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Conference Travel Grants (Fall 2017)

Department Deadline: 9/20/2016, 4 pm.
External Deadline: 9/29/2016

Conference Travel Grants (Fall 2017)

The Graduate College will provide awards, not to exceed $350, for students to travel to professional conferences. These conference travel awards are intended to support students who will be presenting papers, posters, or creative work at the conferences they attend.  Conference Travel Awards are supported by Students for Equal Access to Learning (SEAL) fees.  CS may submit the maximum number of applications (five).

See: http://www.grad.illinois.edu/general/travelaward
        http://www.grad.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Conf-travel-dept-sheet.pdf

Award amounts are based on the distance to the conference location from Champaign, IL:

<200

$150

200-699$200
700-999$225
100-1399$250
1400-1899$300
1900-2199, Canada & Mexico$325
>2199$350

Eligibility Requirements

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titleRequirements for consideration
  • The student must be registered and in good academic standing during the term the award is received.
  • A student is eligible to receive only one Conference Travel Award per academic year.
  • A student is eligible to receive only one Conference Travel Award per conference.
  • Non-degree students and students enrolled in online programs are not eligible for Conference Travel Awards.
  • For fall awards, the student travel may have occurred during the previous summer, or occur during this fall, the following spring or the next summer. For spring awards, the student travel may occur that spring, the following summer or the next fall.
  • The Conference Travel Awards are supported by Students for Equal Access to Learning (SEAL) fees, which are part of the Student Initiated Fees. Students must have paid the Student Initiated Fees in the semester they apply in order to be eligible to receive an award. For more fee information, see http://www.registrar.illinois.edu/fee-info. Students who are not assessed the fees, for example because they are registered in Credit Range III or IV (less than 6 hours) may participate by paying the fee at a cashier's window in 100 Henry Administration Building.

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