List of Conference / Travel Fundings Available for the members of CGC:
Graduate Student Travel Grant from Moody School
The Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies offers a yearly $750 travel grant for accepted paper, poster, creative project or performance and must be submitted at least 10 business days prior to travel.
For more details, please contact travelgrants@smu.edu. Application form and all details found here.
The Chemistry Graduate Council (CGC) Grant
Thanks to our fundraising activities, CGC has limited funding for conference registration $200/person, one time only in their graduate tenure, which is typically the cost of registration for ACS’ National meetings.
In regards to active participation the council voted to compensate the applicant by the percentage of participation. For example, if a student attends all CGC activities such as meetings (monthly) and Graduate Student Seminars, the student can claim 100% reimbursement of money for the registration costs. If the student participates at only half of the activities, then the student will only get 50% of reimbursement.
Participation percentile valid only for activities related to chemistry. Unavoidable absences with valid excuses are omitted from this restriction.
For more details, please contact Joshua Plank (jplank@smu.edu)
The SMU Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Funding
CGC Treasurer is a representative to the SMU Graduate Student Assembly (GSA). Up to $400.00 for conference-related or other (e.g. dissertation printings). This is once-a-semester application and pre-approval is recommended before applying for a conference.
For the application, please fill out these following forms, and return them to the CGC Treasurer:
For more informations, please refer to the GSA Bylaws (2022-revised) or contact Christina McConville (cmcconville@smu.edu).
The Department of Chemistry Travel Funding
Up to $1,000.00 one-time funding is available for third/fourth-year (or beyond) chemistry graduate students. For more details, please contact the department secretary, Mandy Graham (mtgraham@smu.edu) or Dr. Elfi Kraka (ekraka@smu.edu), the department chair. Pre-approval is required.