AOS Travel Grants

The AOS Travel Grants provide financial support to help defray expenses for students and postdoctoral researchers to attend the American Ornithological Society annual meeting. Grants are awarded in multiple categories, including general travel grants, Expanding Opportunities grants, and Latin America & Caribbean travel grants. Applicants must present an oral talk or poster at the meeting and attend the meeting to receive reimbursement. Some grant categories prioritise early-career participants and applicants from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Reimbursement for approved travel expenses; depending on grant category, may reimburse accommodations, registration, and meals (subject to per diem limits).

Students (undergraduate, masters, doctoral), postdoctoral researchers, and students between degree programs who plan to re-enter a degree program are eligible; students are eligible up to less than a semester past graduation. Applicants must submit an abstract as the presenter for an oral talk or poster and provide their abstract submission number with the travel grant application. Some grants may be restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Submit an abstract as the presenter before applying, then apply through the Travel Grant Submission Portal providing the abstract submission number, current academic standing, anticipated graduation, advisor approval, prior AOS travel funding, travel budget, and location traveled from; applications are reviewed and grants are reimbursed at the meeting.