PhD Graduate Student Consortium Travel Support

This travel grant is available to Telfer PhD in Management students who have been chosen to participate in a Doctoral Consortium. The consortium must take place before the program requirements are completed. The total amount available per application is a maximum of $2,000, to be put toward transportation (flights, train, bus, or car), consortium registration, two nights of hotel and 3 days of per diem expenses.

To be eligible for travel support, students must have passed their comprehensive examination.
Only one student per PhD in Management field will be supported each fiscal year. Preference will be given to students seeking an academic career path. Preference will be given to consortia organized by leading international professional associations. Field leaders are required to manage the selection process accordingly.
Students must have been selected to participate in the consortium on a competitive basis (e.g., either by the consortium organizer or by their PhD in Management field).
Students can only receive support to attend one doctoral consortium during their PhD in Management program.
Students must demonstrate how the selected doctoral consortium is critical to their professional development (e.g., they are longstanding members of the professional association organizing the consortium, the professional association is the leading one in their field of study).
The thesis supervisor and field leader must approve the use of these funds for travel.
Consortia funding cannot replace travel already covered through Tri-Agency grants (e.g., if a student is presenting a paper that is part of a Tri-Agency grant at a conference and extends their stay by 1 night to attend the consortium, the students’ travel should be primarily covered by the Tri-Agency grant).
Requests will be processed subject to the availability of funds.

Steps:

1. BEFORE THE TRAVEL, complete the Telfer PhD Graduate Student Consortium Travel Support application in the SMRG portal, attaching all required documents (abstract, confirmation of acceptance and copies of travel fund requests to GSAED or others). You may need to create a user account, just be sure to indicate that you are a student from the drop-down menu.

2. Once a verification of your application is conducted, you will receive a confirmation letter from the Research Office stating the response to your application (approved or denied).

3. If your travel request is approved, a copy of this letter will be sent to your thesis supervisor and the School’s Administrative Officer. You will receive information from Kathy Cunningham (Cunningham@telfer.uottawa.ca ) related to the next steps to take and your reimbursement.

PLEASE NOTE:

Retroactive applications for travel funds (event has already taken place) will not be considered;
Attending a conference without presenting is not eligible for travel funding;
There will be no travel advance prior to the travel.

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