Here is some information about how the department will support you if you want to go to a conference or workshop.

Physics Graduate students who have been accepted as speakers or for a poster presenters at a conference or the APS meeting (or equivalent meeting). Astrophysics students should contact their DGS.

The department will pay half of your expenses, up to Code Text$600 per trip, with a career total of no more than $1200.

As many times as you want as long as the career total of $1200 is not exceeded.

1) 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 as of July 2010: 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 $600 or half of the total estimated cost of the trip, whichever is less.

2) Student advisers are limited to two student-trips per year and a maximum of $1,200.