— 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.
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 |
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Agroecology Section | Student Travel Award | 2-3 available, up to $500 each |
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Applied Ecology Section | Student Travel Award | multiple awards of $500 each |
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Aquatic Ecology Section | Student Travel Award | 2-5 available at up to $300 each |
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Asian Ecology Section | Student Travel Award | 1 available at up to $400 |
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Biogeosciences Section | Student Travel Award | multiple awards of up to $500 each |
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section | Indigenous Student Travel Grant |
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Long-term Studies Section | JT Callahan Student Travel Award | 2 available at $300 each |
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Microbial Ecology Section | Ecology Professional Travel Award |
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Microbial Ecology Section | Student Travel Award | 3 available at up to $500 each |
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Physiological Ecology Section | Student Travel Award |
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Plant Population Ecology Section | Student Travel Award | multiple awards of up to $300 each |
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Policy Section | Student Travel Award | 3 awards of up to $700 each |
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Rangeland Ecology Section | Student Travel Award | multiple awards of up to $400 each |
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Student Section | Les Real and Jim Brown Student Travel Award | multiple awards of up to $500 each |
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 |
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Urban Ecosystems Ecology Section | Springer Travel Award | multiple awards of up to $400 each |
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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 |
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Latin American Chapter | Student Travel Award | 5 awards of up to $400 each |
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Southeastern Chapter | Graduate Student Travel Award | 2 awards of up to $300 each |
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Southwestern Chapter | Student Travel Award | 2 available |
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