VIGRE Travel Support

To Apply for VIGRE Grant Travel Funds:

1. Complete the Travel Funding Request Form (located at the bottom of this page). On the form, be sure to:

• Provide a one paragraph description of the nature of the conference/workshop/meeting that you plan to attend. Include the benefits from your participation and state whether you are giving a talk.
• List the costs necessary to attend the meeting. These should include travel and lodging expenses. In most cases, we will not cover cost for meals.

2. If you are a student, please have your advisor send us a short statement supporting your application for travel money. For postdocs, we will look at your statement and may contact your research and/or teaching mentors.
3. Regular faculty (whose student is a US citizen or permanent resident) can apply for VIGRE travel money from the "tag-along" program. This program is intended to cover student travel expenses and can cover up to 50% of the accompanying faculty member's expenses. Faculty interested in using tag-along funds should also complete the Travel Funding Request Form.
4. Submit your application by e-mail no later than 3 weeks before your travel departure date. The final decisions on funding will be made by the VIGRE Committee. Note that only US citizens and permanent residents (student and postdocs) may be supported from the VIGRE grant. For other travel requests (non US citizen students), please contact the Graduate Director, Brian Boe. Postdocs who are non US citizens should contact the Personnel Committee.
5. Once you have received approval notification from the VIGRE Director, please complete the Travel Authority form and submit it to Tamara Haag (room 434B).
   

Additional Travel Funding Sources

Travel funding is also available from the Graduate School for students invited to present a paper at a professional meeting within the U.S. See http://www.uga.edu/gradschool/financial/travel.html for detailed guidelines. Requests must be made by the following deadlines (please submit your requests to the Graduate Coordinator at least one week before these dates):

Travel Dates	Request Deadline
January 1 - March 31	December 15
April 1 - June 14	March 15
June 15 - September 30	June 1
October 1 - December 31	September 15

For travel outside the U.S., funding is available from the Vice President for Research. See http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/docs/policies/iga/FT-Guidelines.pdf. Deadlines are as follows:

Travel Dates	Request Deadline
March 1 - May 31	Second Tuesday in January
June 1 - August 31	Second Tuesday in March
September 1 - November 30	Second Tuesday in June
December 1 - February 28	Second Tuesday in October

Travel Forms

To view the VIGRE Travel Funding Request Form, click here.

To download a Word version of the Travel Funding Request Form, click here.

To download a LaTeX version of the Travel Funding Request Form, click here.