This year, we received 89 travel grant applications from 16 faculty and 73 students through our online travel grants submission process. We were able to award some funds to everyone who had an accepted conference paper or presentation. We awarded $18,275 in cash and $8925 in conference waivers. We also provided $6,000 in matching funds to divisions and interest groups.
Our divisions and interest groups also provided a portion of their own funds as awards to defray travel costs and up to three conference waivers per unit. In all, I think that this is great support of our students and of faculty, especially those residing in developing countries.
