Faculty Travel Committee – Policy for Supporting Travel Expenses for Graduate Students and Technicians
Graduate students and technicians are eligible to apply for the Dean’s travel support for participation in an international conference abroad (one trip per year) by submitting a request to the Faculty Travel Committee. The Dean’s support will be granted to technicians and to: Master’s students (in their second year of studies), PhD students (during the first four and a half years of their studies – up to 9 semesters), and postdoctoral fellows (during their first two years).
Application forms must be submitted through the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences (Ms. Tzachit Fargo) at least 60 days prior to the travel date. The request will first be forwarded to the Faculty Travel Committee for approval of faculty support.
The Faculty Travel Committee reviews applications at the beginning of each month. Requests that have already been discussed by the committee will not be reconsidered. In addition, applications submitted after the student has returned from the trip will not be reviewed.
All funding sources (internal and external) must be specified at the time of submission. According to the guidelines of the International Training and Travel Unit, additional funding sources cannot be added at a later stage.
Information on submitting a travel request through the International Travel System for those also requesting support from the Central Scholarship Fund is available at:
https://portal.bgu.ac.il/private/admins/sec/studyfund
Information on submitting a travel request through the International Travel System for students not requesting support from the Central Scholarship Fund is available at:
https://portal.bgu.ac.il/private/admins/flying/request-abroad-3
Information on submitting a travel request through the International Travel System for technicians traveling as part of their role, and for administrative and technical staff:
https://portal.bgu.ac.il/private/admins/hr/request-abroad-4
Applications approved by the Faculty Travel Committee will be forwarded to Ms. Lital Levi – Faculty Procurement and Budget Coordinator – for further processing, and a notification will be sent to the applicant.
After receiving faculty approval for the trip, Ms. Levi will provide the applicant with the Dean’s signed authorization. The applicant must then submit the request through the computerized system, attaching all required approvals and indicating all funding sources and the amount approved from each source.
Sincerely,
Faculty Travel Committee
Prof. Dan Levy – Chair
Prof. Adrian Israelson – Member
Prof. Tamar Weinstock – Member
