Program Policies

Travel Grants

The HSPA PhD Program strongly encourages students to take advantage of opportunities for professional development by submitting papers or posters for presentation at HSPA-related conferences. Students whose research is accepted for conference presentation will be eligible to apply for up to $500 in travel grant funding from HSPA. The number and size of awards each year will depend on the number of applications and available funds.

Conditions:

  1. HSPA students will be eligible to receive an HSPA travel grant once per academic year. Applicants must be enrolled in the program in good standing at both the time of application and time of the conference.
  2. Priority will be given to oral presentations over posters, and to conferences most central to HSPA (e.g., AcademyHealth). The student must be the primary presenter (not co-author).
  3. If conference organizers have not yet announced acceptances at the time of the travel grant application deadline, students should apply for the grant anyway. If the abstract is not accepted then the funds may be applied toward funding for another conference or toward assisting at AcademyHealth conference exhibit table (up to 2 student assistants).
  4. Approved expenses include: reasonable transportation, lodging, food, and conference registration fees.
  5. Students must also apply for other campus travel funds for which they are eligible (in order to maximize funds available for HSPA students, HSPA travel awards may be reduced by the amount received from these other awards), including:
    • ASUC Academic Opportunity Fund
    • Graduate Assembly Travel Fund ($300, selected by lottery)


HSPA applications must include
• Conference title, date, and location.
• Title and abstract of accepted (or pending) presentation, and whether oral or poster.
• Proposed budget (including estimated expenses, and amounts requested from HSPA and other sources).
• Details on other campus travel funding sources to which student has applied (or reasons why ineligible if have not applied for the Graduate Division or Graduate Assembly awards), including source, award amount and decision date.

 

Application deadlines

Applications must be emailed to the Program Manager by the following deadlines (rolling decisions can also be made for earlier applications if necessary):

  • October 1 for November-February travel
  • February 1 for March-June travel
  • June 1 for July-October travel

 

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