Professional Development and Travel Award
This award is designed to support the academic experience and professional growth of current UAB Graduate Students. An award of up to $400.00 is available for eligible graduate students who meet the enrollment and eligibility requirements for the “GSG Professional Development and Travel Award”. The award is offered as a supplement (via direct deposit) to cover expenses and cannot exceed $400.00. These awards are not meant to reimburse or pay for required UAB credit-generating activities or for activities that are not primarily professional in purpose.
Awardees planning to use GSG funds for travel must fill out the Travel Pre-approval form, or they will not be reimbursed. Please be aware that any UAB funds cannot cover AirBnB. Please review the UAB travel expenses website (https://www.uab.edu/financialaffairs/traveling) for additional information.
Note: Please notify GSG immediately if you are awarded a Professional Development and Travel Award and are then unable to utilize the award during the time period allotted. We understand that circumstances sometimes change, but we want to support as many students as possible through our awards. Failure to utilize the award without notifying GSG will disqualify you from consideration for any future GSG Awards.
We have two application windows per year. Awardees planning to use GSG funds for travel must complete the Travel Pre-approval form.
View faqs, award guidelines, and dates
Fall/Spring Application Cycle
| Award Period/Duration | 10/01/2024 to 04/30/2025 |
| Application Opens | 08/26/2024 |
| Application Deadline | 09/13/2024 |
| Application Status Notification | 09/20/2024 |
| Award Reception | 10/09/2024 |
For more information, contact the GSG Professional Development and Awards Chair, Damion White.
Only graduate students who have received notice of an award should complete the Travel Report.
Previous Awardees
| Last Name | First Name | Department/Year of Program |
|---|---|---|
| Phuong | Quach | Department of Physical Therapy, 4th year |
| Shaurita | Hutchins | Department of Genetics, Graduate Biomedical Sciences, 4th year |
| Sam | Gary | CDIB, 4th year |
| Resha | Rajkarnikar | Department of Pathology, GBS third year student |
| Harika | Neelam | Computer Science, Spring 2023-December 2024 |
| Hadeel | Alghanim | Rehabilitation Science PhD program 2022 |
| Jessica | Lane | Microbiology, 4th year |
| Krishna | Chinta | Immunology, 5th year |
| Ameer | Mansur | Biomedical Engineering, 4th year |
| Sandra | Chrapah | Department of Administration Health Services |
| Sydney | Skipworth | Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 1st Year |
| Samuel | Chang | Pathology, 3rd year |
| Akash | Nagarajan | Biology, 3rd year |
| Queen | Crichlow | Psychology department, 5th year PhD student |
| Griffin | Thompson | GBS CMDB, 3rd year |
| Marian | Yurchishin | PhD in Nutrition Sciences, 3rd year |
| Bronte | Miller | Biomedical Engineering 2nd year PhD (4th year as grad student) |
| Jaskamal | banwait | Chemistry, fifth year graduate student PhD |
| Jennifer | Toney | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1st year |
| Yanliang | Li | Department of Computer Science, 5 |
| Anudeep | Bolaram | Department of Psychology; IVth Year |
| Tony | Dunn | Biology- 2nd year MS |
| Indonesia | Jordan | Psychology, 5th year |
| Maranda | Tidwell | Biomedical Engineering 4th year PhD student |
| Peyton | Clark | Biomedical Engineering, 2nd Year Master's |
| Anastasia | Smith | Health Policy and Organization |
| Briana | Machen | Graduate Biomedical Sciences Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Theme 3rd year |
| Jahmel | Fowler | Neurology, GBS - BSB Theme, 3rd year |
| Brady | Laboret | Developmental Psychology 1st year |
| Erica | Martin | Health Services Administration; Year 2 |
| Trent | Garrett | Master of Science in Health Administration, Master of Business Administration (dual degree), 2nd year |
| Lauren Paige | Turner | HSA- 2nd year MSHA STUDENT |
| Andrea | Rodriguez | Masters' of Healthcare Administration, Year 1 |
| Forrest | Winton | MSHA class 59 |
| Kanisa | Davidson | Psychology 5th year |
| Rahman | Dewani | Department of Health Administration, MSHA Class 58 (Second Year) |
| Van | Huynh | Department of Medicine, 4th year Graduate Biomedical Science PhD Program |
| Anh | Nguyen | UAB Graduate School - 1st year of Master of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Science |
| Larry | Zhao | The Department of Computer Science, 4th year in Computer Science PhD program |
| Shekwonya | Samuel | Department of Health Behavior, 4th year |
| Sachin | Budhathoki | Biomedical Engineering, 5th year |
| Anastasiia | Gryshyna | Psychology, 3rd |