Information for Students

Graduate School Student Travel Funding 2010

A student receiving an invitation to present a paper at a professional meeting within the Continental United States may submit a travel request through the department to the Graduate School. All requests from the department should be submitted at the same time by the requesting department according to the schedule below. The following guidelines will be used in considering all such requests:

1. First preference will be given to doctoral students or students pursuing the terminal degree in their discipline (MFA or MLA). A request from a master's student will be considered ONLY if the department does not offer a doctoral degree.
2. Applicants should be reporting results of their dissertation or thesis research and should be the primary author of the publication or presentation.
3. The meeting or conference must be of regional or national importance.
4. Approval of travel requests will be limited to one trip per student per fiscal year.
5. The student must possess a minimum GPA of 3.50 based on at least five semesters of full–time graduate study at UGA (12 credit hours Fall and Spring & 9 credit hours Summer) with no grades of "Incomplete".
6. Funding will not be provided to students employed as instructors or classified employees.
7. The applicant must be registered for classes during the semester of his/her travel. If a student is traveling between semesters, he/she must also be registered for the semester following travel.
8. Each request must be on a typed "Request for Authority to Travel" form, which is available in the department and online. The request must be accompanied by evidence that the student's research has been accepted for presentation and by an abstract of the research to be presented. Please do not staple. Also, include name and number of department contact for questions/mailing somewhere on the Travel Authority along with information on the prominence of the conference in the discipline and selectivity of conference participation.
9. Travel support provided by any other party (department) must be listed on the Travel Authority form being submitted to the Graduate School.

The amount of the award will be based on such factors as prevailing costs at the meeting site, distance traveled, whether the meeting is national or regional and the availability of funds. No student will be reimbursed more than the actual cost of the trip.

* These dates may fluctuate depending on year-end closing dates for the fiscal year.

Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology students should contact Cathy Dickson at cdickson@uga.edu or 706-542-4159.

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