Departmental Student Travel Awards | College of North Texas

The Dr. Linda Truitt Creagh Chemistry Travel Award

The Dr. Linda Truitt Creagh Chemistry Travel Award helps journey by graduate or
undergraduate college students to current analysis at an American Chemical Society National
Meeting.   

The Professor Martin Schwartz Chemistry Travel Award

The Professor Martin Schwartz Chemistry Travel Award helps journey by graduate or
undergraduate college students to nationwide and worldwide chemistry conferences, conferences,
and workshops.  This contains, however isn’t restricted to, ACS National Meetings.  

Application Deadlines

Preference for the awards will go to college students who haven’t traveled to a nationwide
or worldwide convention earlier than and/or don’t have accessible funding sources (e.g.,
from their advisors’ grants or startup funds) to help their journey.

Application Process

To be thought of for a journey award, please apply by way of e mail to chemgrad@unt.edu by the required deadline. Please embody the identify of the award you’re making use of
for within the title of your e mail.

1. Prior to making use of, submit a Travel Request to morgan.smith@unt.edu. 

2. Please submit a single PDF utility file containing the entire following:

1. Student’s identify, analysis advisor, and 12 months of research (e.g., third 12 months PhD scholar)
2. Name of convention or assembly to be attended and journey dates.
3. Anticipated price range for all allowed journey prices (registration, airfare, lodging, airport
   parking, floor transportation, and meals on the federal per diem charge) **Applicants
   are liable for retaining prices to an affordable degree and following division journey
   tips (see beneath).
4. Other funding sources accessible or anticipated to cowl your journey.  If you will have
   utilized for and/or acquired COS or TGS journey awards, or in case you intend to use for
   one in all these, record these together with the standing of the awards.
5. Brief justification (1/4 web page) for why the journey funds are wanted and the affect
   the award would have in your training {and professional} growth.
6. Current CV or resume, exhibiting all publications and convention displays up to now
7. A replica of the submitted summary or applciation for the assembly
8. A replica of the acceptance discover for the assembly

Please be aware that college students who already acquired a departmental journey award on this
tutorial 12 months could not obtain a second one.

Other Travel Awards:

Departmental Travel Guidelines:

-Always focus on your journey plans together with your advisor at the least 6 months earlier than the assembly
to make sure they’ll cowl any prices not lined by journey awards
-In common, solely prices included in your Travel Request may be reimbursed, so please
plan fastidiously
-Follow federal per diem rates for meals and motels
-Book flights effectively upfront, ideally 60 days or extra, to keep away from overpriced tickets
-Share rooms each time attainable, and at all times if staying at an ACS convention lodge
-Register for ACS conferences by the early chook/advance charge deadline.  Costs will likely be
reimbursed at this charge.
-Students are strongly inspired to develop into ACS scholar members, as this considerably
reduces registration charges for ACS conferences
-However, be aware that membership dues for ACS and different organizations can’t be lined
by journey awards
-Alcoholic beverage purchases can’t be reimbursed
-Purchases for non-business companions or different college students can’t be lined or reimbursed
-Personal bills can’t be reimbursed