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GPSA Travel Grant Competition

GPSA offers Conference Travel Grants for students attending regional, national and international professional conferences. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis and are not guaranteed. Grants will be awarded monthly for travel occurring from August 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009.

The GPSA Conference Travel Grant program exists to support and promote the success of ASU graduate and professional student research, increase ASU’s reputation as a Research Extensive Institution, and to promote the ASU graduate and professional student community at large.  The funds awarded from this program are used to support student travel to regional, national and international conferences.  This program runs on a monthly cycle from July 15 – April 15, funding travel from August 1 to May 31.

This program is open to graduate and professional students on ASU Tempe campus. Graduate/professional students on any of the other ASU campuses should contact their respective student governments (ASASU-Polytechnic, ASASU-West, Downtown Council) for potential programs on your campuses.

This program is administered by the GPSA Vice President of Internal Affairs with support from the GPSA Director of Conference Travel (Contact Officer). Be certain to read this page carefully as the information has changed since previous years.- the application process has changed since last year!

Please note important Dates & Deadlines for 2008-2009:

  • July 15th, 4 p.m. is the deadline for the first funding cycle of 2008-2009 academic year
  • Applications are due by 5 p.m. on the 15th of each month.
  • Please note: GPSA now requires applications to be accompanied by original Travel Authorization (TA) forms for International or long-term domestic (more than 7 days) travel. All other travel MUST have an accompanying ELECTRONIC Travel Authorization Form. Explanations are included on the Application Information page.
  • Receipts MUST be submitted within five days of conference travel to insure proper reimbursement.
  • Final Receipts will NOT be accepted after June 5th for May travel.  There are no exceptions to this policy.