Conference Travel Awards

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

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Poster Awards (First Place — 3 awards, one per session)
Biosensors 2027 – 37th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors Europe

Amount: Award prizes (amounts TBD, sponsored by Biosensors & Bioelectronics/Elsevier)

Deadline: Judged at conference

All poster presenters

ISCB Conference Travel Fellowship for PSB
PSB 2027 — Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Europe

Amount: Variable contribution toward attendance; PSB-specific 2027 cap not yet published

Deadline: 2027 deadline not yet posted

ISCB student or postdoctoral members presenting a paper or poster at PSB.

PSB Student Travel Fellowships
PSB 2027 — Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Europe

Amount: $500-$1,000 (varies by year and funding)

Deadline: Typically November-December for January conference

Graduate students and postdocs with accepted papers; ISCB membership often encouraged

PSB Travel Support (partial travel support, ISCB partnership)
PSB 2027 — Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Europe

Amount: Partial; typically $500 – $1,500 USD

Deadline: October 15, 2026 (decision late October 2026)

Trainees (students, postdocs); first author of accepted paper or poster.

SEAC — Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry Student Travel Awards
Pittcon 2027 — Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy United States

Amount: Travel award amount varies; multiple awards annually

Deadline: Rolling — submit at any time; awards announced before each Pittcon.

Student members of SEAC; students who have not previously received a SEAC Travel Award; advisor letter describing contributions to electroanalytical chemistry.

ACS-Pittcon Travel Grant
Pittcon 2027 — Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy United States

Amount: Subsidized travel costs plus complimentary conference registration and complimentary hotel room

Deadline: Notification sent to all applicants in late January

Early-career chemists who have already obtained a PhD, and who are citizens of the designated region of focus for that year. For the 2026 grant the designated region was South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean; regions rotate annually.

ACS-Pittcon Travel Grant (early-career analytical chemists from developing countries)
Pittcon 2027 — Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy United States

Amount: Up to $1,800 USD + 5-night hotel + complimentary conference registration + $400 meal/transport allowance + 1 complimentary short course + travel medical insurance

Deadline: January 12, 2026 (passed) — expect January 2027 for next cycle

Early-career chemists with a PhD; citizens of focus regions (2026: South America, Central America, Mexico, Caribbean — expect 2027 list to differ).

EIS Travel Grant (SEAC)
Pittcon 2027 — Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy United States

Amount: Partial travel support

Deadline: Varies

Students and postdocs presenting EIS-related research at PITTCON

Kolthoff Graduate/Undergraduate Student Travel Awards (ACS DAC)
Pittcon 2027 — Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy United States

Amount: Up to $750 for travel expenses

Deadline: Varies by cycle

Undergraduate and graduate students presenting posters at PITTCON

SLAS Travel Award (formerly the Tony B. Academic Travel Award)
SLAS2027 International Conference and Exhibition United States

Amount: Full conference registration, one-year Premier membership, travel stipend for airfare or train, up to four hotel nights, and one preconference course; stipend dollar cap not published

Deadline: Tied to the abstract submission cycle for SLAS2027 — the submission period opens and closes per conference

Students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty with less than four years in their first academic appointment; also those who have completed undergraduate and/or graduate school and are within the first five years of their professional career.

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