Every year MSA holds fundraisers and receives grants from the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association to raise money to disburse to the class for various projects, talks and programs.

***Please note on the advertisements for your events that both the MSA and WMAA are sponsoring your event financially.

Before you submit funding requests, you will want to read a brief overview of the funding rules and application process.

 

Funding for ANY of Event

• If you want to request any amount of money for any event, you must submit a programming request. You must fill out this form at least 2 weeks in advance of your event.
• If you want to be reimbursed for an event that that you have already filled out a programming request for, you must submit a reimbursement request form less than 1 week after your event has taken place.

School Travel Policy and Pre-Approval:

• Students must comply with the school’s Student Travel Policy.  The complete policy is located in the Student Handbook.  Read the following sections below prior to making travel plans and requesting travel funding. 


• To attend professional meetings and conferences:
  • All students must fill out a Student Travel Pre-Approval Form at least 3 weeks prior to the travel date to get approval from the Office of Student Services.
  • Year 1 and Year 2 students requesting to attend a conference who are either a presenter or a leader/delegate will be excused from required course activities.  Year 1 and Year 2 students requesting to attend a conference who do not have a role as a presenter or a leader/delegate will NOT be excused from required course activities.
  • Year 3 and Year 4 students requesting to attend a conference must obtain permission from their clerkship director and adhere to the policies established by the clerkship.  Students may be excused to attend professional meetings if they are presenting or participating as a leader. 
• To present research at meetings and conferences (note MSA does not provide funding for research presented):
  • All students must submit the following documents for approval in advance of the of the meeting or conference:  invitation or letter of acceptance from the sponsoring conference, abstract of the research to be presented, and a Request for Research Presentation Travel Funds. Students receiving travel funds from this source are not eligible to receive funding from MSA.

MSA Funding Rules and Application

• Funding is done through reimbursements only. Please read the funding rules and application process for important information.
• You must fill out a travel funding application at least 2 weeks in advance of your conference
• When you return, fill out the travel reimbursement form and associated forms within 1 week of your return

 

Student Organization Registration

When you are registering your org in the spring semester for the following year, please use the following forms:

• MSA Student Org Information Form
• MSA Activity Record

 

All your questions can be directed to the MSA treasurers:
Chris Knudson
Joe Lazar

Last revised: Jan 24, 2007, by DPS