Conference Travel Awards

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

Bioinformatics Travel Awards

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Keystone Symposia Early-Career Investigator Travel Award (ECITA)
Keystone Symposia (multiple per year, e.g., Metabolic Approaches to Chronic Liver Disease 2027; Cardiometabolism and Interorgan Crosstalk 2027; Cellular and Metabolic Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions 2027) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: $1,200 USD toward registration, ground/air transportation and lodging

Deadline: The posted scholarship deadline for the selected meeting; submit by the abstract deadline if you want short-talk consideration

US citizen or US permanent resident; assistant professor or equivalent (≤6 years in appointment); engaged in full-time lab research; preference for demonstrated commitment to mentorship.

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Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award
Keystone Symposia (multiple per year, e.g., Metabolic Approaches to Chronic Liver Disease 2027; Cardiometabolism and Interorgan Crosstalk 2027; Cellular and Metabolic Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions 2027) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: Up to $1,200 USD toward airfare, ground transportation, lodging and a portion of the registration fee

Deadline: The Scholarship Deadline posted for the specific meeting; applications open about 6 months before the meeting

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows currently enrolled at an academic institute at the start of the meeting.

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Keystone Symposia Underrepresented Trainee Award
Keystone Symposia (multiple per year, e.g., Metabolic Approaches to Chronic Liver Disease 2027; Cardiometabolism and Interorgan Crosstalk 2027; Cellular and Metabolic Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions 2027) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: not published

Deadline: not published

Trainees from underrepresented groups — see the Financial Aid tab for the specific criteria.

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Global Health Travel Award
Keystone Symposia (multiple per year, e.g., Metabolic Approaches to Chronic Liver Disease 2027; Cardiometabolism and Interorgan Crosstalk 2027; Cellular and Metabolic Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions 2027) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: Variable; covers travel + registration for researchers from low- and middle-income countries

Deadline: Per meeting (around mid-July for July 2026 – June 2027 meetings)

Researchers from LMIC countries working on global health-related problems.

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Keystone Symposia Scholarships (Student/Postdoc)
Keystone Symposia (multiple per year, e.g., Metabolic Approaches to Chronic Liver Disease 2027; Cardiometabolism and Interorgan Crosstalk 2027; Cellular and Metabolic Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions 2027) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: Up to $1,500 USD (covers airfare, ground transport, lodging, part of registration)

Deadline: Per meeting; typically 4-5 months before the meeting (e.g., for Cardiometabolism 2027, scholarship deadline was October 22, 2026)

Graduate students or postdoctoral fellows currently enrolled at an academic institute at start of meeting; must present a poster; only one award per lab per meeting year (July 1 – June 30).

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MSACL Educational Travel Grant
MSACL 2026 — 16th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab Canada

Amount: Wholly or partially covers registration, hotel and/or airfare (vendor-funded; individual grant value not published — sponsorships start at $2,000)

Deadline: not published for the 2027 cycle

Generally early-career: individuals with strong potential as judged by submitted abstract and award application; those on track to lead a clinical laboratory; current clinical lab leaders wanting to learn more about MS; or those driving translation of MS research to the clinic.

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Trainee Grant
MSACL 2026 — 16th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab Canada

Amount: 50% discount on Conference Registration + 100% discount on Short Courses (abstract NOT required)

Deadline: April 22, 2026 (passed for 2026)

Non-commercial MD/residents/fellows, PhD students, post-docs, young faculty

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Young Investigator (YI) Grant
MSACL 2026 — 16th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab Canada

Amount: 50% discount on Conference Registration + 100% discount on Short Courses (does NOT cover lodging/travel)

Deadline: April 22, 2026 (passed for 2026 — anticipate similar deadline for 2027)

Non-commercial MD/residents/fellows, PhD students, post-docs, young faculty (<4 yrs since appointment). Must submit abstract (podium or poster).

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CNPN / US HUPO Travel Award (Canadian National Proteomics Network partnered award)
US HUPO Annual Conference (US Human Proteome Organization) — 2027 edition; 2026 edition held in St. Louis, Missouri North America (transnational) and rotating society meetings

Amount: not published for the US HUPO 2026 cycle. CNPN precedent for the HUPO World Congress: complimentary registration plus $500 CDN for travel expenses.

Deadline: TBD 2027 (2026 pattern: abstract for US HUPO 2026 had to be submitted or be submitted by October 24 — passed for the 2026 cycle)

Requires an abstract submitted for the US HUPO conference. Early career researchers are defined by CNPN as researchers within 6 years of the date of their first independent research-related appointment, taking into account eligible leaves such as parental leave. CNPN membership applies.

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US HUPO Travel Awards
US HUPO Annual Conference (US Human Proteome Organization) — 2027 edition; 2026 edition held in St. Louis, Missouri North America (transnational) and rotating society meetings

Amount: not published in search results

Deadline: not published for 2027

not published in detail — US HUPO maintains a standing Travel Awards program listed alongside its association awards and its ECR Group programming; specific eligibility criteria are posted on the us-hupo.org Travel Awards page for each conference cycle.

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