Conference Travel Awards

Travel awards, stipends, and grants for students, postdocs, and research associates tied to conferences and meetings.

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InCoB Travel Grant / Travel Fellowship (APBioNET)
InCoB / ISCB-APAC – International Conference on Bioinformatics (APBioNET) International

Amount: Maximum USD $500 per grant

Deadline: TBD 2027 (2025 pattern: applications 4 July 2025, awards notified from 11 July 2025 — passed for 2025/2026)

Students and post-doctoral trainees with accepted presentations; oral presenters given priority but accepted poster presenters may also apply; only one author per accepted oral/poster is eligible; all applicants must be members in good standing of APBioNET or ISCB

AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards (Annual Meeting)
AACR Annual Meeting 2027 and AACR Special Conferences United States

Amount: Complimentary registration + travel/lodging/subsistence stipend (typically $1,500 – $2,500 USD); poster printing cost coverage

Deadline: 2027 deadline not posted; prior cycle deadline was November 18, 2025, suggesting approximately November 2026

Full-time graduate students, medical students, residents, clinical fellows, postdoctoral fellows, or junior faculty; first author and presenter of meritorious abstract.

AACR Faculty Scholar in the Field of Cancer Research Awards
AACR Annual Meeting 2027 and AACR Special Conferences United States

Amount: Complimentary registration + travel/lodging + subsistence stipend

Deadline: Tied to the Annual Meeting abstract cycle

Full-time grad/medical students, residents, clinical/postdoctoral fellows, or junior faculty from groups traditionally underrepresented per NCI (African American, Alaskan Native, Hispanic, Native American, Native Pacific Islander).

AACR Undergraduate Scholar Awards (Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards)
AACR Annual Meeting 2027 and AACR Special Conferences United States

Amount: Complimentary registration + travel awards each year for two consecutive Annual Meetings (2026 + 2027 cohort)

Deadline: December 5-8, 2025 (passed for 2026 cohort) — expect early December 2026 for 2027 cohort

Undergraduate science students — intended to inspire promising students to enter cancer research.

AACR Early-Career Scholar in the Field of Cancer Research Awards
AACR Annual Meeting 2027 and AACR Special Conferences United States

Amount: not published

Deadline: Varies by conference

Full-time graduate or medical students, residents, clinical or postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty in the early stages of their careers.

AACR-CIHR Scholar-in-Training Awards 2026 (Canadian-specific; for 2026 cycle closed)
AACR Annual Meeting 2027 and AACR Special Conferences United States

Amount: Complimentary registration + stipend toward travel/subsistence/poster printing

Deadline: AACR Associate Membership by Oct 21, 2025; SITA application by Nov 18, 2025 (passed for 2026) — expect similar Nov 2026 cycle for 2027

Full-time doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, or post-health-professional-degree fellows at a Canadian institution; Canadian citizen or permanent resident; AACR Associate Member; first author/presenter of meritorious abstract at the AACR Annual Meeting.

Biosensors & Bioelectronics Prize (Elsevier-sponsored)
Biosensors 2027 – 37th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors Europe

Amount: US$1,000 + free registration to the 2027 Congress

Deadline: Abstract: November 13, 2026. Judged at conference.

Author of most original contribution (paper or poster). Finalists get keynote talk slots.

Biosensors & Bioelectronics Prize (includes a registration waiver)
Biosensors 2027 – 37th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors Europe

Amount: USD $1,000 plus free registration to the 2027 Congress

Deadline: not published (tied to the abstract submission process)

Author of the paper judged the most original contribution to the Congress

Biosensors Congress Poster Awards
Biosensors 2027 – 37th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors Europe

Amount: not published

Deadline: not published (tied to abstract submission)

Poster presenters at the Congress

MDPI Biosensors Travel Award
Biosensors 2027 – 37th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors Europe

Amount: CHF 800 + certificate — 1 winner annually

Deadline: Application open April–October; winner announced end of December each year

Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students; plans to attend an international biosensors conference in the next year (oral or poster).

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