Graduate Travel Awards

The Penn State College of Medicine, through the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, is offering funds for graduate students to defray the travel cost of presenting their scholarly work at professional meetings, conferences or workshops relevant to their research that requires travel outside the university. The grant funding may be used for travel, lodging and/or registration.

Submission deadlines

Applications for the Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Travel Awards and the Dean’s Travel Awards have different deadlines depending on when the applicant is traveling for a meeting.

Please note: new submission deadlines and travel time periods

Round One: For travel from January to June (submission period is Oct. 15th to Nov. 30th)

Round Two: For travel July to December (submission period is April 15th to May 31st)

Qualifications

To receive a travel award:

• current doctoral students (e.g., PhD, DrPH, MD/PhD) must:

  • have successfully completed the comprehensive exam

  • be presenting either a poster or talk (that is, the student should be the first author on the abstract) if the applicant is applying to attend a meeting or conference

• current master's students (e.g., MS, MPH) must:

  • have completed the first year of their graduate program

  • be registered as full-time students

  • be presenting either a poster or talk (that is, the student should be the first author on the abstract) if the applicant is applying to attend a meeting or conference

• The number and value of awards depend on the money available, and the number of applications received.

• The awards may only be used to pay for travel, registration and housing. All travel arrangements and reimbursements must utilize the PSU ERS system.

• A student may receive this award in addition to other travel awards (either external or internal) to the same event, but the total of all awards cannot exceed total expenses for attending the event.

• Recipients will be selected by the Travel Awards Selection Committee. Preference will be given to students who have not previously attended a meeting, conference, or workshop' to students who have not previously received this award; to students who are first author on an abstract and giving an oral presentation (for those attending a meeting or conference); and to senior students.

• Recipients of the Dean’s Travel Awards must also write a letter of thanks to the Dean.

Application

Please apply at the link below.