Faculty Conference Travel
All full-time faculty-line positions (tenured and tenure-track faculty, lecturers, Riley Scholars, and yearlong visiting faculty) are eligible for the Dean of the Faculty Conference Grant to fund travel to attend and present at one in-person conference or to fund registration for a virtual conference. Please read these instructions carefully as policy details may have changed since you last used this grant program. The memo applies to the funding cycle from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
In person conferences:
The award is up to $1,600 per academic year when the grant is to support presentation of the applicant’s original research, scholarship, or creative effort at one recognized organized conference or professional meeting. The presentation is often in the form of a reading, presentation, panel, poster, screening, but can vary with field. Presentation includes being the organizer/chair of a session or being an officer of the academic organization who is convening the meeting if the organization would otherwise not cover your cost of attendance. See Pilot Program #3 below for a program to provide conditional additional support for high-cost conferences.
The award is up to $750 for attending a meeting when one is not a presenting member. Non-presenting means one is just attending.
Virtual conferences:
The award is up to $600 to pay for registration when presenting at a virtual conference, and up to
$250 for attending as a non-presenter at a virtual conference.
Eligible expenses
In-person conferences: The award includes funding for business expenses for in-person conferences for lodging, meals for the faculty member (not their family and partners), air (economy only, not premium economy or above) and ground transportation for the faculty member, registration, and single-year membership if the combined membership + registration cost is lower than a non-member registration. These are expenses that are reimbursed as business-expenses and are governed by our business expense guidelines. Receipts must be the itemized—not just the credit card signature slip.
Virtual conferences: The award covers registration fees for the virtual conference. In no case can the award be used for funding ineligible expenses.
See Canvas for detailed instructions on receiving the conference grant.