Who is eligible for graduate student transportation funds?
- Any graduate or professional student at East Tennessee State University who is enrolled in a degree program.
Group Travel
- If you are seeking to apply as a group, you must request B.U.C. funds from the Student Government Association (SGA), and will not be eligible for funding.
How do you apply for transportation funding?
- In order to apply, the following materials must be submitted to Dr. Bartoszuk bartoszu@etsu.edu by the intended deadline with a Funding Application Form.
- In receiving transportation funds, you are required to give a 10-15 minute presentation of your experience or research at a Graduate Professional Student Association event (even if you did not present at the conference).
- The Graduate School may offer the opportunity to practice your presentation before you go to the conference. If you are presenting at a conference, would like to practice your presentation, and get feedback before you go to the conference.
Funding
Funding is allotted on a two-tier system. The first tier is for graduate students who are presenting at a conference. Students who are presenting are eligible to receive up to $700. Students who are just attending (not presenting) are eligible to receive up to $300. Mileage is based on round trip estimates. Because the funds are limited, the following priorities will be followed in the allocations:
- First priority will be given to applicants who are requesting funds for presenting research/ scholarly presentation in which the applicant is sole or co-author.
- Second priority will be given to applicants who are requesting funds to attend a conference or professional development workshop that can be shown to be linked to their program of graduate study at ETSU.
- Other proposals will be considered if applicants can demonstrate that the proposed activity will enhance their graduate education, program of study and/or scholarship.
- Students may only receive Transportation Funds one time per academic year (start of fall semester through the end of the summer semester).
- We can only reimburse or cover expenses that are paid; we cannot award money that is not directly tied to travel expenses.
Travel Policies
Students must follow all ETSU Travel policies and processes in awarding travel funds. All travel claims are subject to ETSU and state audit; therefore, all expenses claimed must be true and correct. During the review process, if it is discovered that travel authorization, claim forms and/or documents have been falsified or contain untrue information, then the award can be revoked. We need to follow ETSU policies so that we can retain the ability to fund future student travel.
Instructional Videos on Travel Authorizations and Claims
Students are responsible for filling out their own travel authorization and travel
claim forms. The Graduate School does not have clerical support to complete the documents for
students. We can assist and answer questions.
We created the following video to help you understand how to correctly complete your
travel forms. Please watch the video prior to completing your forms.
Incomplete or incorrect forms and/or documentation will mean that your form will be returned to you for correction or completely denied.