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— Meeting Travel Application Test —

  • Please use the rubric below to 
  • Please use the following guidelines to determine your eligibility fo:
    • A “student,” broadly defined, is defined as an individual currently enrolled in a postsecondary program at any level, or who has graduated or will graduate in the same year as the Annual Meeting in question
    • When specified, an “undergraduate student” is defined as an individual currently enrolled in an undergraduate program, or who has completed their secondary education and is accepted into an undergraduate program with a start date within 13 months of the Annual Meeting (so by September the following year)
    • When specified, a “graduate student” is defined as an individual currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral-level program, or who has graduated from an undergraduate program and is accepted into a graduate program with a start date within 13 months of the Annual Meeting
    • To qualify as a high school student, the individual should be currently matriculating at a secondary institution, and having already completed the ninth grade or equivalent, but not yet having graduated
  • Please use the rubric below to ensure that you are submitting the correct information for all grants and awards you are pursuing.

All awards require membership in ESA prior to applying. You can check your membership status, including which sections and chapters you belong to, by logging in to your membership portal.

Please refer to the ESA Diversity Statement before accessing the application.

-Test- 2020 ESA Annual Meeting Travel Funding Application
Are you a current ESA member? *
Have you previously attended an ESA Annual Meeting? *
Are you a current student, as defined above? *
What is your gender identity? *
What is your ethnicity? *
Are you a member of SEEDS? *
You are applying for which travel award/s *
Do you have any other responsibilities at the meeting? *
Supporting statement/recommendation
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Please upload a copy of your CV
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By checking this box, I certify that the information I have provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and that, if selected for travel funding, I will make all effort to attend the 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, and will notify ESA as soon as possible should my circumstances change. While attending, I pledge to participate in any activities required of my being awarded travel funds by the sponsoring body. *

Section or Chapter Grant/award Name Number and/or Funding Available Minimum Criteria
Ecological Society of America

Opportunity Fund Travel Grant

[link to each of these on final]

 $20,000 available, up to $500 per U.S. person, $800 international
  • ESA member at the time of application
  • Presenting at the meeting OR fulfilling a leadership role
  • Faces lack of institutional support to attend
  • Requires: All required fields
Agroecology Section Student Travel Award 2-3 available, up to $500 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact
Applied Ecology Section Student Travel Award multiple awards of $500 each
  • Member of the section OR Human Ecology Section at the time of application
  • Presenting published science at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact
Aquatic Ecology Section Student Travel Award 2-5 available at up to $300 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Selected by lottery from among qualified applicants
Asian Ecology Section Student Travel Award 1 available at up to $400
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract
Biogeosciences Section Student Travel Award multiple awards of up to $500 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting OR articulates another compelling reason to attend
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract or statement of reason to attend, support/recommendation statement, CV
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Indigenous Student Travel Grant  
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting OR has other compelling reason to attend
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract OR statement of reason to attend
Long-term Studies Section JT Callahan Student Travel Award 2 available at $300 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting OR has other compelling reason to attend
  • Requires: All required fields
Microbial Ecology Section Ecology Professional Travel Award  
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting OR has other compelling reason to attend
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract OR other statement explicating importance of attending
Microbial Ecology Section Student Travel Award 3 available at up to $500 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting OR has other compelling reason to attend
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract
Physiological Ecology Section Student Travel Award  
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, support/recommendation statement
  • Applicants must also apply for Billings poster award
Plant Population Ecology Section Student Travel Award multiple awards of up to $300 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, CV
Policy Section Student Travel Award 3 awards of up to $700 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact, support/recommendation statement
Rangeland Ecology Section Student Travel Award multiple awards of up to $400 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact, support/recommendation statement
Student Section Les Real and Jim Brown Student Travel Award multiple awards of up to $500 each
  • Currently enrolled at any level high school through PhD
  • Section membership at the time of application OR a first-time Annual Meeting attendee
  • In good academic standing
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting UNLESS a high school student
  • Requires: 

For full requirements and expectations, visit the Student Section website.
Soil Ecology Section Student Travel Award multiple awards of up to $300 per U.S. person, $500 international
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact, support/recommendation statement
Urban Ecosystems Ecology Section Springer Travel Award multiple awards of up to $400 each
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact, support/recommendation statement
Vegetation Section Ton Damman Award
for graduate students or recent postgraduates (as of April 15, 2019)

5 travel awards of up to $320 each; $400 additionally to the competition winner
  • Member of the section at the time of application
  • Presenting talk at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, paragraph describing how the paper to be presented conforms to the objectives of the Ton Damman Award
Latin American Chapter Student Travel Award 5 awards of up to $400 each
  • Member of the chapter at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract
Southeastern Chapter Graduate Student Travel Award 2 awards of up to $300 each
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract, statement of impact, support/recommendation statement
Southwestern Chapter Student Travel Award 2 available
  • Member of the chapter at the time of application
  • Presenting talk or poster at the meeting
  • Requires: All required fields, abstract