Graduate & Professional Student Association

Conference Travel Funding

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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, 2009 through May 31, 2010.

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 administered by the GPSA Vice President of Internal Affairs with support from the GPSA Director of Graduate Research. Be sure to read this page carefully, as the information has changed since previous years!

Please note important dates & deadlines for 2009-2010

• July 15th at 5 PM is the deadline for the first funding cycle of 2009-2010 academic year
• Applications are due by 5 p.m. on the 15th of each month, and must be submitted prior to the month of travel.
• Please note: GPSA now requires applications to be accompanied by original paper Travel Authorization (TA) forms for International travel or travel outside the 48 states. 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.