Funds for Travel
The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies has a limited fund for graduate students who want to attend a professional conference or participate in a professional development workshop. This fund can be used for transportation, conference registration fees, and hotel expenses (excluding meals). Travel expenses for students supported on research grants should be paid from the research grant.
Information about professional development funds for postdocs can be found here.
The travel allowance provided is up to a maximum of $1,000. (It is our hope that additional department funds will sometimes be available.) Reduced fares are often available to individuals who buy their tickets early.
This travel award may be received only once. To request travel funds, a graduate student should send an email to Assistant Dean Gary Hutchins, with a cc (copy) of the email to the student's advisor. The email should include a description of the event, estimated budget, and the source of any other travel funds available to the student. This request for funding must be submitted prior to the conference and endorsed by the student's advisor or the chair of the department. Preference will be given to those who are in the last year of their study, but others are not excluded.
Approved travel expenses will be reimbursed upon return from the conference. Original receipts (including boarding passes) are required for all reimbursable expenditures. Please email Yvonne Pelletier scanned copies of all receipts (.pdf file format is preferred) and please include your award email from Assistant Dean Gary Hutchins. Any purchases made using a Dartmouth p-card, a Dartmouth corporate card, or a Dartmouth chart string (typically Travel Leaders airfare), should not be included in a reimbursement request.
PLEASE NOTE:
Registration in the Dartmouth Travel Registry is required for all students (undergrad, grad, professional, etc) travelling internationally on Dartmouth Business. While not required, travel registration is strongly recommended for all other Dartmouth Travelers.