CISR has modest funding to provide travel support to faculty and staff who are presenting the results of their research or scholarly/creative activity.

Guidelines for travel support are as follows:

1. Typically, a maximum amount of $200 is made available for domestic travel and $250 for international travel. Funding is on a first-come basis and these funds are provided to an eligible faculty or staff member only once per academic year.
2. A faculty or staff member need not be the recipient of a regular CISR grant in order to request CISR travel support.
3. The request for travel support should be made prior to the actual travel with no presumption of approval, as CISR funds are limited and will not be available once budgetary limits have been reached.
4. CISR travel funds will be used to help support faculty who are presenting, performing, or exhibiting at the meeting they are requesting funds to attend.  CISR does not have sufficient funds to help defray the cost of simply attending a workshop or professional meeting.  In cases where two or more MSU faculty or staff are making a joint presentation, only one person will receive CISR support, or the support may be divided among the presenters.
5. CISR considers support only after the department and college have indicated the level of support that they will provide.

Procedure to request travel support:

1. The traveler should route the MSU travel request form to Rhonda Rogers, Administrative Assistant for CISR, 201 Industry and Technology Building.  Along with the travel request form, attach the title of the presentation, performance, or exhibition AND documentation confirming the acceptance of the presentation or scheduling of the scholarly activity. This can be a copy of the letter of acceptance, a copy of the program, or a copy of the published abstract.
2. When actual travel expenses have been computed, the travelers' department or college will pay for all the travel.  Then an interaccount bill needs to be prepared by the traveler's unit for reimbursed from CISR.  Please send the interaccount bill to Rhonda Rogers for CISR FOPAL number and Chair's signature.

If you have any questions about CISR Travel support, please contact Rhonda Rogers at 2888.