Conference and Workshop Funding

Conference Travel

Limited funds are available to students traveling to conferences to give papers or to attend professional development or networking conferences.  Students apply for funding in two rounds, one in the spring for travel between January and June, the other in fall for travel between July and December.  Funding for research or fieldwork is available from the Graduate School: https://www.umass.edu/graduate/funding/internal-funding.

Easterns

The Eastern Economic Association holds its annual conference each spring.  A limited number of EEA travel grants are available from the department.

Travel Registry

Domestic overnight or international travel on University business must be registered ahead of time.  You will need to include your travel registration number in any travel expense report you file for reimbursement.  Here is a link to instructions:

https://www.umass.edu/controller/sites/default/files/Travel_Registry_How_To_Register_Your_Own_Travel_JobAid.pdf   

List the GPD (Deepankar Basu) as your approver.

The University's Travel Expense Policy may be found through a link on this page:

https://www.umass.edu/controller/business-travel-expenses

Workshops

Students interested in attending on-campus workshops relevant to their work, in particular the methodology workshops sponsored by the Institute for Social Science Research, may apply to the department for partial (typically 75%) reimbursement of the registration fee.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis till funds run out.  Students will be limited to refunds for one workshop per session (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)