Central Recruitment Fellowship Travel Reimbursement

CRFT Overview

At the discretion of the Dean, the Graduate Division makes transportation funds available for campus recruitment visits for all applicants nominated for this year’s central fellowships, as well as winners of this year’s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships or National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships. 

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1. The applicant’s department must first reimburse the applicant for their travel or pay using a direct bill. Use 20171 funds for this purpose.

2. Email the following to graddiv-gradadmin@ucsb.edu:

   1. The traveler’s name

   2. Their qualifying fellowship(s)

   3. For each traveler, PDF of approved Concur expense report(s) and appropriate receipts OR applicable proof of direct bill

   4. Departments with multiple requests can send them in one email, but please keep each traveler’s backup documents in separate PDF files

   5. (if applicable)  If the travel period is for an extended amount of time or air travel is not directly in and out of Santa Barbara, please provide a brief explanation to accompany your reimbursement request.

3. Submit by Friday, May 17, 2024, at 5pm. The submission deadline varies slightly each year, so please check the current year’s memo for the deadline.

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Diversity Applicant Lodging Reimbursement

Overview

At the discretion of the Dean, the Graduate Division makes funds available to pay for an additional night’s hotel stay to allow domestic doctoral, MFA, or terminal masters’ applicants from non-traditional educational backgrounds to spend an extra day on campus during their recruitment visits. Please note: terminal master’s refers to students in departments for which the master's degree is the terminal degree offered.

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