{"id":376,"date":"2023-03-27T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:34:59","slug":"travel-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/students\/financial-support\/travel-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate Student Travel Awards offer funding to UWM master\u2019s and doctoral students for presenting scholarly and creative works developed in UWM graduate degree programs. Students can use travel awards to participate in academic or professional activities such as conferences, performances, or exhibitions. These can be important professional development opportunities where students can receive feedback on their work and grow their professional networks. Travel awards are most often used to present work at major regional, national, or international meetings in students\u2019 disciplines. Because students receive a single allocation for their entire time in their degree, they should consult their advisors on how to use this support most effectively. Funding is provided to help offset expenses after the travel is completed. <strong><u>Note: the funding may be taxable income<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eligibility-note-requirements-have-changed-since-2024-2025-read-carefully\"><strong>Eligibility <em>(<u>NOTE: requirements have changed since 2024-2025; read carefully<\/u>)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Travelers must be enrolled in a graduate degree program (not a certificate).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travelers must be actively presenting, performing or exhibiting at the conference or other academic event, and must be officially recognized by the sponsoring organization. Evidence confirming participation is required before funds will be released. This typically takes the form of a letter or notice of acceptance of a submitted abstract of proposal. If formal acceptance is not available in advance of the travel request, the student may apply but funding will not be approved unless conference confirmation is received before travel begins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because forms of academic presentation and engagement are variable, other justifications for travel can be considered on a case-by-case basis, but they must be for a student product submitted, reviewed, and official acceptance received.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications are not accepted for travel occurring after graduation from the program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligible travel is for conference attendance to present a poster, paper, exhibit, or similar product that resulted from a submitted abstract or proposal that is approved for presentation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel for participation on a group panel that does not require individual submissions, travel for job interviews, visits to libraries, galleries or other non-product-based research, or travel for fieldwork or off-campus placements is not eligible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The student traveler must be lead author on the submission; faculty members may be co-authors but not lead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only one student on a presentation will be funded, typically the lead author\/scholar. If multiple students are on the same presentation and seek travel support for the one product, then the award will be split equally among them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple presentations to the same conference that are led by the same student author(s) will only be funded as if one presentation is made; extra funds are not provided for multiple artifacts at the same event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-application\"><strong>Application<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Beginning July 13, 2026<\/strong>, the application and reimbursement process will be done through the UWM Panther Scholarship Portal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuwm.academicworks.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cstrehlos%40uwm.edu%7Cab008c09628e4a9d883508ded793dd60%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C639185227504029739%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WS4dvVSxG8yAXzSCUr2LXu8snPdq%2BP7%2BASTIXGQy2Rs%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">uwm.academicworks.com\/<\/a>. The&nbsp;Graduate Student Travel Award (GSTA) Application &#8211; Part A&nbsp;is to apply for a travel award. After approval, request reimbursement with the&nbsp;Graduate Student Travel Award (GSTA) Post Travel Application &#8211; Part B.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travelers will be asked to detail the expected expenses in their request for funds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travelers are encouraged to submit applications as early as possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications must be completed and submitted before travel occurs. Post-travel or incomplete applications will not be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travelers are also encouraged to seek travel support through their degree program to supplement any award received through the Graduate Student Travel Awards.<ins> <\/ins>However, the Graduate School handles its travel awards independently; students receiving awards from their programs must submit reimbursements with their program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-limitations\"><strong>Limitations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>General Travel Funds offered by the Graduate School (not funds associated with AOP or other university fellowships) are limited. While we encourage applications as early in the academic year as possible, assuming the requirement of a submission and its receipt by the conference can be provided, we are sensitive to conferences that typically occur in fall versus those that occur in spring. While no explicit quota for each semester is set, we reserve the right to hold funds for spring travel to ensure not all funds are allocated to students with fall travel to the disadvantage of those with only spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctoral students are allotted a total of $1,000 for travel expenses while enrolled in their UWM degree program. Master\u2019s students are allotted a total of $500 for travel expenses while enrolled in their UWM degree program. These funds can be spent on a single trip or can be spread across multiple trips. The Graduate School will retain records of the amount of funds available to each student based on the expenses incurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A student who receives support as a master\u2019s student and subsequently enrolls in a UWM doctoral program can be allotted the full amount for both degrees, a total of $1,500. The allocation for the doctoral portion of the degree cannot be used until the master\u2019s degree is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travelers can combine Graduate School travel funding with travel funding from AOP or university fellowships. Students who have travel funding from fellowships must use fellowship funding for travel first, because it likely will not carry over beyond the term of the fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maximum amount of travel funding from all Graduate School sources, including funding from Travel Awards, AOP, DDF, DGSF and other Graduate School fellowship travel funding, cannot exceed $1,500 total during the student\u2019s work at UWM. Exceptions will only be made in extraordinary circumstances with the approval of the dean of the Graduate School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel Awards can be augmented with travel funding from extramural or program-level sources other than AOP and Graduate School fellowship travel funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-travel-guidelines\"><strong>Travel Guidelines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With the new GSTA reimbursement process, Workday Spend Authorizations and Expense Reports are no longer needed. Air, lodging, and car rental reservations are no longer required&nbsp; through Concur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receipts are still required and will need to be uploaded to the new Graduate Student Travel Award (GSTA) Post Travel Application &#8211; Part B in the UWM Panther Scholarship Portal to receive the approved amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gs-studenttravel@uwm.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gs-studenttravel@uwm.edu<\/a>&nbsp;for questions and assistance or contact Cindy Marifke, graduate student travel coordinator at the Graduate School at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:marifke@uwm.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marifke@uwm.edu<\/a>. Or call 414-251-5870.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Graduate Student Travel Awards offer funding to UWM master\u2019s and doctoral students for presenting scholarly and creative works developed in UWM graduate degree programs. 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