Student Travel

The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs has limited funds available to partially support the travel of current undergraduate and graduate students who are:

  1. presenting research/creative activities at conferences and meetings (e.g., oral presentation, poster presentation);
  2. traveling to participate in an academic competition; or
  3. traveling to participate in other academic-related events (e.g., field trips).

In order to qualify for this support, students must be presenting, competing, or actively participating at a recognized meeting, competition, or other academic function in their discipline or field of creative activity. Simply attending a conference does not count as active participation. In addition, applicants must first seek funding from departments and include the additional funding sources and amounts on the Student Travel Request Form. Students must be an enrolled Minot State student during the time of travel. Study abroad travel is not eligible for these funds. 

Note: Funding requests are limited to one request per fiscal year up to $1000 per student. All student travel and related reimbursements must comply with Minot State University's policies. 

Deadlines: Applications will generally be reviewed according to the deadlines given below. Funding requests will only be considered at the following times and must be at least 3 weeks in advance of the event.

  • Fall Semester: September 1 and October 15
  • Spring Semester: February 1 and March 15
  • Summer Session: May 1

Please complete Student Travel Application to apply for funding.

If your travel application has been funded, please complete and submit the student travel forms. All forms should be submitted to Celeste Simmons in the office of the VP for Academic Affairs prior to spending money or traveling. 

Please note:  Generally, students who are not U.S. citizens (or RA-resident aliens for tax purposes) may be required to pay federal taxes on any university money that is awarded for travel. This may include, but is not limited to, scholarships, fundraising, memberships, club dues, departmental, and/or SGA-Student Government Association funding.  Please see the document at the link for more information. 

https://www.minotstateu.edu/busoffic/documents/faculty-staff/prizes-awards-travel_reimburse.pdf

Please complete the student travel application at THIS LINK. You will need to log into your NDUS account to complete the application.

If your travel application has been funded, please complete and submit the following forms. All forms should be submitted to Celeste Simmons in the office of the VP for Academic Affairs prior to spending money or traveling.