Department of Mathematics - Graduate Student Awards and Travel

Congratulations to the students who recived awards. Here are our students who won awards for the spring 2024 semester.

Student Travel Requests

There are two Math Department funds for graduate students traveling to conferences: Yorke Graduate Support Fund and Joel Cohen Travel Fund. Each fund can only be used once a year. The Yorke Graduate Student Support Fund covers expenses for up to 800 dollars. The two funds cannot be combined.

Both funds are available to students giving a talk or presenting a poster, or is available to students who have some additional funding from other sources (advisor, conference organizers, etc.).

The printing of posters can be covered by the department as a separate expense.

How To Receive Funds for Travel:

1. Students must be presenting at the conference in order to receive a travel award. This award is given as a reimbursement.

2. Students planning to travel to conferences should receive written approval from the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies for approval. Please email Leonid Koralov at with the details of the trip and request for travel funds. The Associate Chair will highly recommend the student also apply for the University Goldhaber Fund which provides matching funds. For example, if the department can provide 500 dollars, the Goldhaber fund would match an additional 500 dollars for your trip.

3. Once you have the written approval, create the request on Concur before you travel. The graduate office staff or the business office staff can help you navigate Concur. If the request is not received in Concur before your travel, you will not be reimbursed.

For any questions regarding travel awards, please contact the Graduate Office.