Tulane's Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (OGPS), in cooperating with the Graduate Studies Student Association (GSSA), awards a limited number of travel grants for graduate students to present at a professional conference.
Requests for funds must be received before travel is initiated. Funds may be requested before receiving a formal acceptance to present, in which case a conditional award is made. Eligible travel costs include airfare, conference registration, and transportation (parking, taxi, rental car, train pass etc.). Travel funds are also available through some Dean's Offices.
Students are eligible for awards up to $500 per academic year. The following grant options are available.
Funds will be proportionally distributed each semester among all applicants; award amounts may very each semester; the amount listed above is the maximum amount that may be received, but does not guarantee that funding amount.
Application materials are available on the GSSA website.
Applications are accepted three times per year:
Note: an application should be submitted by the appropriate deadline even if acceptance notification is pending. In these cases, OGPS and GSSA can make conditional grants contingent upon receipt of notification. If the paper/poster is not accepted, the grant will be withdrawn.
Applications should be submitted via the GSSA website by 5:00 p.m. on the due date. Awards will be announced via e-mail approximately two weeks after the deadline.
The travel grants are awarded on a reimbursement basis to the awardee. The GSSA/OGPS Travel Award only reimburses transportation and registration costs. Keep all ORIGINAL receipts from your trip and submit them to OGPS within 14 days of completing travel; failure to do so may result in a forfeiture of your travel award.
At this time, airfare should be booked by students through Concur. If you are seeking reimbursement for your airfare, you will need to submit your boarding passes and flight itinerary from Concur including pricing.
Please assemble your reimbursement packet as indicated on the Travel Reimbursement Checklist. The Travel Itemization Form should be filled out according to the example. Please do not put your SSN on forms. Submit your assembled reimbursement packet to your GSSA Representative, who will approve and forward it to OGSP.
It takes approximately 2-4 weeks for the Accounting Office to process reimbursements after they have been submitted. Checks will be mailed to the address listed on the reimbursement form unless otherwise stated.