Travel/Presentation Grants for Graduate Students

The Graduate and Professional Doctoral Student Travel Support provides funding to support travel for major paper presentations, as well as for certain eligible exhibits and performances by classified graduate students and students in professional degree programs in pharmacy and dental medicine. Travel/presentation grants will be provided by the Graduate School in support of major paper presentations at significant professional conferences and major juried exhibits and performances. A major paper is defined as one that is refereed by an external professional group or one that is invited as a result of recognition of the graduate student's professional status by an external group. Graduate students who are involved in the arts may submit requests for travel support under this program in connection with juried exhibits or performances of their work. Students are encouraged to utilize thinkcheckattend.org to ensure that the planned conference is a legitimate professional offering. To be eligible, students must be SIUE classified graduate students, SIUE co-op PhD students, or students in professional degree programs in pharmacy and dental medicine. They must be in good academic standing with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, making satisfactory progress toward their degrees, and enrolled at the time of travel or have graduated within one term of the conference/presentation date. Students cannot be receiving any reimbursement or compensation for the presentation, exhibition or performance. Travel within or outside the U.S. will be supported to a maximum of $750 from the Graduate School. Only one trip/presentation per graduate student per fiscal year is allowed. Reimbursement cannot be provided for expenditures made prior to approval of the application for funding. Requests for travel/presentation support may be submitted to the Graduate School at any time during the year, and should be received at least 10 business days before departure date. Application is made by submitting the online Graduate Student Travel Request Form with all required supporting documents including projected budget, abstract of paper accepted for presentation, documented proof showing clear indication of peer review or special invitation, proof of acceptance to conference or exhibition, and a liability release form. Requests will be evaluated after fully completed and approved applications are received by the Graduate School and funds will be disbursed on a first come, first-served basis.