Travel Funding

As a service to Applied Developmental Pschology graduate students, ADPSG provides assistance for professional development through funding for travel to conferences via Mason's Travel Office.

Browse through the ADPSG Calendar of Events for pertinent conference dates and locations for the upcoming year. 

*Remember that ADPSG is not the only source of funding! The Graduate Student Travel Fund is another posibility to consider. Some professional organizations offer travel funding. Some conferences offer travel funding.

Funding Sources 

ADPSG:

The deadline for submission of materials is two weeks prior to your travel date. *Authorizations submitted after the trip will not be accepted.

Before travel: Email the ADPSG treasurer as soon as possible to notify her of any conferences that you are interested in attending. She will create a budget and notify students of any monetary awards that will be made.

Log into Mason's Travel Request System. First-time users might find the Getting Started guide helpful. Initiate Authorization

Keep all travel documentation (receipts, boarding passes, etc) – you will need to submit originals after your trip. Make copies for yourself and KEEP EVERYTHING! Reciepts must be itemized!

After travel: Log into the GMU Travel Request System again. Initiate Reimbursement & Print Authorization/Reimbursement - All original receipts must be included.

A check will be sent to you from Mason's Travel Office, but this can take awhile. An email will be sent regarding the amount of your reimbursement.

Graduate Student Travel Fund:

You may apply for one conference per fiscal year, which runs from July 1st to June 30th.

You must submit your application packet by 5:00pm on your travel deadline. The deadline schedule for the current acedemic year can be found at here.

Before Travel: Application forms and instructions can be found on the GSTF website. Be sure to MAKE COPIES of everything you submit.

• You must obtain a signed academic recommendation from you advisor as well as from another professor within your degree program.
• You must fill out and sign the GSTF Application.
• You will also need complete the Risk Assessment and Release Form.
• Be sure to include the Graduate Student Travel Fund Cover Sheet in your submission.
• You must include proof of conference registration and proof of acceptance if you are presenting a poster or a paper. In your submission

You will receive an email within two weeks after the application submission deadline notifying you of your reimbursement amount.

After Travel: Within two weeks of returning, re-enter the online system and complete the reimbursement portion (you will need all of your original receipts).

Reimbursement checks will be mailed out after paperwork has been processed by Accounts Payable.