iEMBER Travel Awards:

• Travel funding is awarded to SPARC Collaboration Teams and individually to participants at iEMBER events.  Approval is required prior to incurring expenses, and participants must be traveling 50+ miles (except for registration support, which is available regardless of distance). If you have questions about the availability of travel funding or the status of a travel award application, please contact jana.marcette@msubillings.edu
• Information about SPARC travel awards for collaboration teams can be found below
• iEMBER event link to registration reimbursement and travel award request

 

REIMBURSEMENT GUIDELINES

• GSA Rates should be used when estimating and planning travel: https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates/per-diem-rates-lookup
• Participants must be traveling 50+ miles
• Detailed Travel Reimbursement Guidelines can be found here
• Receipts should be sent to gradstudies@msubillings.edu, a W9 is needed for reimbursement
• Please direct questions to jana.marcette@msubillings.edu

 

 

SPARC Travel Funding for Collaboration Teams

(Supported Preliminary Awards for Research Collaboration)

 

Applying for SPARC (Supported Preliminary Award for Research Collaboration) Travel Funds

(For Collaborations that start virtually/outside of iEMBER conferences and workshops)

• Review The iEMBER Award Rubric For Audio-Visual Project Presentations Here
• Upload (2-minute) project presentation Here 
• Review The SPARC Travel Funding Proposal Rubric Here
• Upload SPARC Travel Award Proposal Here 

Please contact iEMBER RCN-UBE grant PI with any questions or issues (jana.marcette@msubillings)