SMEP Workshop Travel Awards are given to support attendance at professional development workshops on statistical topics that will benefit graduate students studying under active members of SMEP. SMEP Workshop Travel Awards are limited to $1,000.

Procedure for Securing Support

To apply for workshop support, the student should, in advance of the workshop, send a letter requesting a SMEP workshop travel award to the SMEP award coordinator (currently, Keith Widaman). This letter should describe the nature of the workshop and should include a projected budget.

Expenses Supported by Receipts

After attending the workshop, the award recipient must forward original receipts for certain categories of expenses, including airfare (or expenses related to another mode of transportation), hotel, workshop registration, parking, taxi, etc., to the SMEP award coordinator (currently, Keith Widaman).

Other Allowable Expenses

The award recipient may claim $45.00 per day for per diem expenses (meals),
$0.30 per mile for use of a personal car to and from the airport (or the cost of a taxi to and from the airport), and parking at the airport. The per diem and personal car mileage expenses can simply be claimed (with no receipts attached).

Workshop Expenses in Excess of the Workshop Award Amount

If expenses related to attending the workshop are over $ 1,000.00 and there are any additional sources of funding to cover these expenses (e.g., a federal grant to the SMEP member who is the recipient’s adviser), then the award recipient should forward to the SMEP award coordinator only those original receipts and documentation of other allowable expenses that total the $1,000.00 that SMEP will reimburse. The award recipient may then use the remaining receipts to be reimbursed from other (non-SMEP) sources or for tax purposes.

Questions or Comments

If either the award recipient and/or his/her mentor (active member of SMEP) have questions about the award or the present instructions regarding reimbursement for expenses incurred, please contact the SMEP Workshop Award coordinator:

Keith Widaman
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8686

Phone: 530-754-8288
FAX: 530-752-2087
E-mail: kfwidaman@ucdavis.edu