Putting travel awards on CV?

[futureapppsy2]

My department has a semesterly travel award that people who have gone to conferences during the previous semester can apply for. It's very explicitly *not* guaranteed money if you apply, but I haven't personally seen them request anything more than proof of presentation and receipts, though they reserve the right to request additional materials.

I didn't consider putting these travel awards (usually a few hundred dollars) on my CV, but I recently saw that recent grad from our department had them on hers as awards, which made me reconsider if I should put them on there. What do you think?

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[deliciousgoose]

Does everyone who applies for a travel award receive one?

 

[O Gurl]

I think it depends on how the award recepients are selected. If it is a first-come first served kinda thing (like it was at my grad school) then I would not list it. If it is based on the merits of your product (talk or poster) then I would list it.

 

[Marissa4usa]

I have received a competitive university-wide travel award at my school which I put on my CV. They only gave out one and graduate students from the entire university could apply for that.

I don't put the travel "awards" on my CV that pretty much everyone gets, even if they're technically not guaranteed.

 

[Phipps]

How about merit based award and fellowships granted by the dep. or U? Also, how about independent research conduced on a contractual basis (e.g., 10 hrs or so) for psychologists who need lit./pdf files and/or brief write-ups re: special research topics for presentations etc.? The latter is a little off topic but still...I have done it twice and wondered about putting that on my resume.

 

[ncLPA]

I didn't tend to put them on mine unless they were complemented by a nomination for outstanding poster or whatever at the conference. I felt that drew more attention to that. Otherwise, eh. there are bigger fish on the C.V. imho.

 

[Ettevi05]

How about merit based award and fellowships granted by the dep. or U? Also, how about independent research conduced on a contractual basis (e.g., 10 hrs or so) for psychologists who need lit./pdf files and/or brief write-ups re: special research topics for presentations etc.? The latter is a little off topic but still...I have done it twice and wondered about putting that on my resume.

I think any kind of financial merit award should be listed since it's not something everyone gets when they go into graduate programs.