Travel support is available to undergraduate and graduate schools enrolled in a physics or astronomy degree program. Student travel and lodging arranged outside of the NSBP travel system will normally not be reimbursed.
Travel support generally includes air travel to and from the conference city, lodging and meals at the conference. Travel support will not include local ground transportation. All supported students must pay the conference registration fee.
There are several steps that each student must complete before a travel award can be made. After NSBP confirms completion of these steps a travel authorization message with further instructions will be sent via email. Please make sure that we have a good email address and that it is one that you check frequently.
Complete the on-line registration form and remit the registration fee. (Students must be officially registered for the conference. We do offer a group registration rate for departments that want to support 5 or more of their students.)
Submit either by email or fax the Student Travel Support Form. Saturday night stay is required. Please email or fax to sbrannon@spi-meetings.com or fax: 301-952-1352.
Submit either by email or fax the Student Code of Conduct Agreement Form. This form outlines the expectation for student conduct during the conference. Please email or fax to sbrannon@spi-meetings.com or fax: 301-952-1352.
Submit either by email or fax the Student Advisor/Department Chair Recommendation Form. Students should fill in the first part of the form. A faculty advisor or the physics/astronomy department chair must sign this form. For student group registrations one form must be submitted for each student in the group. Please email or fax to sbrannon@spi-meetings.com or fax: 301-952-1352.
Submit a resume as an MSWord attachment emailed to resumes@nsbp.org. Be sure to put your name in the subject line of the email. DO NOT send your resume to Ms Brannon. Consider using this standard resume format.
Register to become an NSBP site user at http://www.nsbp.org/en/users/login.asp. Registering as a 'site-user' does not mean you join the NSBP, you simply put your contact info into the system. This will allow you to access certain restricted parts of the website. Of course, if you are not already a member of the NSHP or the NSBP we strongly recommend that you join one of the societies. Students may particularly want to explore the Joint NSHP/SPS Program. Check out our Membership Page for more information.
After we confirm that all these steps are completed, a travel authorization link will
be sent to the email address we have on file. At that time you will be able to complete a travel itinerary. Do not expect a confirmed travel bookings before February 1, 2009.
