GPSC Travel Grant Application

GPSC Travel Grants  Range of Support  Awards are contingent upon the availability of funds and the number of applications received. The evaluation committee will award up to a maximum of $500 per student, even though the cost of attending the conference may exceed that amount. A maximum of three (3) nights' hotel stay and four (4) days per diem will be covered.  Students are highly encouraged to apply according to their financial need. Realistic award amounts will receive a higher score during evaluation. The student's effort to obtain sources of funding will be viewed positively by the committee.  The GPSC Travel Grant is not a guaranteed source of funding. Travel grant awardees are not guaranteed to receive funding before their travel begins. We encourage students to submit the required application materials by the earliest eligible travel grant deadline. 

Travelling together?!  *Note: Group applications are not allowed. If several students are attending the same event, each student must apply separately for funding, and each student must be responsible for creating their own application. Identical applications will be automatically disqualified from that round of funding.

Instruction Videos  How much do you get paid per hour?  $500 for 26 minutes and 43 seconds  instruction-videos

GPSC Rubric  1: Professional Development  2: Description of Work  3: Description of Event and Efforts to Secure Funding  4: Budget  EACH ONE IS A SEPARATE HEADING!  C%20Travel%20GRant%20Evaluation%20R ubric_REVISED_1.pdf

Budget  The most nit-picky section and most common source of errors, so do it right!  “The GPSC will only cover 3 nights in a hotel and 4 days per diem. “  Request $500, but request it from other expenditures  Total funding MUST match total budget  Explain every section and provide details as to what you did to lower the costs (ex. Airfare: I searched multiple airlines and websites to find the cheapest fare)

GPSC Travel Guide  Travel Authorization  Keep EVERY receipt  Travel Exemptions  Travel Expense Report  C%20Travel%20Guide%20Brochure%20- %201_0.pdf

Travel Exemptions  Travel > 30 days  Personal time  Foreign Travel  Explain every exemption, even if it doesn’t apply to you (“pertinent negatives”)

Travel Expense Report  Within ten (10) working days after the completion of a trip, complete a Travel Expense Report  Include ALL receipts  C%20Travel%20Grant%20Travel%20Expens e%20Report%20w%20Waiver%20Receipt% 20-%20Extended3.pdf

Good luck!  Please submit all correspondence concerning the Travel Grant Program to