2026 Travel Awards
Applications for travel awards for the 2026 NCURA National Meeting and Region VI/VII Fall Regional Meeting is closed.
Region VII will be supporting five (5) travel awards. We will award one (1) travel award of $500 in support of conference registration fees for attendance at the National Meeting to be held August 1-4, 2026, in New York, NY, three (3) travel awards of $500 each, and one (1) $500 Taylor Wayment Memorial Travel award for first time attendees, for the Region VI/VII Fall Regional Meeting, to be held November 8-11, 2026, in Denver, CO. These awards are to help offset the costs of attendance.
The deadline for receipt of applications and nominations for these travel awards is
Friday, May 29, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
1. Applicants must be research administrators from within the Region VII geographic area (AZ • CO• ID • MT • NM • UT• WY). Applicants need not be members of NCURA in order to apply, however preference will be given to Region VII members.
2. Applications and support letters must demonstrate both the potential benefit of the award and the individual/institutional need for travel assistance.
3. The application and/or the support letter(s) must demonstrate that the applicant has secured their manager or supervisor's approval to attend the meeting.
4. Should the cost of attendance exceed the amount of the award, the application and/or the support letter(s) must confirm that the awardee or the awardee’s home institution will cover the balance.
Selection of the awardees will be determined by the Region VII Award Committee, based on perceived need and potential benefit to the applicant and the applicant’s institution. Selection criteria used by the Committee include:
* Benefit of attendance
* Candidate's contribution to his/her organization, and ability to add value to organization if able to attend the meeting
* Relevant experience of the candidate
* Strength and applicability of support letter(s).
* Reasons why the applicant's institution could not support the applicant's attendance at the meeting in the absence of a travel award
Selection Criteria
Past Travel Award Recipients
2026
Annual Meeting:
Trevor Sooy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Regional Meeting:
Erin Lemoine - Colorado State University (Taylor Wayment Memorial Travel Award)
Nora Paech, Idaho State University
Elliani Decker, Southern Utah University
Becky Libera - Colorado State University
2025
Annual Meeting:
Betty Rasmussen - University of Colorado - Boulder
Regional Meeting:
Lori Shuler - University of Wyoming (Taylor Wayment Memorial Travel Award)
Savannah Allhouse - Colorado School of Mines
Emma Ryan - Colorado State University
Trisha Southergill - Colorado State University
2023
Annual Meeting:
Kathryn O'Hayre - Colorado State University
Regional Meeting:
Howard Bergman - Arizona State University
Chrissy Charny - Colorado State University
Julie Wenzel - Colorado State University
2024
Annual Meeting:
Sarah Horwitz - University of Colorado - Anschutz
Regional Meeting:
Erika Archer - University of Colorado - Boulder
Noelle Strom - University of Denver
Paul Dormond-Brooks - University of Colorado - Anschutz
2019
Annual Meeting:
John Williamson - Colorado State University-Pueblo
Regional Meeting:
Diana Ehrlich - Colorado State University
Emmalee Moore - University of Wyoming
2018
Annual Meeting:
Shannon Malone - Fort Lewis College
Regional Meeting:
Alicia Armentrout - Colorado State University
Sharon Buck - Northern Arizona State University
Kenwyn Richards - University of Idaho
2017
Annual Meeting:
Annette Foster - Colorado State University
Samantha Mayhew - Colorado State University
Regional Meeting:
Audrey Oberlin - Colorado State University
Rachel Norris - Montana State University
2016
Annual Meeting:
Regional Meeting:
2015
Annual Meeting:
Nicole Tuttle - Utah State University
Regional Meeting:
Catherine Douras - Colorado State University
2014
Annual Meeting:
Dianthony Davis - University of Colorado Denver
Spencer Thomas - Huntsman Cancer Institute
Regional Meeting:
Becky Van Zee - Montana State University