If a student wants to attend a conference or workshop, the student's advisor or research sponsor should support the trip through either a research contract or a discretionary account.
If no such funding is available to the student, then limited departmental funds may be available upon request from the Associate Department Head. Since departmental funds are limited, some requests may not be approved, and some may not receive full funding; however, the department will try to support a student's travel as much as possible. Funding is usually available to a student for no more than one departmentally-sponsored trip per year.
To obtain travel support, the student and his or her faculty advisor/research sponsor must first agree that the student should take the trip. Then in advance of the trip the student should get a Student Travel Authorization Form from the Main Office, and then the advisor/research sponsor's signature (on the Faculty Research Sponsor line). The faculty member must either (i) indicate the amount of support the student may receive and its source (be sure the charge number is filled in!), or (ii) state (in Comments) that no funds are available from any research or discretionary account.
If no faculty support is available, the student should submit the signed form to the Associate Department Head for approval of departmental sponsorship. The maximum to be reimbursed will be $200 plus the registration fee, if only attending the conference or workshop; $600 plus registration fee, if presenting a paper.