This form allows students to apply for departmental funding for personal research, conference-related travel expenses, or journal submission fees.

Each student is eligible to request up to $7,000 throughout their PhD career to support research or conference travel, both of which are essential components their degree.

NOTE: Journal submission is covered solely by the department and is not part of the $7,000. However, for tracking purposes, these fees will be recorded on this form.

Research:

Econ Departmental Research funds are meant to complement other sources of student funding such as:

• funds through SIEPR
• competitive H&S grants
• external sources

All requests for research-related funding must be accompanied by an uploaded email of approval from your advisor.

• Eligible research-related expenses include payments to human subjects (IRB approval required); services (data entry, editing); data purchases or collection (including directly related travel); fieldwork; computer purchases considered based on research needs (not allowed during your final job market/graduation year).

• Ineligible expenses include living expenses; interview travel; dissertation production and publication fees.

Conference Travel:

To qualify for reimbursement, students must either present at or serve as an organizer of a conference. Travel expenses will not be covered for students who only attend a conference as a participant.

• All travel must be directly related to the doctoral degree and will be reimbursed only after travel has been fully completed.

• Students will complete this form before attending the conference and then complete the final piece upon return to upload all associated receipts.

Journal submission:

Submitting to a journal is a significant part of a student's PhD career and the department wants to support this process.

If the submission is solely submitted by a student (or two), the department will cover the cost of submission. To receive reimbursement, the student must submit a copy of the submission receipt, the name of the journal they are submitting to, the title of the article, and the submission date.

Note: If a student is submitting an article written in collaboration with a faculty member, the department expects that the journal fee will be covered by the faculty member.