Graduate Student Conference Funding Instructions

SUU Graduate Studies offers reimbursement funding to graduate students to help build professional knowledge and research skills.  Ideally, a graduate student requesting funding will be engaged in research.

Graduate students may apply for funding at two levels:

1. A graduate student approved to present at a professional conference may apply to receive reimbursement for up to $650. Students in this category are given preference to the funding where applicable.
2. Graduate students attending a conference related to their program may apply for up to $250 in reimbursement.

Apply

To apply, before conference travel, fill out the application form and submit it with the appropriate documentation.

For the $250 application, graduate students are asked to submit two items:

1. Application
2. List of a few sessions at conference related to student’s program of study

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For the $650 application, graduate students are asked to submit three items:

1. Application
2. Letter of approval to present at the conference
3. Some digital copy or artifact of presentation (PowerPoint, graphics, photographs and so forth)

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Reimbursement

For reimbursement, after conference travel, submit the following documents to:

Lisa Swanson, Provost Office Accountant: lswanson@suu.edu

1. Copy of approved application
2. Proof of conference attendance and/or copy of artifact or presentation (PPT, poster, etc.)
3. Receipts

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Application