The Lyell L. Bussell Memorial Scholarship Graduate Fund provides financial support for research and scholarly activities for graduate students in Ball State University’s Teachers College.

Funds are available to students who are in approved graduate programs and in good standing with Teachers College and the Graduate School. Students may submit funding applications for travel and research. Students must be enrolled in courses when the scholarship is awarded. 

Students can receive only one travel award and one research award per academic year.

Students should apply for all funding requests using the Lyell L. Bussell Fund Application (link to the application is in the Application Process section below). The Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies will review applications once every semester (see deadlines below). Approved awards, per application, typically range between $300 and $500. Students who are selected to receive the award will be notified via email.

Deadlines

Fall: September 5th

Spring: February 6th

Summer: May 23rd

Award Descriptions

Travel for Presenting at a Professional Meeting

The Lyell L. Bussell Fund provides supplemental funding for expenses related to travel for presentations by graduate students and research.

Applications must be submitted in advance of the intended travel dates. Students will be asked to provide an e-mail confirming acceptance of a proposal from the organization and a support letter from a faculty sponsor.

The Lyell L. Bussell Fund provides supplemental funding to help cover the costs of graduate research not covered by other funding sources available to graduate students.

All types of research efforts related to graduate study may be considered, including dissertation and master's thesis research projects.

Application Process

Access the Lyell L. Bussell Fund application by following these steps:

An application for travel must include:

  • approved authorization for travel completed in Chrome River (completed by department).
  • statement of faculty support and recommendation
  • documentation verifying proof of acceptance of presentation/paper for conference
  • summary/abstract explaining the presentation

 

An application for research must include:

  • signed statement of faculty support and recommendation
  • summary of the proposed research project

Award

If the student has an account balance with the Bursar’s Office, the funds will go toward that balance. If the student has a zero balance, a check may be sent to the student in the amount of the award. For any questions about funds after the Dean's Office has communicated to you about the release of the funds, please contact C.J. Smith.