Conference Travel Awards

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

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SRC Travel / Poster / Short-Talk Awards (per-conference; typically $250 – $1,000 USD)
FASEB Science Research Conferences (SRCs) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: $250 – $1,000 USD

Deadline: Per conference

Usually students and postdocs; based on abstract quality.

NSF Student Travel Awards
IEEE BIBM 2026 — International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine United States

Amount: ~$500-$1,000 each; approximately 40 awards expected

Deadline: Typically 4-6 weeks before conference; check website for 2026 deadline

Student authors (including post-docs) with accepted papers; full-time students at US institutions preferred for NSF grants

ISCB Conference Attendance Support Program (CASP)
ISCB GMDS 2026 — Joint ISCB + GMDS Conference Europe

Amount: Full registration + accommodation + pre-conference course + conference dinner + travel (prepaid package)

Deadline: Same as abstract deadline (Spring 2026 — passed for 2026)

Registered postgraduate students in biostatistics/epidemiology/medical informatics/bioinformatics. ~3 awards expected.

ISCB Conference Fellowship
ISMB 2026 — Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology United States

Amount: $750 CAD for Canadian-based applicants; $500-$750 USD for US-based depending on region

Deadline: Application by invitation only after abstract acceptance; notification by June 5, 2026 (passed)

Current ISCB member (membership must not expire before Dec 31, 2026); student or postdoc; presenting author on accepted Proceedings/Abstract/Poster; registered by June 11, 2026

ISMRM Educational Stipends (Student Stipend Program)
ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition Canada

Amount: 900+ stipends awarded annually; amounts vary (typically $500 – $2,000 USD depending on country of origin) — priority for first-author abstract presenters

Deadline: Typically early December before the May meeting (expect ~Dec 1, 2026 for the 2027 Vancouver meeting)

ISMRM student members presenting abstracts at the Annual Meeting; portion reserved for members from financially disadvantaged countries.

ISMRM Young Investigator Awards (YIA) Competition 2027
ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition Canada

Amount: Finalists receive waived registration + travel support; top winners receive cash prizes

Deadline: Manuscript submission deadline typically early November 2026 (next cycle for 2028 meeting will be ~Nov 2027)

Undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, resident, or fellow working in MR research; first and primary author of original work.

ISPOR Patient Representative Travel Grant
ISPOR — International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: Complimentary registration + $1,000 USD travel reimbursement (fixed-amount)

Deadline: For ISPOR 2026: application open Jan 8, 2026; close March 3, 2026; announcement March 25, 2026 — expect similar Jan-Mar 2027 for next cycle

Active ISPOR member; primary residence in a country classified by the World Bank as Low/Lower-Middle/Upper-Middle economy; must reside in Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe, Latin America, or Oceania; employed by academic, government, or nonprofit organization; must not have received an ISPOR Conference Travel Grant in past 5 years.

IUPAB Congress Bursaries
IUPAB/EBSA Congress 2027 Europe

Amount: Conference registration plus four hotel nights in a double room; exceptional applicants may receive additional airfare support

Deadline: Provisional deadline June 1, 2027; applications open January 1, 2027

Current PhD students or postdocs within five years of the PhD, from any country except Germany.

IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists 2026 (winners travel to 2027 Congress in Montreal)
IUPAC | CSC 2027 — IUPAC World Chemistry Congress co-hosted with Canadian Society for Chemistry Congress Canada

Amount: US$1,000 cash + up to US$1,000 travel support, plus invitation to present a poster at the 2027 Congress and submit a review to Pure and Applied Chemistry

Deadline: Application closed 15 February 2026 for the 2027 Congress (cycle repeats biennially — expect January 2028 for the 2029 Congress)

Canadian chemist within 10 years of PhD, working at a Canadian institution, presenting at an IUPAC-sponsored conference. Only one award per career.

APBioNet Travel Fellowships
InCoB — International Conference on Computational Biology (APBioNet) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa

Amount: Variable; typically partial travel + registration

Deadline: Per call

Students/postdocs from APBioNet member institutions.

Canadian Bioinformatics Hub

CBH CIRCLE is an Affiliate Partner of the Canadian Bioinformatics Hub.