Mt. SAC Conference & Travel Funding Application (2025-2026)

Please read the guideline below before submitting your Conference & Travel funding request.


Guidelines:

  • Mt. SAC's AP 7400 has been updated, please read Mt. SAC's Board of Trustees, Administrative Policy 7400 Travel before completing this application.
  • PDC requires that you apply at least 3 weeks before your event to ensure adequate time for a council decision.
  • Before you submit your application, please get in touch with your manager:
  1. Obtain their approval to attend the conference
  2. Let them know you are applying for PDC conference and travel funding     


Faculty: You may apply for up to $2,200 per academic year, provided funding is available. You may apply multiple times until you have reached the $2,200 threshold.


Classified staff: PDC will not accept funding applications more than 6 months in advance. The funding timeline will be as follows:

  1. July - December (for conferences held in July, you can apply as early as mid-May using the previous year's form to ensure you are reviewed by PDC)
  2. January - June (for conferences held in January, you can apply as early as mid-November, to ensure PDC reviews your application)
  3. You may apply for up to $1800 per academic year, provided funding is available (you may apply multiple times until you have reached the $1800 threshold).                                                                        


Please note:

  • PDC Conference and travel funding cannot be used for:
  1. Licensing, tuition, and fees to enroll in an educational program or class.
  2. Tradeshows
  3. Airbnb stays
  • Your contributions are important to support the College's success and mission. PDC requires that you complete your post-conference and "share-out" plan before submitting your expense report in Chrome River.
  • You cannot apply for POD conference and travel funding retroactively.
  • Application for funding does not guarantee approval.
  • About funding: Classified and Faculty travel are from different funding sources that are contractually obligated. One does not affect the other. For more information: please contact Lisa Rodriguez, Lizbet Sanchez, or Val Biller, PDC Tri-Chair Persons.


We are here to support you. If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact Maria Cardenas (mcardenas@mtsac.edu) or call POD at x4504.

 
 

Please only use your Mt. SAC email address.

 
 
 
 
 

Please share the name of the manager or dean you report to.

 
 
 
 
 

Please provide a link to the conference website in the space below.

 
 
 
 

Funding is competitive. Please mark all criteria options that support your funding application.

 

Please select one or more of the areas this event will address in the Mt. SAC Professional Development Plan.


You can find more information on the Mt. SAC Professional Development Plan by clicking here.

 

Describe the sessions you (or your group) will attend. How will attending this conference support you (or your group) in your role(s) at Mt. SAC?


If you are presenting at this event, what topic are you presenting on (if applicable)?

 
 

How do you plan on disseminating your learning to the Mt. SAC community after your event ends? Please select one or more of the methods below.

 
  • Classified, Confidential, and Management employees are eligible for up to $1,800 per fiscal year.
  • Faculty are eligible for up to $2,200 per fiscal year.
  • Any request or combination of requests that exceed these thresholds in a fiscal year will be declined.
 

If you have requested funding from another source, enter the source and amount of funding requested.

 
 

If desired, please upload support documents for your application to support alignment with Funding Criteria.

Drop your files here
 

By clicking the box below I certify the legitimacy and merit of the conference I will be attending and its relationship to my role as a Mt. SAC employee. I understand that application for funding does not guarantee approval. Further, I acknowledge this funding request will not be used towards professional licensure (ex: keeping credentials current for private practice), Professional Growth Increment (PGI), Professional Growth Hour (PGH), Professional Growth Benefit (PGB), or similar that could be considered a duplicate benefit.