awards on 2 May 2013


Eligibility Requirements

Due Date: March 1, 2013

Apply

COGS Outstanding Faculty Award application

Any questions or comments about the awards can be emailed to cogs@umn.edu.

Nominees will receive consideration without discrimination of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, public assistance status, or sexual orientation.