Graduate Recruitment Funds
Please note: Graduate Studies will not reimburse for canceled travel costs (airfaRE, hotel, conference registration, etc.)
Recruitment Funding
Graduate Studies provides departments and programs with two options for recruitment funding: the Recruitment Travel Grant or the Incentive Award. Departments must submit funding requests for the entire department. Requests from disciplines, area concentrations, etc. will not be accepted.
Recruitment Travel Grant: Graduate Studies encourages graduate programs to bring prospective students to campus where they can meet with faculty, see the campus, attend a class, and speak with current graduate students. Graduate Studies will award up to $900 per prospective student, pending the final budget, for a recruitment visit and or incentive request. Note that the final allocation is dependent on the budget.
These funds are to be used for the prospective student’s travel only. No more than two nights of hotel will be reimbursed. The funds may not be used for car rental agreements, hotel stays outside Albuquerque (e.g. while in transit), per diem, food of any kind, or charges incurred by students/faculty/staff. Graduate Studies will not reimburse for canceled travel costs (airfare, hotel, etc.)
These reimbursement funds are for fiscal year 2026 only, and no reimbursement requests will be accepted after June 30, 2026. To receive the reimbursement, the following information is required:
- Name(s) of visiting student(s)
- Chrome River transaction number
Incentive Award: These are modest, one-time awards of $900 per student intended for use by departments as recruitment scholarships to encourage prospective students to accept admission offers. Departments may choose to award the full amount to a single top-ranked student or divide it among multiple students. Please note: scholarships will be disbursed at the beginning of the Fall semester to the student’s Bursar account.
Submission Process: Please have a department/program representative submit the InfoReady application. Required information includes:
- Requestor contact information
- Indicate travel grant or incentive award
- Enter the number of projected prospective students
- Enter the requested dollar amount
Deadline: Requests for both types of funding will be accepted on a rolling basis between January 5 and March 1, 2026. Funding is limited; early application encouraged.
Your department/program must submit a report to Graduate Studies by August 1, 2026 documenting the following information:
- Name(s) of visiting student(s) who accepted admission and are currently enrolled,
- Number of invitations sent to prospective students,
- Names, gender, race, & ethnicity of applicants who visited campus.
This report must be received by Graduate Studies for your program to be eligible for future recruitment funding for academic year 2027-2028.
