Travel Grants

Graduate students in CAEE are eligible to apply for travel grants each year.  These grants provide partial support for students to attend professional meetings to present their research.  Priority is usually given to doctoral students who are in candidacy and who can use attendance at meetings to explore career opportunities.  However, master's degree students are occasionally given an award.

Kolodzey Travel Grant

1. Fill out the online application: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/13-students/grads/73-travel
2. Email your 2-page C.V. (PDF) and copy of the abstract or paper that has been accepted (PDF) to Leslie McCroddan at lmccroddan@mail.utexas.edu
3. Request a nomination letter from your faculty advisor. Let them know that they can provide either a nomination letter (PDF) for you to submit with your other application materials or they can fill out the online faculty nomination form: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6xsF4uGjIfxThtj.

The nomination letter should include:

1. 1. Name of nominating faculty and name of student
   2. Student’s Dissertation title
   3. Technical Conference name
   4. Why is this conference important for your PhD student to attend?
   5. When do you expect the PhD student to graduate?
   6. How likely is the student to pursue an academic career?
   7. Student rank (if you have submitted multiple students)

The objective of the Kolodzey Travel Grants is to provide an opportunity for CAEE PhD students to attend technical conferences, make oral or poster presentations about their dissertation research, and develop a network of colleagues at other universities. Students with these experiences will be better prepared to embark on careers that reflect well on the CAEE Department and UT.

If you have any questions contact Leslie McCroddan, lmccroddan@mail.utexas.edu or Kathy McWilliams, mcwilliams@utexas.edu

Professional Development Award (PDA)

Professional Development Awards provide support for students to attend major professional meetings at which they present an original paper based on their research conducted at the University of Texas. Please note, due to COVID 19 you may not be able to travel to a conference but can participate virtually.  Please submit a professional development request for your registration costs if your paper was accepted for presentation. 

The Graduate School allocates travel funds to each program at the beginning of each academic year. The graduate adviser and graduate coordinator can nominate students for these awards, which are approved and administered by the Graduate School.

The department accepts applications for Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. Individual department deadlines are emailed to students and posted in the CAEE Canvas application page. Amounts can vary between $250-$500 (typically $300). Applications are reviewed and decisions announced after the deadline.

Directions to apply:
To complete the application process, send

1. 1. Your completed form - Submit application, circulated each semester to students via CAEE Canvas
      
   2. Include copy of your abstract (save as a PDF)
   3. Include evidence of abstract acceptance for presentation (PDF including date, title, and details of your presentation acceptance)

Graduate Engineering Council

The Travel Grant award is a consideration from the Cockrell School of Engineering to allay research related travel expenditures for engineering graduate students.

Students may have traveled to conferences, workshops or other professional development related events, all of which are considered. 

The application is available on the GEC website