Travel Grants

The Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering travel grant will provide up to $1,500 to present at conferences relating to your graduate work.

All requests are approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.

One Award per student. 

Travel Grant Application Form

Eligibility

• You must be a current active CEGE graduate student. 
• The presentation must have been accepted by the conference when the application is submitted.
• Travel grants MUST be turned in before the travel takes place.
• Travel grants can be awarded in the fall, spring, or summer.
• You must be registered for 6-14 credits or for CEGE 8333 or CEGE 8444 in the fall/spring during your time of travel. 
• You are ineligible for the travel grant if:  the travel is after you graduate.

Award Details

• All travel expenses must be paid up front by you.
• The award must be used for the conference on your application. It can't be transferred to attend another conference. The grant will become invalid and you will lose your award. A new application must be filled out and approved by the DGS to attend the new conference.
• Travel grants will not be reimbursed to adviser's research or discretionary accounts.
• The graduate program coordinator will email you once your application is approved.

Reimbursement

Reimbursements will go through Emburse. The University official reimbursement system.

Reimbursement details and directions for the CEGE Travel Grant:

• Keep all receipts. They will need to be uploaded as a single pdf into Emburse. This should be done after your attendance at the conference.
• Receipts must be turned in within 30 days after attendance at the conference. 
• Travel expenses in excess of the travel grant paid by your advisor's research or discretionary accounts MUST be turned into Emburse at the same time as you submit the travel grant.  

Emburse

• Log into your MyU.
• Go to your Key Links and find U travel.
• Complete the Emburse Reimbursement within 30 days of the trip return date.

Application and Review Process

To complete the application process you must do the following:

• Fill out the Travel Grant Application.
• Include the supporting documentation: a copy of the acceptance to present your work (the DGS needs to see the full original confirmation. Do NOT cut and paste.)

All applications must be complete to be reviewed. 

The DGS will review the application and make a decision to accept or deny your application.

The graduate program coordinator will email you once the decision is made with further instructions. 

Deadlines

• Deadlines are on rolling basis until the funds run out.