College of Health and Human Development Student Professional Development Funds

The College of Health and Human Development offers funds to provide assistance for undergraduates or graduate students or student organizations to be able to travel to professional conferences.  Fund expenditures shall conform to University policy and may include, but are primarily to be used to support travel to professional conferences, seminar and/or conference fees.  Additional expense funds may also be requested.  All requests must be made well in advance of the conference. 

Eligibility

HHD students applying for this funding must provide details including name, date and location of the conference, number of persons attending, the total cost for all persons attending, the costs you are asking HHD to pay, and the name of a faculty or staff contact who is aware of your plans,  supports your travel and can respond to any questions regarding this travel.  Applications may be submitted at any time.

Application Process

Undergraduate students interested in receiving this college funding should complete the application form.

Applications may be submitted at any time, but submissions made less than 1 month prior to the conference date will not be considered for funding. 

Graduate students interested in receiving professional development funding should contact their Departments (graduate PICs).

Questions

Questions should be emailed to Heather Zimmerman (hdh3@psu.edu) or Amy Joyce (alw173@psu.edu).