Funding & Travel FAQs

For PhD students, stipends for up to 5 years is assured … assuming you are making satisfactory progress toward the PhD. Funding is provided by combination of institutional, grant, and external sources and may involve assisting with educational programs i.e. teaching.  Students are expected to be working with faculty as research assistants within the first 21 months.

The Laney Graduate School makes funds available to all doctoral student for specific professional development activities, including travel. These funds are awarded based on the merit of the proposed activity and the importance of the activity to the student’s program of study.

To receive an award a student must be in good standing in the Laney Graduate School and in the program.

Students are responsible for submitting their request to LGS prior to the conference and no later than the 10th of each month. This will allow the Graduate Program Coordinator to approve the application before the Laney Graduate School will review the application. It is recommended that students apply for conferences early.

If you apply after the conference and are denied funding, you will not be given a second chance to apply.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Students must submit an Online PDS Application through the ApplyWeb system.

PDS Application

Then click the “Do It!” button

In order to complete the online application, the PDS Conference Participation Signature Page must be completed and signed by both the student and the faculty advisor. Once this form is completed, then the form should be uploaded to the Online PDS Application.

Students are responsible for submitting their request to LGS prior to the conference and no later than the 10th of each month. This will allow the Graduate Program Coordinator to approve the application before the Laney Graduate School will review the application. It is recommended that students apply for conferences early. If you apply after the conference and are denied funding, you will not be given a second chance to apply.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

If you use Emory funds, you MUSTcomply with Emory University’s travel policies. Air travel bought with Emory funds must be purchased through the official Emory air travel provider. The Emory Travel Authority (ETA) portal has been created and is powered by Emory's new travel management supplier, Corporate Travel Management (CTM), to support all of Emory University and Emory Healthcare travel efforts. This requirement includes travel expenses that are paid with personal funds and later reimbursed using Emory funds.

1. Book a new, or manage an existing reservation through the travel portal:
2. Log onto the CTM portal using your Emory email address and password:
3. Click on the Concur icon and you will be logged in using the single sign on.
4. Before booking the first trip, the Travel profile must be completed:

For conference participation, there is both an annual limit and a cumulative career limit: students can receive no more than $650 each year (with one exception—see details on Conference Participation page located on the Laney Graduate School website), and no more than $2,500 during their Emory careers.

Supplementary training and research support are not subject to cumulative career limits.

However, the amount of past support and the size of the current request affect how an application is reviewed. Support in either category up to a $2,500 threshold will be awarded on the basis of DGS and advisor approval, while support above the threshold will be reviewed by a faculty committee on a competitive basis.

The thresholds are cumulative in nature: in either category, when a student’s current request plus any past awards exceeds $2,500, the faculty review will apply.