Travel Grants and Funding Opportunities

Trainee & Student Travel Grants - Applications Now Open

OET Travel Grants - Apply Here

Applications due by 11:59pm on August 16. Applications open four times per year grants will be awarded (up to $1500 each) for trainees who do not otherwise have the means to attend a desired research meeting. 

Eligibility Requirements

  • Must be a member of the Cancer Research Trainee Community. For more information on the Community and to apply click here
  • Must be working on any type of cancer research (lab-based, clinical, outcomes, population, etc.)
  • Must use the money to attend a cancer-specific conference or provide a justification for why the conference will advance your career in cancer. 
  • We will prioritize applicants who have not received one of our travel grants in the past (but if you have received one in the past, you can still apply) 
  • We will prioritize applicants who are presenting (talk, panel, poster) at the conference they wish to attend. If you are not presenting a talk or poster, you can explain why on the application.

Other Requirements:

  • For each round, an applicant can only apply once, for one conference
  • Must provide a current CV or NIH-style biosketch 
  • Must include a specific budget justification, with amounts for specific items you will use the money for. For example, plane tickets, lodging, registration, etc.
  • We will award no more than one travel grant per person, per year, and a maximum of 3 travel grants total for any one person.

Timeline:

Travel grant applications will open 4 times per year

  • July (awards announced at the end August)
  • October (awards announced at the end of November)
  • January (awards announced at the end of February)
  • April (wards announced at the end of May)

Please note that these grants are intended to offset registration fees and travel expenses for cancer research conferences or conferences that will advance your career in cancer research. 

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