Effective June 1, 2025, applications must be submitted by the student's faculty mentor.

Guidelines

The Student Travel Award currently supports UIW students who have been accepted to present at a professional event. Presenting includes the reporting of research results, exhibiting or performing creative works or otherwise disseminating results of scholarly activity. 

• Student Travel funds are provided as reimbursement after travel has been completed, except for airfare, which can be purchased directly through our office.
• The faculty mentor and/or student are strongly encouraged to demonstrate exploration of extramural grants and/or collaborative departmental cost-sharing opportunities.
• Accepted students must present their research at the annual Excellence Summit.

Award

The max award amount will be reviewed annually (currently $1,000). The number of available awards will be dependent upon annual funding for the program. Mentors will have applications evaluated and provided weighted scores on departmental cost-sharing and mentor and/or student attempts at external funding to include extramural grants, travel grants, and recent awards.

• The amount awarded is up to $1000 toward expenses incurred during the approved travel. 
• Any unused funds will be returned to the STA to provide funding opportunities for other students. 
• Awarded funds must be used within the fiscal year (June 1-May 31) in which it was awarded.

Eligibility

To be eligible, at the time of travel, an applicant must be:

• The primary presenter of the project.
• Personally accepted to present at the professional event.
• Regularly admitted to a UIW degree program.
• Full time student in good academic standing.
• Not previously awarded within same fiscal year (June 1 - May 31); one award per student per fiscal year.
• Enrolled in the semester during which the travel takes place. Students who maintain a current enrollment status from Spring to Fall may apply funds for travel during the Summer semester. 

Reimbursement Guidelines

Expenses and receipts must be submitted for reimbursement within ten days after travel.

Allowable Costs:

Below are items/categories that can be covered by the award, however, this does not mean that all of them will be paid for. 

San Antonio (in-town) conferences

• Conference Registration Fee (excludes membership fees)
• Parking fee

Out-of-town or out-of-state conferences

• Airfare and/or Mileage 
• Conference registration fee (excludes membership/organization fees, field trips, etc.)
• Hotel accommodations 
• Meals 
• Transportation costs from the airport to the hotel and vice versa, if no courtesy shuttle is available.

Unallowable Costs:

Below are the items/categories not covered by the award.

• Alcohol
• Entertainment
• Room service 
• Cash advances
• Lodging beyond the event dates
• Membership fees
• Rental vehicles
• Non-event related travel (e.g. taxi from hotel to restaurant) 

Airfare Guidelines

If awarded, the ORGS invites you to purchase airfare through our office. For consideration,

• Applications must be received at least two months in advance to ensure affordable rates.
• Airfare will not be booked in advance if the trip is less than 3 weeks away.
• Airfare is the only travel arrangement our office can provide at this time. 

Expectation of Student

If awarded, you are expected to adhere to the following:

• UIW Student Code of Conduct
• Have received all research compliance approvals through our office, as applicable (IRB for human subjects research and IACUC for animal research) 
• Students are strongly encouraged to have some vested interest in attending by paying for some of their travel.

Deadline

Continuous

Contact Us

The ORGS would like to thank you for participating. To contact us you can call (210) 805-3555 and Press 0, or email research@uiwtx.edu.