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The Faculty Accompanying Students (FAS) Grant provides financial support to faculty members accompanying students to a professional conference or other professional event (e.g. competition, research site to collect data, etc.).
Each year, the Provost’s Office earmarks funding for the program which may be used by all faculty (including part-time) to cover their transportation, registration, and lodging expenses, when accompanying students to a qualifying conference or event.
The maximum award is $1,000 per faculty member per academic year and funds will be awarded until the annual funding for the FAS Grant program ($25,000 for the 2025-26 academic year) is exhausted.
FAS Grant Criteria & FAQs
Preference will be given to faculty who apply eight weeks in advance of the qualifying conference or event. There is no limit as to how early a faculty member may apply if the conference/event is within the same fiscal year.
To apply, faculty members can be part-time or full-time and must comply with the Student Travel Advisor’s Role and Responsibilities.
Faculty are expected to share outcomes and/or “lessons learned” from experience with departmental or other faculty groups.
Yes, students must have secured their funding at the time of the faculty member’s application or at a minimum have started the process for securing funding.
For those with students who have already secured funding, please upload any appropriate travel or funding documents via the FAS Grant Application. For those still waiting for students to secure funding, once funding is awarded, please email documentation to [email protected].
Additional information on student travel funding opportunities may be accessed on the Student Travel Program site.
Yes, if human-subjects research is being presented, the faculty member must upload evidence of IRB approval with their application. Additional information on the IRB process at MSU Denver can be found here.
Yes, those traveling abroad must enroll in DOS’ Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)registry as well as purchase a travel-insurance policy that includes emergency evacuation and related coverage. Contact the Office of International Studies for information.
Yes, if you are traveling you will need to submit the proper pre-travel approval form via Workday. For information on completing this form, please see the Workday Job Aids site.