The College of Agricultural Sciences will support undergraduate students who are presenting their research at a conference to help offset travel costs and conference registration fees.

The college will help to cost share requests approved and supported by the department up to $300. One request per student per academic year will be considered.

Requirements

  • Student must be in good academic standing
  • Faculty mentor letter of support
  • Department must support request and provide funding to cost share the requested amount
  • Presentations must relate to student's academic program
  • Presentation must be accepted by conference

Procedure

  • Student submits application for funding.
  • Application routes to faculty mentor identified by student to submit letter of support.
  • Application routes to department (either the department head or the administrative manager) or the campus contact for review and approval and to indicate the level of financial support they will provide.
  • List of University Park department contacts is below
  • Department must support the request for the College to consider supporting.
  • Application routes to College's Undergraduate Education Office for review, approval, and to indicate level of financial support from the college.
  • If applicable, the Application will route to the Schreyer's Honor College after the college review
  • After the college review, the Undergraduate Education Office will notify the student of the support they will receive and reach out to the department to obtain the needed budget information to transfer the funding being provided by the college
  • It is the department's responsibility to work with the student on expense reimbursement.
Department Approval Contact Information
Department Department Head Email Admin Coordinator Email
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Dr. Suat Irmak sfi5068@psu.edu Stefanie Hugill skh141@psu.edu
Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education Dr. Dave Abler dga2@psu.edu Jane Gardner jsg21@psu.edu
Animal Science Dr. Rebecca Krisher rlk5688@psu.edu Paula Morgan ply2@psu.edu
Ecosystem Science and Management Dr. Margot Wilkinson Kaye (Interim) mwk12@psu.edu Angela Clark adg3@psu.edu
Environmental Resource Management Dr. Mike Hile mlh144@psu.edu Angela Clark adg3@psu.edu
Entomology Dr. Gary Felton gwf10@psu.edu Emily Slimak eas5484@psu.edu
Food Science Dr. Bob Roberts rfr3@psu.edu Beth Tepsic eak173@psu.edu
Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Dr. Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco mxj22@psu.edu Diane Yoder xdy2@psu.edu
Plant Science Dr. Armen Kemanian (Interim) kxa15@psu.edu Lori Stasko lzm2@psu.edu
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Dr. Sandeep Prabhu ksp4@psu.edu Jill Selfe jxb89@psu.edu