Faculty Accompanying Students (FAS) Grant

The Faculty Accompanying Students (FAS) Grant was created to support faculty members accompanying students to a professional conference or other professional event (e.g. competition, research site to collect data, etc.).  These funds may be used by full-time faculty to cover their transportation, registration, and lodging expenses, when accompanying students to a qualifying conference or event.  Preference will be given to faculty who are accompanying students that have an active role (e.g. a student giving a conference presentation). 

The maximum award is $1,200 per faculty member per academic year. Funds will be awarded until the $40,000 for annual funding for the FAS Grant program is exhausted. 

FAS Grant Criteria

1. 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.   
2. Faculty members must be accompanying student(s) to a professional conference or other profession event (e.g. competition, site to collect data, conference, etc.). 
3. Faculty must describe the roll student(s) will play at the conference/event, providing details of their participation. 
4. Preference will be given to faculty accompanying students who have an active role (e.g. student presentation made at the conference, student competing in a competition, etc.). 
5. Faculty members must be full-time and comply with the Student Travel Advisor’s Role and Responsibilities. Faculty member must share outcomes and/or “lessons learned” from experience with departmental or other faculty groups.
6. Faculty member must share outcomes and/or “lessons learned” from experience with departmental or other faculty groups. 
7. Students must have secured their funding at the time of the faculty member’s application.  Please upload any appropriate travel or funding documents. 
8. If human-subjects research is being presented, the faculty member must upload evidence of IRB approval with their application. 

Please note, these funds are for faculty members only.  For student travel funding opportunities, please visit the MSU Denver Student Travel Program site.