Travel and Education Funding

The School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering  offers two different Travel Support Programs.

The Travel and Education Support Program is intended to provide partial travel support to current UNH faculty, graduate students and staff who are conducting marine-focused work. Educational support is also available; these requests are treated similarly to travel requests.

The Graduate Recruitment Travel Support Program is intended to provide UNH faculty members with travel assistance to bring potential graduate students whose research is marine-focused to visit the UNH campus during the recruitment process.

Learn more about both programs below.

SMSOE Travel and Education Support

The School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering Travel and Education Support Program is intended to provide partial travel support to present the results of marine science and ocean engineering research at regional, national and international meetings. Support is available to all School faculty, graduate students, and staff, with a strong preference given to graduate students. Educational support is also available; these requests are treated similarly to travel requests.

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The maximum travel support provided is half of the cost of travel (air fare, ground transportation) and the registration fee for one meeting per person per year, not to exceed $600. The program does not support living expenses (hotel, meals) associated with travel. Overall program support is limited to $10,000 per year and distributed on a first come, first served basis.

  • Applicants must complete the below application and submit with an abstract of your presentation and copies of their travel and registration receipts. If airline tickets have not been purchased yet, please submit a screen shot of your intended itinerary.

  • Graduate students must also submit a letter of recommendation from their advisor or sponsor. This letter of recommendation can be sent directly to marine.information@unh.edu. The letter of recommendation can also be submitted with application below.

  • Request for education support should include registration information, a brief description of the workshop, and reason for attending.
  • Support for assistance can be requested any time during the year.
  • Requests must be made one month before traveling.
  • Requests for assistance will not be accepted after the travel is complete.

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  • Because funding is limited, the program will consider no more than one travel or education request per individual per academic year.

  • Due to the level of competition for travel/education funds, we are unable to support travel to meetings by individuals who are not presenting papers/posters.
  • Co-funding from other sources is expected.
  • Funds not expended within 30 days following the event will be returned to the program to be used for future funding.

  • Support for assistance can be requested any time during the year.
  • Requests must be made one month before traveling.
  • Requests for assistance will not be accepted after the travel is complete.

SMSOE Graduate Student Recruitment Travel Funding Program

The School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering will provide travel support to Faculty members wishing to bring potential graduate students to the UNH campus. Support is available to all faculty members conducting marine related research at the University of New Hampshire.  

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This program will support airfare and ground transportation up to $600.

Faculty members must complete the following application.

  • Support for assistance can be requested any time during the year but must be requested one month before traveling.
  • Requests for assistance will not be accepted after the travel is complete.

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  • The program will consider no more than one travel request per faculty member per academic year.

  • Program funding is limited to $10,000 per year and is awarded on a first come, first served basis. 

  • Does not cover accommodations, meals, tolls, tips, etc. 

  • SMSOE does not make travel arrangements. It is the responsibility of the faculty member to arrange for travel and the traveler to submit a travel reimbursement. Instructions on USNH travel reimbursements can be found here. 

Faculty members are expected to provide SMSOE with the results of this travel (whether or not the visit resulted in admission to a UNH graduate program.)