Attending academic conferences with me is an excellent professional development investment.
Funding opportunities:
At present, there are three primary internal funding opportunities for research assistants (RAs) who are presenting research at academic conferences (whether in the form or posters or papers, and especially for student first authors).
1. The Montclair State Psychology Department, often in tandem with the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Dean's Office, offers undergraduate and graduate students who are presenting research at a conference reimbursement for the cost of registration, reimbursement up to a certain amount for poster printing costs, and reimbursement up to a certain amount for other travel-related expenses. Contact me for more information about the timeline, processes, and points of contact involved.
2. The PhD Program in Clinical Psychology offers its doctoral students reimbursement up to a certain amount for travel-related expenses. It also offers a biannual special travel awarded (particularly for costly international conference participation). The application process for the latter is explained on the program's Canvas page.
3. The Graduate School (TGS) at Montclair State, a separate college from CHSS, provides Student Research & Conference Travel Fund Awards up to a certain amount to graduate students for conference travel-related expenses. Read more about this funding opportunity here.
Forms and contact persons:
The travel authorization, travel reimbursement, and quick invoice forms are located at: https://www.montclair.edu/finance-and-treasury/forms/
The Psychology Department Program Coordinator can be identified at: https://www.montclair.edu/psychology/faculty-and-staff/