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dgs_advice:travel_funding [2011/03/08 15:09] – [How do you apply for it?] **staging** kapustadgs_advice:travel_funding [2022/03/31 10:26] (current) – [Who is eligible?] vinals
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-====== Departmental Financial Support of Research-related Travel ======+====== Travel grants to attend research conferences ======
  
 Here is some information about how the department will support you if you want to go to a conference or workshop. Here is some information about how the department will support you if you want to go to a conference or workshop.
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 ==== Who is eligible? ==== ==== Who is eligible? ====
  
-Physics graduate students who have been accepted as speakers or as poster presenters at a conference or APS meeting (or equivalent meeting).  Astrophysics students should contact their DGS.+Graduate students in the School of Physics and Astronomy who have been accepted as speakers or as poster presenters at a conference or APS meeting (or equivalent meeting).  Interested students should contact their DGS for more information. 
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 +This award is meant to match funds provided by your adviser. At the time of the award, the adviser will be asked to provide the account information that will cover the other half of the travel expenses.
  
  
 ==== How much can you get? ==== ==== How much can you get? ====
  
-The department will pay half of your expenses, up to %%$%%750 per trip, with a career total of no more than %%$%%1500. +Your lump-sum award will be approximately half of your estimated total  
- +travel costs subject to a maximum of \$750 per trip and a $1500 career  
 +total.  After the trip, if your actual expenses are less than what you  
 +estimated, the award will be reduced accordingly.
 ==== How often can I use this fund? ==== ==== How often can I use this fund? ====
  
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 ==== How do you apply for it? ==== ==== How do you apply for it? ====
  
-Travel awards will be awarded as lump-sum travel fellowships.  Students must submit by email a formal request to the Director of Graduate Studies (Joseph Kapusta: kapusta@physics.umn.edu) with a copy to Judy Soine (grad@physics.umn.edu).  Requests shall be in the form of an abstract and estimated budget and if approved, the student will receive a fellowship not to exceed %%$%%750 or half of the total estimated cost of the trip, whichever is less. +Travel awards will be given as lump-sum travel fellowships.  Students must submit a formal request BEFORE travel begins.  To apply for travel funds, complete the [[https://forms.gle/bsfPYeHwaUNfAeGf9|Travel Grant request form]]. If approved, the student will receive a fellowship not to exceed %%$%%750 or half of the total estimated cost of the trip, whichever is less.
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