by rerathar » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:18 pm
I had emailed SMART about this and got a response today:
Thank you for your email. I can answer a few of your questions but on one item I will be communicating with our SMART team members working on the site visit funding.
· The funding is not a reimbursement process, but rather a flat rate amount for any scholars whose summer address is more than 50 miles away from the site visit. For those 50-200 miles the rate is $500 and for those 200 miles or more the rate is $2000 for travel to and from the site visit.
· No additional funds will be provided.
· No receipts will be requested after the site visit.
· Whether a scholar receives the funding before or after their site visit depends on a few different factors such as dates of site visit vs. when funding is processed for all scholars.
This last part is what I will clarify with my fellow SMART team members responsible for processing funding. Since I see on your form that you are going in May vs. July (for instance). You may need to pay for your travel arrangements knowing that you will receive the funding soon after. if I receive info that funding will be going out soon, I will e-mail back by tomorrow afternoon.
I had emailed SMART about this and got a response today:
Thank you for your email. I can answer a few of your questions but on one item I will be communicating with our SMART team members working on the site visit funding.
· The funding is not a reimbursement process, but rather a flat rate amount for any scholars whose summer address is more than 50 miles away from the site visit. For those 50-200 miles the rate is $500 and for those 200 miles or more the rate is $2000 for travel to and from the site visit.
· No additional funds will be provided.
· No receipts will be requested after the site visit.
· Whether a scholar receives the funding before or after their site visit depends on a few different factors such as dates of site visit vs. when funding is processed for all scholars.
This last part is what I will clarify with my fellow SMART team members responsible for processing funding. Since I see on your form that you are going in May vs. July (for instance). You may need to pay for your travel arrangements knowing that you will receive the funding soon after. if I receive info that funding will be going out soon, I will e-mail back by tomorrow afternoon.