Professional Development and Travel Award
This award is designed to support the academic experience and professional growth of current UAB Graduate Students. An award of up to $400.00 is available for eligible graduate students who meet the enrollment and eligibility requirements for the “GSG Professional Development and Travel Award”. The award is offered as a supplemental reimbursement to cover expenses and cannot exceed $400.00. These awards are not meant to reimburse for required UAB credit-generating activities or for activities that are not primarily professional in purpose.
Awardees planning to use GSG funds for travel must fill out the Travel Pre-approval form or they will not be reimbursed. Please be aware that AirBnB cannot be covered by any UAB funds. Please review the UAB travel expenses website (https://www.uab.edu/financialaffairs/traveling) for additional information.
Note: Please notify GSG immediately if you are awarded a Professional Development and Travel Award and are then unable to utilize the award during the time period allotted. We understand that circumstances sometimes change, but we would like to support as many students as we can through our awards. Failure to utilize the award without notifying GSG will disqualify you from consideration for any future GSG Awards.-
We have two application windows per year. Awardees planning to use GSG funds for travel must fill out the Travel Pre-approval form or they will not be reimbursed.
View faqs, award guidelines, and dates
Fall/Spring Application Cycle
| Award Period/Duration | 10/01/2023 to 04/30/202 |
| Application Opens | 08/07/2023 |
| Application Deadline | 09/01/2023 |
| Application Status Notification | 09/18/2023 |
| Award Reception | 09/29/2023 |
Summer Application Cycle
| Award Period/Duration | 05/01/2024 to 10/30/2024 |
| Application Opens | 02/07/2024 |
| Application Deadline | 03/07/2024 |
| Application Status Notification | 03/30/2024 |
| Award Reception | 04/12/2024 |
For more information, contact the GSG Awards Officer, Nutifafa Senanu.