Department of Computer Science and Engineering Application for Travel Grant Funds

The department has been allocated funds from the College of Engineering in an effort to improve the quality of graduate students and/or the climate for graduate students.

Eligibility, Use of travel funds and Notification:
Applicants and awardees must be current degree-seeking graduate students in good academic standing in the Department Computer Science and Engineering. Awardees must be registered for at least one credit hour during the semester in which the travel occurs.  The travel must advance the student’s education and be related to the student’s academic degree program.  Travel must occur during the timeframe of September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.   Students selected will receive official notification to their TAMU email. Funds cannot reimburse or be transferred to any TEES account. Your T&L for all conference abroad travel is required to be submitted ten business days before the travel. You will not be eligible for any travel award from the department if you do not complete the required T&L ten business days in advance.

Please complete the entire application requirements to be considered for these funds and return to Karrie Bourquin, in 328 Teague:

Name and UIN:

TAMU email address:

Degree type (MS, MEng, MCS, MID, PhD, etc.):

Advisory Committee Chair name:

Conference/Event/Activity Name:

Conference/Event/Activity Date(s):

Conference/Event/Activity Location (City, State, Country):

Brief description of why traveling to the conference/event/activity (e.g. present paper, present poster, etc.):

Name of poster/paper being presented:

Position in the paper’s author list:

Expected total cost:

Amount being requested (Maximum $1,000):

Signature of Advisor:

Other Requirements:
1.	An email stating that no research funds (external or internal) are available to support this travel. Email should be sent to grad-advisor@cse.tamu.edu.
2.	A PDF copy of the paper/poster you will be presenting at the conference emailed to grad-advisor@cse.tamu.edu.
3.	An email from the TPC chairs (or the conference) accepting the paper/poster emailed to grad-advisor@cse.tamu.edu.