Important! Please read the information presented here before beginning this form. 

Beginning in Summer 2025, UROP will restrict students to one PURA Travel Award per academic year. At GT, an academic year is the combination of Summer, Fall, and Spring terms. We are implementing this change to accommodate increasing demand and ensure that PURA Travel Award funding supports as many students as possible.

As of May 15, 2025, Georgia Tech policy now requires PURA Travel Award recipients to book air travel through Travel Inc., GT's contracted travel management company. This is an institutional requirement to comply with University System of Georgia business procedures. Click here for more information. Students: you must work with administrative personnel in your faculty mentor's school or unit to book your air travel through Travel Inc.

To submit your PURA Travel Award application, fill out the requested fields and select a workshop date (if you cannot attend any of the dates listed, contact urop@gatech.edu before submitting the form). The single PDF file that you upload must include the following sections:

  • An overview of the work to be presented, including format of presentation (poster, oral, performance, other)
  • Information on the conference, including conference name, location, and dates
  • 2-3 goals for your participation in the conference (in other words, what are you hoping to get out of this experience?)
  • Itemized budget (registration fees, airfare, hotel, food, rental car, etc.)
  • Confirmation that you have been accepted to present at the conference, indicated by one of the following:
    • Screenshot of conference program listing your name as a presenter
    • Email from conference organizers addressed to you and stating your acceptance
    • Screenshot of conference website showing your name as a presenter
Once you submit this form, an email will automatically be sent to your listed faculty mentor requesting a mentor confirmation form. Please note: graduate student or postdoctoral mentors cannot complete this form. It must be completed by a full-time Georgia Tech or GTRI faculty member.

 
Student Applicant Information
Are you a U.S. citizen?
Major
Class
Expected Graduation Date
Must enter an integer (e.g., 2).
Have you ever presented at a conference before?
Please select a workshop date from the drop-down menu above. During Summer 2025, workshops are offered virtually on Zoom once a month. Remember: you must attend this workshop to receive PURA Travel Award funding. If you attended this workshop previously, please select the option "Attended". We will check this against our records and contact you if our records show you have not attended the workshop.

If you cannot attend any of the workshops listed in the drop-down menu, please contact urop@gatech.edu before submitting this form.
Faculty Research Mentor Information
Travel Award Information
Presentation Type
Must be less than or equal to $1,000.
Is this an international conference (outside the U.S.)?
Please see bullet point list at the top of this form for details on what to include in your PDF file.
One file only.
300 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.
Administrative Information
Mentor Confirmation received?
Award approved for this application?
Financial POC 1
Financial POC 2