PME (national) will be offering up to $1,200 to defray travel, housing, and subsistence expenses for eligible PME members to attend JMM 2024. To be eligible for consideration for a PME Undergraduate Travel Grant, applicants must:

• Submit an abstract for a Pi Mu Epsilon Contributed Session at JMM through the AMS abstract submission portal no later than Tuesday, September 12, 2023, or
• Submit an abstract for a PME poster session through the AMS abstract submission portal no later than Tuesday, September 26, 2023
• Complete the application for the travel grant, including abstract number, no later than Friday, October 17, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET). The travel grant application can be found here: https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1478;
• Be enrolled as (1) a full-time undergraduate student or (2) a full-time graduate student who has accumulated fewer than 30 credits at a U.S. institution; and
• Be a member of PME by the travel funding deadline of 10/17/2023.

Additional Details:

• PME National Council will work to recognize outstanding presentations, as we have done in the past before COVID.
• Co-presenters can each receive funding as long as they meet the above guidelines.
• There is no cap on the number of speakers that can receive funding from any one chapter.
• PME funding will not be given to “delegates” from a chapter who are not presenting in either of the PME Contributed Paper Session or the AMS-PME Undergraduate Student Poster Session. 
• Check out the post on the PME website which contains the above information and more.

Walkthrough for Submitting an Abstract and Applying for PME Funding: 

1. Presenters will submit their abstract directly to the AMS at https://meetings.ams.org/math/jmm2024/cfp.cgi.
2. Scroll down to PME (PI MU EPSILON); BEGIN A SUBMISSION, and click the link.
3. Login and/or make an account.
4. Select either the Paper Session or the Poster Session.
5. Be sure to include all co-presenter information if co-presenters will also seek funding through PME.
6. Once you complete your abstract submission you will receive an Abstract ID#.
7. This Abstract ID# is needed to apply for the PME Undergraduate Travel Grant which you do by visiting https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1478.
8. One application should be made by each individual who is requesting support, whether they are in a group project or a one-person project. Every co-presenter must submit their own travel grant application.  

Lastly, you can always direct your questions to me by e-mailing secretary-treasurer@pme-math.org. Before e-mailing please check that your question is not already answered on the MathPrograms Travel Grant Page.

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