UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Twice a year, Penn State Global Programs solicits applications for international travel from faculty and graduate students. A portfolio of grant programs supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population, graduate students’ travel to international conferences, as well as the exploration of transformative, strategic partnerships around the world, all promoting Penn State's vision of becoming a truly global university — the Global Penn State.
The fall 2017 competition cycle invited applications in three grant categories: Faculty Travel Grants, Transformational Travel Grants, and Graduate Student Travel Grants. Based on the review committees’ evaluations and recommendations, 30 applicants were selected for funding support. The awardees will travel to 19 countries on four continents.
Below is a complete list of Global Programs 2017 (fall cycle) Travel Grants recipients:
Transformational Travel Grants
Surinder Chopra (College of Agricultural Sciences) – for travel to China
Jenifer Cushman (Penn State Beaver) – for travel to Netherlands and France
Mark Mattson (Libraries, Global Partnerships and Outreach) – for travel to South Africa
Faculty Travel Grants
Kristin Sznajder (College of Medicine) – for travel to China
Dana Naughton (College of Health and Human Development) - for travel to Ecuador
Marianne Adam (Penn State Schuylkill College of Nursing) - for travel to Honduras
Robert Beaury (College of Engineering) - for travel to Israel
Melissa Bopp (College of Health and Human Development) - for travel to Denmark
Mallika Bose (College of Arts and Architecture) - for travel to Denmark
Elaine Farndale (College of the Liberal Arts) - for travel to Chile
Daniel Foster (College of Agricultural Sciences) - for travel to Belize
Mark Gagnon (College of Agricultural Sciences) - for travel to Israel
Fritz Kessler, Elizabeth King (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) - for travel to Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland
Anne Hoag (Bellisario College of Communications) - for travel to Israel
Kasey Hudak, Eliz Keptner (Penn State Lehigh Valley, Multimedia Innovation Lab) – for travel to Netherlands
Edward Jaenicke (College of Agricultural Sciences) - for travel to France
Richard Lomotey, Claudia Tanaskovic (Penn State Beaver) - for travel to Croatia
Carolynn Masters (Penn State Erie, Behrend College of Nursing) - for travel to Cuba
Monica Medina (Eberly College of Science) - for travel to the British Virgin Islands
Jennifer Murphy (Penn State Berks) - for travel to Netherlands
Graduate Student Travel Grants
Michael Hart (College of the Liberal Arts) - France
Veronika Vazhnik (College of Agricultural Sciences) – for travel to Ireland
Christopher Funk (College of Engineering) – for travel to Italy
Pei-Wei Lee (College of Education) – for travel to Mexico
Theresa Christensen (College of Arts and Architecture) – for travel to Sweden
Hannah Schneider (College of Agricultural Sciences) – for travel to Germany
Sarah Eissler (College of Agricultural Sciences) – for travel to South Africa.
The next round of travel grants will open Feb. 15, 2018. For more information, visit global.psu.edu.