Graduate students receive GSA Research Awards as reimbursements from their department following their research. The department pays you first, and the Graduate School then transfers the award amount to the department. Conduct your research; provide a copy of your GSA award notice and this webpage to your department secretary with all applicable information and receipts. If any of your reimbursement includes travel you have to turn in your request within 30 working days after the completion of the trip (university policy).

Your department will pay you a reimbursement for the award amount. After you get paid the Graduate School will make a transfer to the department equal to your GSA award. Please ask the department secretary to send a corresponding e-mail to Michelle Anderson at miander3@vt.edu. This e-mail should include the document ID of the expense and an E&G & VTF fund number where the transfer will go (VTF stands for VT Foundation and it is used to cover International travel).

Please provide your book keeper/secretary a copy of your award notice and this webpage with all applicable information and receipts. They will know what to do.

The Graduate School contact is:
Michelle Anderson, Fiscal Coordinator
(miander3@vt.edu)
Graduate School (mail code 0325)
251 Graduate Life Center @ Donaldson Brown
Phone: 231-7827