Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center

Funding Your Research Travel

UROC may have funds to finance travel expenses for active UROC participants that are:

  • presenting oral or poster research presentations at professional conferences
  • Visiting prospective graduate schools (McNair Scholars only)
  • Traveling for the purpose of summer research (UROC Scholars/McNair Scholars only)

Many conferences offer travel awards, grants, or scholarships. Students are encouraged to investigate whether the host organization offers them. If travel grants are available, you are required to apply for them to be considered for UROC travel funding.

Please note that funding for graduate school visits and summer research is much more limited. Applications are still welcome, but not all will receive awards.

Applying for a UROC Travel Award

To provide you with funding for these trips, we ask that you complete a Travel Award Request Form six weeks minimum before your expected travel date. Refer to the UROC Travel Award Policy, and complete the any process for obtaining instructor consent for missing university classes for research-related travel. We also require that you investigate whether the host organization offers Travel awards. If so, you are required to apply for these funds.

Travel funding is restricted to approved states only. If your travel funding request is in a banned state, travel funding may still possible, but will require you to complete the travel award request form eight weeks minimum before expected travel for possible approval. 

UROC Travel Award Request Form

Other travel awards