GSCC travel Funds

To receive consideration for conferences during fall, spring, or summer semesters, please submit an application no later than the following dates:

The primary responsibility of the treasurer of the Graduate Student Coordinating Committee (GSCC) is to oversee the distribution of departmental funds for student travel. The chair of the Department of Psychology sets the budget for these awards annually. This year, Dr. Graesser has pledged a generous $20,000 for student travel. There are some noteworthy changes this year regarding eligibility for this type of award. The following eligibility criteria apply:

• You must be enrolled as a full-time student in one of the Department of Psychology's graduate programs.
• You must be making an academic presentation at the proposed meeting.
• You must provide proof of effort to secure additional funding support for the proposed travel (e.g., a photocopy of an application for one of the other awards listed on this page).
• You are eligible to receive only one award per term, except under extreme circumstances and pending the availability of funds.

All travel fund applications are given an overall score based on the information provided by the applicant. In turn, a formula is used to determine the award amount as based on the score and the budget for the term. Award amounts are confidential. You do not have to share your award amount with other students. Note, however, that if you do, your award amount may differ from other students attending the same or other conferences. This is due to differences among applicants in terms of year of study, type of presentation, level of authorship, etc.

If you would like to apply for GSCC travel funds, please complete the GSCC travel funds application. In order to submit your request, please print a copy, fill it out, and place it in the mailroom (203) under the slot labeled 'GSCC'.

GSCC Travel funds application

Student Government Association Travel Funding

The Student Government Association (SGA) is an additional source of potential funding for student travel to professional conferences. Students can receive a maximum of one such award per fiscal year. See the SGA Web page for additional guidelines at http://www.people.memphis.edu/~uofmsga/.

Deadlines are not posted other than that there shall be no retroactive funding. Note that the SGA does not meet in the summer. Thus, if you plan on traveling in the summer, be sure to submit your application the preceding spring semester.

Donovan Travel Enrichment Funds

A limited number of student travel awards are made available each term through the College of Arts and Sciences. One advantage of this type of award is that you are not required to be making an academic presentation at the proposed meeting to be eligible for an award. Note that deadlines for this type of award fall one semester prior to the proposed travel. For more information on Donovan Travel Enrichment Funds visit:

• http://www.memphis.edu/releases/may04/donovan.html
• http://cas.memphis.edu/pdfs/travel_enrich_student_app.pdf